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Ingendahl, Werner – Wirkendes Wort, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, German, Language Instruction
Download full textSpigelmire, 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
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
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
Elbow, Peter – College English, 1968
This article proposes to teach writing from the hypothesis that true writing and good prose are only end products rather than the primary objectives. The author suggests that producing an effect in a reader and revealing the self in words are prior achievements in the process of learning to write well. Criteria for judging writing are based…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, English, English Instruction
Brashers, H. C. – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1968
As the inexperienced writer becomes aware of the issues involved in the composition of effective descriptive prose, he also develops a consistent control over his materials. The persona he chooses, if coherently thought out, can function as an index of many choices, helping him to manipulate the tone, intent, and mood of this style; to regulate…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language
Saint Louis Park Public Schools, Minn. – 1967
The aim of this course for grades 10-12 is to develop in students their command of language through their use of it. It tries to guide the student through the actual process of composition, avoiding the treatment of the pre-writing stage and the writer's situation. The instruction material is divided into six categories (Conciseness and Clarity,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing, Diction
