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Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1989
Describes five writing activities for college writing courses: (1) a documented opinion paper exercise; (2) breaking writing rules; (3) trip reports from absentees; (4) case studies to promote writing for particular audiences for pragmatic purposes; and (5) an organizing strategy for studying, using a chart format. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College English, Descriptive Writing, Postsecondary Education
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Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1989
Describes five activities for college writing courses: (1) sports as a literary topic; (2) paragraph descriptions of a favorite meal; (3) interdisciplinary team teaching in the humanities; (4) use of "real" letters and memoranda in a technical writing course; and (5) a word-strength chart for a poetry-writing class. (MM)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, College English, Descriptive Writing