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From the table behind the one where Marissa is working with Naeem, I can easily listen to their conversation without interrupting it. Marissa, a student teacher finishing her second semester in this 10th grade English class, is working with Naeem on a writing assignment that he has started but has apparently decided not to finish.

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Williamson, P. (2013). Introduction. In: Kosnik, C., Rowsell, J., Williamson, P., Simon, R., Beck, C. (eds) Literacy Teacher Educators. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-200-6_1

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