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Glorfeld, Louis E.; And Others – 1977
This new edition, intended to help the student achieve a simple and clear writing style, contains new material--chapters on the research paper and on the resume and application letter, an appendix on parts of speech, and a number of revision-practice sentences. The three sections of the book deal with preparations for writing, explanations and…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Guides, Paragraph Composition, Punctuation

Smith, Richard Lee – Clearing House, 1972
How the TV commercial may be used to teach organization in writing. (SP)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Teaching Methods, Television Commercials, Writing Exercises

Grady, Michael – College Composition and Communication, 1971
Author extends Christensen's theories on paragraph development to formulate a sequence of development for longer compositions, and includes diagrams of sample sequences. (SP)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Models, Paragraph Composition, Rhetoric

Petrini, Glenda C. – Clearing House, 1976
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Expository Writing, Guidelines, Social Studies
Gwyn, Cindy; Swanson-Owens, Deborah – 1980
Since good prose is usually prose that has been carefully edited, devoting a significant portion of class time to editing should improve the writing and attitudes toward writing of college students in expository writing classes. By requiring students to edit their essays in class, writing teachers force the students to break their writing into a…
Descriptors: Editing, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation
Mills, Helen; Mehaffy, Robert – Educational Technology, 1974
Authors describe a remedial writing course and conclude that individualized instruction is effective, efficient and economical. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Expository Writing, Individualized Instruction, Undergraduate Study
Howley, Craig B. – 1987
This handbook, written for a workshop, is designed to help improve school newsletters. The first section of the handbook is an outline of the lecture given in the workshop. Subsequent sections discuss and illustrate: (1) basic principles of simple, functional writing; (2) the importance of time and practice; (3) five good writing habits; (4)…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Newsletters
Kar, Ronald N. – 1976
This paper explains the teaching strategy inherent in the model expository-paragraph program, a plan for middle-school, student writing based on imitation of and reaction to a model paragraph written by the teacher. The model paragraph provides material for the teaching of spelling, grammar, and composition skills and is a springboard for creative…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Expository Writing, Middle Schools
Tripp, Janice A. – 1978
In technical writing classes writing can come alive to students, because in such classes students are knowledgeable about their subjects and can simulate writing to real audiences in business and industry rather than only to teachers. Students practice writing within determined and specified formats and to a standard style in response to…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Research Reports
O'Neal, Michael J. – 1975
This paper proposes using dramatic situations for prewriting and writing assignments. Dramatic situations are defined as the process by which students, working in pairs, argue or discuss on paper in dialogue form a human question or problem. A sequence of exercises in several stages is outlined. First, students are divided into pairs and pass a…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Dramatics, Expository Writing, Higher Education

Stoddard, Ted D. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1985
Discusses a favorite assignment, which is to require students to write a "real-world" business letter and then mail it with the anticipation of a response. (EL)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Education Work Relationship, Expository Writing
Ingendahl, Werner – Wirkendes Wort, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, German, Language Instruction
Dixon, John; Stratta, Leslie – 1982
A consideration of real world language use yields five questions that could prove helpful in assessing student writing achievements: (1) What is the writer's purpose or intention? (2) What audience does the writer have in mind? (3) What are the organizing principles of the piece? (4) What range of experience and knowledge might one reasonably…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Instructional Improvement, Secondary Education

Poetker, Joel S. – Social Studies, 1976
The teaching technique described provides students practice in developing the skills necessary for good social studies essay writing. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Essays, Expository Writing

Youngblood, Ed – English Journal, 1985
Recommends having students keep a reading journal on reading assignments as a way of getting them involved in reading, thinking, and discussion. (EL)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Reading Assignments, Reading Skills, Secondary Education