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Direct linkJuhee Lee; Jeonghyun Lee – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
Although competent argumentative writing is important for academic success and daily life, it is difficult to teach, especially in middle schools where English is taught as a foreign language (EFL). Previous research has indicated that extensive reading or writing improves the descriptive writing skills of EFL students. However, it is not certain…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Download full textSimanjuntak, Debora Chaterin; Safitri, Nining – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2018
This study addresses to see the significant difference between those who were taught using Jigsaw 1 model and those who were taught using picture composition to enhance the students' ability in writing descriptive writing. This cooperative study involved two groups. Sample of this research were the students of X-A using Jigsaw 1 Model and X-B…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Descriptive Writing, Teaching Methods, High School Students
Sinaga, Megawati – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The Objectives of this paper as an experimental research was to investigate the effect of Roundtable and Clustering teaching techniques and students' personal traits on students' achievement in descriptive writing. The students in grade ix of SMP Negeri 2 Pancurbatu 2016/2017 school academic year were chose as the population of this research. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Personality Traits, Writing Achievement
Wolbers, Kimberly A; Dostal, Hannah M; Graham, Steve; Cihak, David; Kilpatrick, Jennifer R; Saulsburry, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2015
Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) has led to improved writing and language outcomes among deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) middle grades students. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of SIWI on the written expression of DHH elementary students across recount/personal narrative, information report, and persuasive…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Elementary School Students, Writing Instruction, Deafness
Peer reviewedDrake, David B. – Exercise Exchange, 1995
Explains a descriptive analysis exercise based on Chapter 99 of "Moby Dick." Notes that students are given a description of a coin, asked to draw the coin, and then freewrite about what they and their classmates have drawn. States that the exercise is intended to illustrate the relationship between objective and subjective description.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
McAvinney, Angie – 2000
This report describes a program for enriching language use in writing. The targeted population consisted of one classroom of fourth grade students in a public elementary school. This school is in the small rural community near a large city in the Midwest. The problem of lack of language skills in writing was documented with teacher and student…
Descriptors: Action Research, Descriptive Writing, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Graham, Steve, Ed.; MacArthur, Charles A., Ed.; Fitzgerald, Jill, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Highly practical and accessible, this indispensable book provides clear-cut strategies for improving K-12 writing instruction. The contributors are leading authorities who demonstrate proven ways to teach different aspects of writing, with chapters on planning, revision, sentence construction, handwriting, spelling, and motivation. The use of the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education
