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Feldmeier, Linda – Exercise Exchange, 1979
Explains an exercise in which logical relationships are isolated in order to help students discover how to choose their material for paragraphs. (TJ)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
Stanko, Thomas – Coll Composition Commun, 1969
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition
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Walls, Doyle W. – Exercise Exchange, 1983
This exercise is intended to teach the sense of sentences and their place in the larger fabric of paragraphs as they are woven into organized papers. Based on the five-paragraph theme (introduction, three body paragraphs, and conclusion), the exercise divides "What I Haved Lived For," the prologue to "The Autobiography of Bertrand…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Paragraph Composition
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Fitzgerald, Sallyanne H. – Exercise Exchange, 1982
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: LEVEL: College. AUTHOR'S COMMENT: When I first began as a college composition instructor, I gave a standard explanation that definition was necessary if students wished to argue logically or to explain an unfamiliar subject. I showed examples of definitions, discussed ones in the text, and then sent…
Descriptors: College English, Definitions, Essays, Higher Education
Rosner, Mary; Paul, Terri – 1981
In spite of the growth in popularity of sentence combining over the last 20 years, few teachers use it in technical writing classes, either because the exercises are inappropriate or because teachers fear that sentence combining will teach students to write longer rather than better sentences. Sentence combining can, however, teach technical…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Sentence Combining
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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
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Kirszner, Laurie G. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Illustrates a method of helping students learn to write paragraphs and to organize their writing using a group writing technique. (TJ)
Descriptors: Group Activities, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Secondary Education
Woodson, Linda – Freshman English News, 1983
Argues that paragraph form congruent with the patterns and habits of thinking develops from the writer's sensitivity to the impact of visual images on the reader's mind. (MM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Berthoff, Ann E. – 1982
Intended for those who want to teach composition primarily and centrally and not just as an adjunct to the study of literature, this book about the composing process provides continuing opportunities to put theory into practice. It consists of the following chapters: (1) "The Composing Process Is a Continuum"; (2) "Observing; Observing Your…
Descriptors: Editing, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition, Reading Writing Relationship
Spigelmire, Lynne – 1979
Exploratory problem solving that utilizes self-educating techniques such as the evaluation of feedback to improve performance can be put to use in the composition classroom. Quantitatively evaluated prewriting exercises can help students in two ways: first, students learn to use procedures that can prepare them for more sophisticated devices;…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition
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Spector, Ann D. – Exercise Exchange, 1982
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: LEVEL: High school and college. AUTHOR'S COMMENT: I used this mini-unit to initiate the class in working effectively as a peer group. Moreover, the task I assigned demands that students develop an awareness of their audience's needs by providing an immediate and concrete response. THE APPROACH: (1)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College English, Descriptive Writing, High Schools
Lang, Frederick K. – 1984
James Joyce's use of interior monologue (the interior self of the character is given directly, as though the reader were overhearing an articulation of the stream of thought and feeling flowing through the character's mind) can help basic writers in developmental classes. Students can be given excerpts from Joyce and asked to turn the sentence…
Descriptors: Authors, Basic Skills, Cohesion (Written Composition), Higher Education
Long, Littleton, Ed. – 1976
This collection focuses on writing exercises, both expository and creative, as well as areas of adjacent concern. The book is divided into nine major sections: prewriting; diction; theme, thesis, and paragraph; style; ideas for whole papers and special topics; description; research; the short story; and rewriting. The exercises deal with such…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Spencer, D. H. – 1981
Written examinations are considered to be more searching than oral ones; they are less subject to chance because they give more time to the student for reflection, and they do not favor one type of learner over another. This view is taken even though language is speech before it is writing. While there may be a need for a complementary oral…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education, Language Tests
Wiener, Harvey S.; Sheckels, Ted – 1981
Offered as a guide to teachers of basic writers (remedial or developmental students), this book contains activities for setting and achieving goals, for motivating reluctant beginning writers, and for practicing, stretching, and mastering basic writing skills. The six chapters of the book present ways of approaching rhetorical strategies and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Course Content, Course Organization, Higher Education
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