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The Erasure of the Sentence.
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Connors, Robert J. – College Composition and Communication, 2000
Examines the sentence-based pedagogies that arose in composition during the 1960s and 1970s (the generative rhetoric of Francis Christensen, imitation exercises, and sentence-combining) and attempts to discern why these three pedagogies have been so completely elided within contemporary composition studies. Concludes that this erasure of sentence…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education, Sentence Combining
Beyond Sentence-Level Combining: Options in the Rhetorical Context.
Kerek, Andrew – 1978
In spite of a number of unanswered questions regarding its place in the teaching of composition and the lack of agreement on why it is effective, sentence combining (SC) has become accepted as a useful skill building technique in regular composition classes. Attempting a broader context on the college level, SC was used exclusively to teach every…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Sentence Combining: From the Textbook to the Classroom.
Ryan, John H. – 1980
The instructor of two twelfth grade English classes, one a composition class and the other a general English class, gave both classes some exercises in sentence combining. In the first exercise, the students were given two sentences and told to devise as many combinations as possible. While the composition class contributed more combinations than…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Secondary Education, Sentence Combining
Sentence Combining and Organizing Principles.
Nugent, Harold E. – 1983
Sentence combining is a powerful tool for structuring information and can be used effectively throughout the composing process. The teaching of composition can integrate into the composing process a number of concepts, including the use of heuristics, intellectual strategies, organizing principles, and sentence combining. A useful model for the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English Instruction, Heuristics, Higher Education
Teaching Language Creatively.
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1983
Focusing on ways to teach language intelligently and enjoyably, this journal issue contains 23 articles dealing with a variety of topics. Article titles and authors are (1) "An Experiment: Immersing Students in Language" (S. C. Kirby); (2) "The Art of Storytaking" (J. Charnock); (3) "Getting Poems from the A-poetic" (J. W. Broaddus); (4) "Using…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English Instruction
Research in the Teaching of the English Language Arts.
Bergdahl, David, Ed. – FOCUS: Teaching English Language Arts, 1983
The 28 essays in this journal issue focus on methodology, interpretation, and classroom application of research in the language arts. Following a preface on the role of research in English instruction, the topics discussed include the following: (1) a research base for a large-scale evaluation of writing; (2) implications of teaching writing as…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Practical Applications of Language Learning Theory in the Middle School and Junior High.
Anderson, Philip M. – 1982
The middle school and junior high school years are extremely important ones in the language, cognitive, and personal development of students. During this time, students should begin using longer sentences with more sophisticated embeddings and showing greater awareness of audience and organization in writing, speaking, listening, and reading. At…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Language Acquisition