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Ledger, Marshall – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Careful use of analogy can create interesting and sharp writing. Some of the problems are that an analogy imposes an attitude, there must be a counterpart, details may or may not correspond point-for-point, and an analogy starts in difference and is then brought into the realm of likeness. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Writing Exercises
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Bivens, Leslie – Exercise Exchange, 1983
Describes a teaching game for bibliographic formatting that emphasizes the importance of noting author, title, and publication information precisely while using accurate formatting and punctuation. (HTH)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games, Secondary Education
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Magistrale, Anthony S. – Exercise Exchange, 1983
Presents seven writing exercises designed to (1) convince students they have something to say, (2) produce work that students enjoy writing, (3) demonstrate that good writing does not have to be dull, and (4) help acquaint students with their own ability to use various personnae. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Secondary Education, Writing Exercises
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Rogalski, William – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Summarizes a series of four class sessions in which students write and rewrite an analysis of advertisements together. (TJ)
Descriptors: Group Activities, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
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Feldmeier, Linda – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Explains an exercise in which logical relationships are isolated in order to help students discover how to choose their material for paragraphs. (TJ)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
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Perreault, George – Exercise Exchange, 1996
Describes an assignment in which students sharpen their punctuation skills by arranging poems without punctuation in a prose form with appropriate punctuation. Suggests using the poetry of a fictional character from Don Marqui's "archy and mehitabel." (TB)
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Poetry, Punctuation, Secondary Education
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DuBois, Barbara R. – Exercise Exchange, 1984
Describes five prewriting activities for courses that emphasize writing and deemphasize discussion of literature. The activities focus on organization and theme statement so that students think about every possible subject, theme, and approach. (HTH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Prewriting, Teaching Methods
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Dietrich, Julia C. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Presents a method for helping students learn to evaluate data, draw conclusions, and state a most probable hypothesis in writing essays. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Essays, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Rothmel, Steven Zachary – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Discusses a writing exercise in which students are asked to describe a painting and analyze their response to it. (TJ)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Pictorial Stimuli, Student Motivation
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Saffioti, Carol Lee – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Exercises in sketching a scene of words, focusing, describing elemental structure (using comparison, contrast, analogy, and antithesis), and sketching and writing about still-life arrangements can heighten students' awareness of sense impressions and lead to improved writing skills. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Sensory Experience
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Gordon, Douglas K. – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Describes a writing exercise in which students write letters to a variety of people. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Secondary Education
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Shuman, R. Baird – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Describes an exercise that encourages writing by students. Each student is given a limited amount of time to write about anything that comes to mind, the papers are redistributed and a second student adds to what has been written, a third student adds more, and a fourth student writes a conclusion. (TJ)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education
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Hicks, Joyce – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Suggests a method for helping students learn to revise their papers by carrying out a series of assigned tasks either individually or in groups. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
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Malachowski, Ann Marie – Exercise Exchange, 1984
Describes using the parallels between developing the persuasive essay and an advertisement to help advertising students become aware of the importance of voice, point of view, and audience. Students complete a written essay modeled after the language and techniques employed by advertisers. (HTH)
Descriptors: Advertising, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Methods
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Vogt, Leonard – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Suggests a series of exercises designed to help students see the value of concrete writing, to help give new life to metaphors, and to encourage concrete evaluations of abstractions. (TJ)
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Higher Education, Imagery, Secondary Education
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