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Ben Roth Shank – English Journal, 2018
Revisiting the writing assignments that the author has given to his sophomores and juniors over the past four years, he can identify patterns that have complicated their writing development. This article explores how Aristotle's enthymeme can serve as an effective prewriting tool for literary analysis in the high school classroom. By foregrounding…
Descriptors: Prewriting, Literary Criticism, High School Students, Writing Processes
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Leitao, Selma – Written Communication, 2003
This article investigates children's evaluation/selection of ideas in writing-related tasks. The critical dimension being considered was to what extent the communicative goal that defines argumentation establishes basic criteria with which children decide whether to include counterargument in a text. Data analysis focused on participants'…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Data Analysis, Rhetoric, Writing Assignments
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Butler, Gene – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1991
Describes using the writing process as an instructional strategy in science classes to encourage critical thinking. (PR)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education