This book, which is primarily addressed to the high school journalism student and teacher, discusses what depth reporting is and how it is done. Depth reporting is understood to be a relating of the facts so that the reader can fully understand them. It includes such activities as observing, supplying background information, humanizing the news,…

Presents several assumptions about scientific writing and from these derives teaching methods for a year-long sequence of writing courses for science freshmen. (DD)

Explains how a biology instructor and a writing teacher each developed an interest in a cooperative approach to teaching science writing at Delta College. (DD)

Advises magazine journalism students on special-issue needs, opportunities, and considerations. (RL)

termined that students who completed writing assignments on mathematics problems were better problem solvers than students in control groups, supporting the contention that expository writing is an effective, practical, and innovative tool for problem solving. (Sample problems and writing assignments are included.) (DH)

Claims that by being open to the French (feminist) theories of Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, and Helene Cixous, teachers of composition, male and female, might actually engender new textual and pedagogical strategies within the field and beyond. (ARH)

Argues that the topic sentence can be a valuable rhetorical strategy. Examines the origin and development of the topic sentence concept, considers twentieth century criticisms of the topic sentence, and argues that readability research on the topic sentence and schema theory supports the value of using topic sentences in expository prose. (HTH)

Argues that the romantic and classical theories about writing are not necessarily contradictory and proposes a larger view of the writing process that would accommodate both theories. Notes that problems in choosing composition instruction approaches stem from teachers' failure to distinguish between two of three categories of nonfiction writing.…

Discusses the philosophical thought of Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault as it applies to writing instruction. (SRT)

Describes the use of small writing groups in an advanced expository writing class and why the approach works. Includes a course syllabus. (HTH)

This book provides a practical classroom guide to unlocking the treasures of informational texts. It also aims to demonstrate that reading and writing nonfiction can overcome the gender gap, allowing girls and boys to share interests in any subject from bugs and magnets to gardens and cake baking. It explains the use of a range of instructional…

The feeling for language which is aroused in children's study of poetry carries over to their writing of prose. (RB)

The inclusion of a substantial amount of nonfiction in your English class is one of the easiest ways to involve the uninvolved high school student; specific books are suggested. (Author/SP)

A college teacher describes writing problems of above average college students who have learned formulas", and his own problems in overcoming a formula response" to student papers. (SP)