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Peer reviewedFeldmeier, 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)
Peer reviewedWalls, 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
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, 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
Peer reviewedWhitaker, 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
Peer reviewedKirszner, 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
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
