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Peer reviewedBrookes, Timothy – Exercise Exchange, 1976
Presents exercises for two subjects which students find among the less interesting: constructing arguments and writing expository prose, especially factual reporting. (JM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKurata, Marilyn – Exercise Exchange, 1983
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: At my university, students are required to take a two course sequence in freshman composition, EH 101 and EH 102. EH 101 covers six basic essay forms utilizing description, narration, process description, classification, comparison/contrast, and argument. Because EH 101 is a basic, required course,…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse
Sternglass, Marilyn – 1983
An examination of student papers from three universities on the same tasks revealed that expository writing tasks were less demanding cognitively than argumentative writing tasks and that argumentative writing tasks were less demanding than speculative tasks. Another finding was that when students were able to translate a generalized task into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Expository Writing
Download full textDellinger, Dixie Gibbs – 1982
Intended for high school composition instructors, this book resolves the seeming contradiction between creative, expressive writing and formal exposition and argumentation by presenting a teaching method that treats creative writing as a necessary--if not sufficient--cause for exposition. The first two chapters describe a sequence of short fiction…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Educational Theories
San Mateo County Board of Education, Redwood City, CA. – 1968
This teaching guide on composition for grades 7-12 has been designed as a supplement to aid in encouraging the student to understand the importance of the spoken and written word. Included are sections on (1) research in grammar and usage, with annotated assessments of more than 50 current studies, (2) sentence structure, with lesson plans on…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, English Education
Braungart, Diane S. – 1985
Noting that effective writing instruction depends on careful planning informed by knowledge of the writing process and its variations in relation to different audiences and purposes, this teacher's guide explains the nature of the writing process and how it relates to instruction. The purposes of the guide are threefold: to highlight current…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Language Usage
Daiker, Donald A., Ed.; And Others – 1985
The 23 original essays on sentence combining in this volume range in focus from classroom methodology and effectiveness, through theoretical issues and syntactic constructions, to current issues in the field. The essays and their authors are as follows: (1) "The Role of the Elaborated Dominant Nominal in the Measurement of Conceptual and…
Descriptors: Coherence, Epistemology, Expository Writing, Higher Education
San Jose, Christine – 1974
A study of children's syntax from a transformational perspective was initiated to explore the following areas: syntactic differences between narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative writing, and the relation of these differences to IQ, sex, and reading comprehension; the relation of syntax content; and the relation of children's…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Direct linkSunflower, Cherlyn – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
The second edition of "Really Writing!" provides 40 real-life writing activities designed to capture the attention of young authors (grades 2 through 6) who are just learning the composing process. This book is also a resource for teaching advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. Each of the…
Descriptors: Writing Ability, Writing Processes, National Standards, Brainstorming
