Making Private Writing Public: Teaching Expressive Writing in the Composition Class.

Connors, Patricia E.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Making Private Writing Public: Teaching Expressive Writing in the Composition Class.

Connors, Patricia E.

Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v15 n1 p25-27 Feb 1988

Suggests that expressive writing is important in the freshman writing course because of the motivation the writer's feelings and memories can offer. Outlines a unit on journal writing, including a cohesive series of both private and shared journal writing activities. (ARH)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Freshman Composition, Journal Writing, Personal Writing, Rhetorical Invention, Student Motivation, Writing Processes

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