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Before We Ask a Class to "Write Clear Directions": A Sequence of Pre-Writing Activities

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Onion, Margaret K. – Exercise Exchange, 1975

Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction

Developing Characters: A Lesson from Wasatch Willie.

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Harwood, Marilyn C. – Exercise Exchange, 1987

Suggests a prewriting exercise in characterization using the legend genre as framework. (HTH)

Descriptors: Characterization, English Instruction, Higher Education, Legends

Helping Basic Writers Find a Topic: Using Life Experiences.

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Briggs, Terri – Exercise Exchange, 1998

Suggests a prewriting activity that encompasses peer questioning to help basic writing students come up with topics for papers. Contends teachers should explain their expectations to the students and gives a homework assignment to either write a letter to their "future" children or devise a "life tree." Describes questioning in…

Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction