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Stanwood, Les – Media and Methods, 1978
Outlines a writing project based on interviews with professional persons; proposes this assignment as an effective alternative to the term paper. (MAI)
Descriptors: Careers, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Interviews
Smith, Marion K. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1979
Presents a way of teaching process explanation in a technical writing course. Urges that the assignment ask students to explain a process they have learned from experience or from observation. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Technical Writing
Download full textIllinois English Bulletin, 1971
For use by junior and senior high school English teachers and students in search of appropriate subjects for written compositions, this publication contains 1,237 topics compiled from a questionnaire sent to about 250 teachers. The topics are divided into categories: personal reminiscences, personal reactions, the familiar essay, description,…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Essays, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedPope, Mike – English Journal, 1987
Discusses how words function with regard to the reality they represent. Claims that, generally, people substitute descriptions of reality for reality. (JD)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Epistemology
Paulson, Peter – 1978
Seven methods for helping students find theme topics are presented in this document. The methods include the following: setting up a library browsing table of records, books, and criticism related to the work of literature that is being studied; permitting students to choose topics based on observation of the surrounding community or reactions to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedAlward, Edgar C.; Hawley, Robert – Exercise Exchange, 1976
Presents a writing exercise which stimulates college freshmen's imaginations and suits adolescents' interest in a favorite subject for composition--themselves. (JM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education
Wolfe, Don M. – Elem Engl, 1970
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedKirby, Dan R.; Liner, Tom – English Journal, 1980
Suggests ways to help students revise their written compositions by teaching them to "see" their work again. (DF)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLundy, Jo – Exercise Exchange, 1999
Describes a writing assignment (useful for junior high through college age students) that seeks to improve students' descriptive writing through a set of class writing assignments using visual and concrete objects. Allows students to gain awareness, gain knowledge and discuss it, and ask questions as a body of learners rather than in isolation.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Fox, Roy F. – Media and Methods, 1978
Presents two teaching methods that lend structure to the teaching of poetry writing. (MAI)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Stevens, John – English Exchange, 1970
Presents the journalistic essay as both appealing to college composition students and helpful in teaching them writing clarity, accuracy, organization, and the integration of narration, description, and exposition. (DD)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Essays
Peer reviewedSamson, Donald C. – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Describes the use of Tarot cards to help students achieve clarity in descriptive writing and learn how to interpret symbols. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Muzic, Veronica – 1976
This module concentrates on descriptive writing as a means of training students to be more precise in their diction and to provide adequate detail. The module attempts to offer students in English classes learning experiences similar to the ones they might experience in shop classes. The module is set up for individualized instruction and includes…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing, Higher Education
Sieben, J. Kenneth – 1974
Students should be encouraged and taught how to write more effectively. This may be accomplished by involving them in two types of writing--the journal and the essay. The student is encouraged to record in his journal what he did and thought during the day, regardless of the trivialities. The journal is never evaluated by the instructor unless the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction
Miller, Doris F. – Media and Methods-Exploration in Education, 1972
How to use old magazine and newspaper pictures to help students learn to write realistic dialogue and speeches that characterize. (RB)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Descriptive Writing, English Education
