Chapter 6 Of The Phantom Tollbooth School

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The pair and the teacher whose discourse I analyzed, performed a complex frame crossing ( blending) interactions as they worked on a task. The task of having to perform a talk show performance from chapter 6 of The Phantom Tollbooth book ( Juster, 1961), pushed Maya and Heaven to revisit the chapter and continuously referred to it as they co-constructed a figured talk show. In the moment of them acting, reacting, and negotiating meaning, I found that the pair’s discourse have been mostly featured with framing , reframing , and blending activities as they tried to define the conditions they were in. That pair’s discourse was generally shaped by the task and by the principal ( giver) of the task .
There was also a reciprocity between

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