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Peer reviewedRoen, Duane H. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Argues that writing assignments should (1) specify audience, purpose, and topic, (2) define rhetorical problems, (3) incorporate stages of the composing process, (4) provide timely feedback to avoid cognitive overload, and (5) follow some developmental sequence. Describes several assignments based on letter writing. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
