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Peer reviewedBails, Renee – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes an activity to encourage students to write with specific details. Notes that (at the beginning of each class) students briefly jot down three things that have made them feel good on that particular day. Notes several other benefits of this activity. (SR)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education
Peer reviewedThorpe, Dean – Exercise Exchange, 1994
Describes the various "affective filters" that inhibit basic writers from learning to write. Suggests principles for avoiding such inhibitions among basic writers. Claims that such principles are an effective way of fostering writing development among basic writers. (HB)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, High Schools
Peer reviewedBriggs, Terri – Exercise Exchange, 1998
Suggests a prewriting activity that encompasses peer questioning to help basic writing students come up with topics for papers. Contends teachers should explain their expectations to the students and gives a homework assignment to either write a letter to their "future" children or devise a "life tree." Describes questioning in…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction
