Suggests that the loss of early American rhetorical traditions encouraged approaches to writing that emphasized prescriptive rules without acknowledging the art involved in the process, but that current "practical rhetoric" is more aligned with the art of composing and is both theoretically and empirically based. (SKC)

Describes recent advances in writing analysis and their implications for English as a second language writing instruction. The principal theme emphasized is that text analysis of written products, which complements process-centered research, is needed for an integrated theory of writing. (Author/CB)

Describes a basic writing program which provides an enabling environment to give students opportunities and a plan for composing sentences and texts and interacting with readers, through such techniques as collaborative learning, writing as process, and sentence combining. Offers profiles of typical basic writers including examples of their work.…

Advocates teaching the paraphrase from the dramatistic perspective in order to teach students the "active," dramatic nature of meaning, and the different ways they can describe meanings. Illustrates how the paraphraser selects and combines elements, creating a complete context for the original text. (MM)

Describes how a seventh-grade teacher was able to devise a final examination that both reflected the goals of his process-oriented writing class and met the requirements of his school board. (ARH)

Describes the background, materials, and implementation procedures for the Expository Writing Program. Points out that research has shown that participation in the program helped good and poor readers improve their composition and comprehension of informational texts. (ARH)

Presents and discusses three confessions regarding the effects computers have had on writing processes and products of three writing teachers. Suggests approaches to the use of word processing in composition courses and to research on such use. (SD)

Offers a method, based on the example of medical case histories, of charting basic writers' progress in order to diagnose and try to resolve their writing problems. Argues that the chart is an effective strategy for improving the work of basic writers. (SRT)

Explains ways of helping students to analyze and correct their spelling errors. Emphasizes the difference between composing well and using correct spelling. (EL)

Claims that the controversy about whether writing is a process or a product is largely unnecessary because writing is clearly both. States that the real argument in the profession regards what constitutes (1) useful research, (2) the tools needed to do it, and (3) the vocabulary within which it should be conducted. (JD)

Discusses the appropriateness of the process method for the business writer. Describes how the method might be taught in a business communication course. (JD)

Supports a reader oriented theory of paragraph writing. Discusses the readers' expectations of paragraphs and supporting research, demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of the most popular current model of paragraph structure, demonstrates the power of rhetorical paragraph writing, and details the pedagogical implications of the…

Presents step-by-step instructions to help developmental writing students write a cohesive essay by combining individually written paragraphs. (HTH)

Presents a method for teaching report writing that first establishes the order followed when writing a good business report and then presents, in reverse order, the steps of gathering information, interpreting information, and organizing information. (SRT)

Describes the characteristics of an alternative writing workshop in which the author controls the discussion. Discusses the respective roles of the writer, the readers, and the teacher in such a workshop. (HTH)