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24English Journal (2010): 24 32ecently, a prominent group of English educators claimed that the ultimate rationale for the teaching of language arts is creating a just society whose citizens are critically literate about their world. The writers further stated, Literacy education lies at the center of achieving our stated goals of fostering critical thought, critical dia-logue, and a circumspect and vigilant American citizenry . . . [and] has particular value and poten-tial in a culture increasingly unable to distinguish fact from fiction, truth from lies (Alsup et al. 279 81).

26 July 2010 some sort. This year, I had an opportunity to ex-amine a set of lesson plans that began the year with the writing of thesis statements. There was

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