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Peer reviewedSamson, Donald C. – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Describes the use of Tarot cards to help students achieve clarity in descriptive writing and learn how to interpret symbols. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBloom, Lynn Z. – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Presents a method that enables students to become aware of nonverbal communication and to incorporate it into their descriptive writing. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Nonverbal Communication
Peer reviewedKurth, Anita – Exercise Exchange, 1986
Presents a descriptive exercise, also useful for technical writing, that provides a real reader and a strong sense of the nature of descriptive writing. Students are given sketches of an art piece that they must describe for a museum for identification. (HTH)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedWalling, Donovan R. – Exercise Exchange, 1978
Recommends a series of sense exploration exercises to help students develop more adequate descriptive writing. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDowney, Carol Ann – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes a writing activity in which students imagine how a certain land area can become a world-class tourist attraction. Outlines how the assignment is carried out and its impact on the development of descriptive writing skills. Provides student response to the actual activity. (HB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Essays
