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Brown, Jean E.; Stephens, Elaine C. – Clearing House, 1995
Describes a model for content writing called "Writing as Transformation," which focuses on three facets of writing to learn: writing as intuition, writing as metacognition, and writing as change agent. (SR)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Metacognition, Models
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Moore, Leslie S. – English Journal, 1992
Discusses the architectonics of four essays: John McPhee's "Travels in Georgia," Richard Rhodes'"Death All Day," and two by student writers. Diagrams each essay, showing how these writers built bridges of words over experiences. (SR)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Essays, Secondary Education, Text Structure
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Ryder, Randall J.; Graves, Michael F. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Offers a basic introduction and overview of the Internet, explaining what it is and how teachers and students can use it in the classroom. Discusses learning to use the Internet, and using the Internet to promote reading and writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Skills
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Irvin, L. Lennie – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1999
Argues that networked classrooms offer a number of opportunities for effective writing instruction. Argues that shared discourse in the networked-computer classroom has three levels forming a continuum of interactivity: students sending messages "at,""to," and "between" each other. Offers classroom examples of each level of discourse. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Discourse Analysis