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Peer reviewedRaymond, Richard C. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1990
Examines prewriting and writing assignments designed to tighten the continuity between the personal essays typically written in English 101 and the more literature-based essays of English 102. Aims to help students blend personal and public voices. (MG)
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Personal Narratives, Persuasive Discourse, Two Year Colleges
Peer reviewedSchutt, Robin Muksian – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1998
Describes how a professor teaching a "Writing Arguments" course focused on two cases involving the death penalty to show students how arguments are constructed, and how students can form strong arguments of their own. Notes that this approach does not force students to choose sides when they stand somewhere in the middle. Describes four…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Persuasive Discourse, Two Year Colleges
