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Paine, Carolyn, Ed.; And Others – Learning, 1982
Suggested writing projects to stimulate thought-to-theme writing connections involve: (1) haiku based on animals; (2) acronyms as vocabulary builders; (3) aromas and textures as inspiration; (4) writing proverbs and fables; and (5) a "musical chairs" approach to story-writing, with props supplied at intervals to test creative technique. (FG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagination
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Larsen, Dave M., Jr. – Exercise Exchange, 1999
Describes a three-part exercise used in a first semester freshman composition class, intended to show students the world of details in even the most ordinary, everyday objects by having students write about a plastic coffee mug. (SR)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Writing Exercises
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Brand, Josef – School Arts, 1979
In this experiment in description, students in a high school honors English class were asked to select a surrealistic painting and capture it in writing. Their compositions were given to art students who tried to reproduce the paintings from the written descriptions. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Painting (Visual Arts)
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Bails, Renee – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes an activity to encourage students to write with specific details. Notes that (at the beginning of each class) students briefly jot down three things that have made them feel good on that particular day. Notes several other benefits of this activity. (SR)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education
Wilhelm, Albert E. – Tennessee Education, 1980
To dramatize the need for logical organization and precise definition, students are asked to write essays describing specific everyday objects (e.g., screwdriver, nutpick). After the essay is read aloud the class tries to guess the item and comments on the effectiveness of the description. (DS)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Peer Evaluation, Student Writing Models, Writing (Composition)
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Torsney, Cheryl B. – Exercise Exchange, 1984
Describes reviewing the basics of descriptive writing by having students compare the images described in E. B. White's "Once More to the Lake," with those in the film "On Golden Pond." Students then write a descriptive paragraph, from an internal or external perspective, about a magazine advertisement chosen for its sensory appeal. (HTH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education
Takenishi, Michelle; Takenishi, Hal – 1999
This book describes "Writing Pictures," a daily developmental writing exercise in which students visualize a moment in their life of their own choosing, sketch it quickly, and write four guided sentences in paragraph format about it. Beginning with level one, it takes students through the basic format, and, with time, students progress upward…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Spelling, Writing Exercises
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James, Gomer – English Journal, 1987
Describes a writing assignment that uses the song "America the Beautiful" to point the following six reasons why America is beautiful: skies, mountains, grain, Pilgrims, heroes, and dreams. (NKA)
Descriptors: Assignments, Descriptive Writing, Grade 10, North American Culture
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Weiss, Timothy – Journal of Business Communication, 1985
Describes a game-like writing exercise that uses the principle of "divide and conquer" to teach technical description. (PD)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Descriptive Writing, Educational Games, Technical Writing
Robitaille, Marilyn M. – 1987
Designed to combine the science and the art of teaching composition, this series of assignments encourages junior high and high school writing students to explore tone, original visual images, point of view, and other literary techniques. One assignment asks students to write a number of paragraphs alternately using sarcasm, humor, melancholy, and…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Instructional Innovation, Prewriting
Powell, David – 1981
More than 7,000 answers to the question "What can I write about?" are offered in this collection of writing topics for high school students. The topics are categorized in 12 sections: (1) description, (2) comparison and contrast, (3) process, (4) narrative writing, (5) classification and division, (6) cause and effect, (7) exposition,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, High School Students
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Searles, George J.; And Others – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1996
Presents five short teaching tips written by five different authors on the following topics: newspapers, writing exercises for aspiring elementary school teachers, telephone directory as research tool, structured essay assignments, and teaching description with Raymond Carver's "Cathedral." (TB)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Essays, Higher Education
Dixon, John; Stratta, Leslie – 1982
A consideration of real world language use yields five questions that could prove helpful in assessing student writing achievements: (1) What is the writer's purpose or intention? (2) What audience does the writer have in mind? (3) What are the organizing principles of the piece? (4) What range of experience and knowledge might one reasonably…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Instructional Improvement, Secondary Education
Guinn, Dorothy Margaret – 1982
Objects assembled in nonrepresentational fashion from tinker toy pieces are the starting point for a technical description writing assignment designed to increase the students' awareness of audience while at the same time giving them practice in description, analysis, and active judgment. Having been separated into two groups, each facing a…
Descriptors: Audiences, Creative Teaching, Descriptive Writing, Feedback
Spigelmire, Lynne – 1979
Exploratory problem solving that utilizes self-educating techniques such as the evaluation of feedback to improve performance can be put to use in the composition classroom. Quantitatively evaluated prewriting exercises can help students in two ways: first, students learn to use procedures that can prepare them for more sophisticated devices;…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition
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