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Peer reviewedSpector, 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
Gardener, Sue Shrapnel – 1985
This package is intended to assist tutors who are working to improve their adult students' writing skills. It is divided into three parts. The first part, which focuses on the process of writing, includes 13 units in which tutors can explore writing work, either with small groups or individual students. The units, each of which includes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing
Download full textLong, 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
Wagstaff, Jeri Lou – 1976
This literature-research unit centered on a study of the religious quest provides a vehicle for developing several skills in addition to involving students in an examination of the nature of religious experience and the roles religion can play in the lives of people. The student will learn how to write extended definitions, compare and contrast…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Writing as a Process of Discovery: Some Structured Theme Assignments for Grades Five Through Twelve.
Jenkinson, Edward B.; Seybold, Donald A. – 1970
To help students understand the processes by which they should gather, organize, and write material for an assigned theme, this book presents a series of steps for students to follow as well as some specific guidelines for composition teachers. Theme assignments, procedural steps, sample themes, and questions for classroom discussion are provided…
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiences, Descriptive Writing, Discovery Learning
Bartlett, Elsa Jaffe – 1981
This report, designed especially for use by researchers, evaluators, and teachers, explores the practical implications of the composing process for writing instruction and assessment. An understanding of the actual process of text composition is presented as insights into how the acquisition of aspects of writing might be facilitated are explored.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Curriculum Design, Descriptive Writing
Horne, Rose Nell – 1966
The purposes of this study were (1) to investigate the effectivenss of activities centered around children's literature on pupils' use and understanding of figurative language, (2) to study the effect of the activities on pupils' reading vocabulary and comprehension, and (3) to examine the relationship of age, sex, IQ, and socioeconomic status to…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This document is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Descriptive Writing
