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Wells, Celeste C.; DeLeon, Daniel – Communication Teacher, 2015
The activity described in this paper was developed in response to the experience of teaching a large lecture introduction course to freshman and sophomore undergraduates called "The Rhetorical Tradition." This course covers, roughly, the last 2500 years of rhetoric. One of the issues faced in this course is that students struggle to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Teaching Methods, Student Interests, Rhetoric
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Knapp, John V. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2002
Presents a teaching method that provides students with the necessary tools to analyze college-level poetry. Suggests that because reader response has greatly overplayed its corrective to "New Criticism," the HEI (Hypothesis-Experiment-Instruction) method of teaching literature could serve as a third choice among teachers interested in avoiding the…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Group Discussion, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
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Wolfe, Denny T., Jr. – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Illustrates how students can gain access to the Japanese imagination and become familiar with the form and features of the "haiku." (TJ)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Group Discussion, Haiku, Higher Education
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Steineke, Nancy – Voices from the Middle, 2002
Considers how to involve students more in discussing poetry. Describes a class activity involving creating a low-risk poetry porthole: the list poem. Talks about learning how to discuss the poetry of others. Presents ideas for making the transition to the discussion of "school" poetry. (SG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Group Discussion, Instructional Innovation, Literature Appreciation