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Toothaker, Roy E. – Instructor, 1980
Presents 26 composition activities that offer elementary students an opportunity to practice expository writing through the preparation of short written or oral reports on scientific topics. (SJL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Expository Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedMorgan, Marilyn R. P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1997
Discusses how to teach a first-year composition course, expository writing, required of most students at Rensselaer Polytechnic. Considers how to motivate students and help them to see connections between writing and their technical work. Offers various techniques for getting the students to write comfortably. (PA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedKelly, Kathleen – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Explores ways in which an expository writing class can encompass training in both professional writing and in the humanities. Presents a writing assignment that combines research in the humanities with writing for decision makers. (HTH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Decision Making Skills, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Cicardo, Barbara J. – 1977
The basic outline for a 16 sentence structured essay is a pattern that helps remedial writing students to improve their writing skills and that can be applied in the basic speech course and the remedial reading program as well. This document presents introductory comments about grading procedures for student essays based on the model and a…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Content Area Reading, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Direct linkNational Council of Teachers of English, 2004
This issue of "Classroom Notes Plus" contains descriptions of original, unpublished teaching practices, and of adapted ideas. Under the "Ideas from the Classroom" section, the August 2003 issue (v21 n1) contains the following materials: Reading Poetry with Wright's "Black Boy" (David Fuder); Finding Poetry Lost in Translation (James Penha); "Lord…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Poetry, African American Literature
