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Exercise Exchange | 7 |
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Clark, John R. | 1 |
Gowen, Brent | 1 |
Lampert, Kathleen | 1 |
Murray, Donald M. | 1 |
Wallace, Ray | 1 |
Whitaker, Elaine E. | 1 |
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Clark, John R. – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Suggests using poetry's short short forms for a methodical and rapid series of writing assignments that emphasize both careful writing at the sentence level and overall planning and respect for form. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Poetry, Teaching Methods

Wallace, Ray – Exercise Exchange, 1987
Describes a six-phase writing assignment for ESL students to help them grasp the concept of an audience beyond the writing instructor. (HTH)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, Higher Education, Teaching Methods

Whitaker, Elaine E. – Exercise Exchange, 1987
Presents step-by-step instructions to help developmental writing students write a cohesive essay by combining individually written paragraphs. (HTH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Teaching Methods

Lampert, Kathleen – Exercise Exchange, 1981
Offers an activity for use in helping students become aware of the importance of voice in writing and reading. (FL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, High Schools, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation

Gowen, Brent – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Provides a rationale for allowing students to write in journals that the teacher will never read. Suggests requiring students to write responses to their journal writing at the end of the semester, which would be shared with the teacher and the rest of the class. Includes a sample response. (HTH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, High Schools, Higher Education, Privacy

Carino, Peter A. – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Presents an exercise that guides basic writing students in their choices, requiring them to make evaluative annotations of each sentence in the draft of a paragraph. Includes (1) a set of questions that incorporate criteria for a sound paragraph and serve heuristically for the revision of the draft, and (2) a student example of the procedure. (HTH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition)

Murray, Donald M. – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Suggests a six-step exercise that can be used in one 50-minute session to help students (or teachers at a workshop) experience the writing process of prewriting, writing, and rewriting with response from a peer. (TJ)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Peer Evaluation