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Durst, Pearce – Composition Forum, 2015
This article advances film as worthy of rhetorical inquiry and deserving of more sustained attention in the advanced composition classroom. The first section identifies various approaches to the "language" of film, which can be adopted to navigate the technical, rhetorical, and cultural concerns needed to compose informed multimodal…
Descriptors: Films, Film Study, Writing (Composition), Advanced Courses
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Hong, Carrie Eunyoung; Mongillo, Geraldine; Wilder, Hilary – Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This study explored how college freshmen at a mid-sized public university in north-eastern United States used Twitter, an anytime/anywhere writing technology, to support and promote the writing process by using tweets as a pre-writing activity. Two of the authors taught a joint course of First Year Seminar and Basic Reading in which the same group…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Freshman Composition, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
Richards, Janet C.; Lassonde, Cynthia A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and enhance their self-perceived writing abilities. These foundational writing strategies are applicable and adaptable to all primary students: emergent, advanced, English Language Learners, and struggling writers. Following the SCAMPER…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Cues, Writing Strategies, Form Classes (Languages)
Keeney, Kris – 2000
This book features rhetorically-arranged activities and assignments that connect students' everyday lives to the writing process. The individual and group assignments in the book appeal to different student learning styles and encourage an interactive approach to writing. The text is divided into four main parts: The Narrative Essay; The…
Descriptors: Editing, Essays, Higher Education, Writing Assignments
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Downing, Shannon O'Hearn – Language Arts, 1995
Describes working with multiage elementary school students on demand writing--writing to meet deadlines. Discusses why to teach it, practical applications, what teachers need to know before beginning instruction, getting started, introducing demand writing, modeling it, teaching beginnings and endings, and revising and editing/proofreading. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods
Brand, Alice G. – 1998
At the intersection of teaching and learning, this guide is intended to introduce and update disciplinary faculty on contemporary writing principles and pedagogy. In addition, it is designed to: alert faculty to the ways in which effective writing helps students not only show what they have learned but also to learn, generate, and communicate…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Content Area Writing, Editing, Higher Education
Ramage, John D.; Bean, John C. – 1997
Integrating up-to-date composition theory with pedagogical research in critical thinking and inquiry, this book presents a flexible organizational structure to accommodate a range of freshman composition course designs and to engage students intellectually in problem-centered writing activities to prepare them for academic tasks across the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Editing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
Means, Beth; Lindner, Lindy – 1998
Introducing middle school students (grades 6-8) to the joy of writing, this book presents ideas, practical lessons, examples, games, and resources. Step-by-step guidelines and helpful tips for educators are combined with numerous writing and prewriting activities for students--from "braindancing" and "zoom lens" to "downhilling." The book is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Educational Games, Intermediate Grades
Moore, Helen H.; Smith, Carl B. – 1999
Written for students in grades 3 and up, this book helps students write or present a report that will make a lasting impression. It offers detailed information on choosing interesting topics, using resources, taking effective notes, creating outlines, writing paragraphs, revising and editing, and publishing or presenting a report flawlessly.…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Editing, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Hearn, Emily; Thurman, Mark – 1990
The step-by-step instructions using storyboarding techniques described in this book show children how to create action-filled pages to illustrate their own stories. The book discusses storyboarding techniques, book mock-up, coloring materials, writing and editing the story, and coming up with a title. The book also includes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Editing, Foreign Countries