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Peer reviewedNella, O. J. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Offers a humorous strategy for enlivening composition courses that involves having the students emulate Andy Rooney's writing style. (NKA)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Instructional Innovation, Language Styles, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedDurrant, Karen R.; Duke, Charles R. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1989
Presents results of a six-week research project in a creative writing class that focused on developing audience sensitivity among students. Describes three units combining social, rhetorical, and informational perspectives. Concludes that a sequential approach seems to increase audience sensitivity among students. (KEH)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedSearles, 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
Peer reviewedShook, Ronald – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1985
Explains reasons for eliminating the requirement of "personal" writing from the curriculum in adult classes. (EL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Content, Creative Writing, Expository Writing
