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Peer reviewedClark, John R. – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Suggests using poetry's short short forms for a methodical and rapid series of writing assignments that emphasize both careful writing at the sentence level and overall planning and respect for form. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Poetry, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedGowen, Brent – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Provides a rationale for allowing students to write in journals that the teacher will never read. Suggests requiring students to write responses to their journal writing at the end of the semester, which would be shared with the teacher and the rest of the class. Includes a sample response. (HTH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, High Schools, Higher Education, Privacy
Peer reviewedCarino, Peter A. – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Presents an exercise that guides basic writing students in their choices, requiring them to make evaluative annotations of each sentence in the draft of a paragraph. Includes (1) a set of questions that incorporate criteria for a sound paragraph and serve heuristically for the revision of the draft, and (2) a student example of the procedure. (HTH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Higher Education, Revision (Written Composition)
