Ussach, H. B.; Elder, Dana C.

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ERIC Number: EJ667672

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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"Rotating Essays": A New Kind of Expository Writing [and]"Voice Poems."

Ussach, H. B.; Elder, Dana C.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v30 n4 p434-36 May 2003

Describes an eight-step writing assignment that is a novel way to test students' writing skills in a way that is intriguing, interactive, and team-oriented, with built-in multiple deadlines requiring quick creativity and cognitive knowledge. Presents a poetry writing exercise in which the student is asked to write a short poem in the voice of something not human. (SG)

Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Poetry, Student Attitudes, Two Year Colleges, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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