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Vocabulary Review: Making Words Your Own.
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Orden, J. Hannah – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Describes a method for preparing students for vocabulary quizzes that enables students to make a personal connection with the new words. Students remember as many of the new words as they can, then free write about each one to arrive at a definition.
Descriptors: Free Writing, Retention (Psychology), Schemata (Cognition), Secondary Education
Teaching Persona through Freewriting.
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King, Don – Exercise Exchange, 1983
Freewriting is an effective means of teaching students how to develop persona in writing. One approach is to have students imagine that they are inanimate objects or nonhuman creatures, provide them with a specific situation or environment, and ask them to freewrite for five to ten minutes. Another slant is to have them become famous historical…
Descriptors: Free Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Activities