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Direct linkHamzadayi, Ergun – Education, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of progressive sentence development activities on 5th graders' description skills. The study was conducted based on the pretest-posttest quasi-experimental model with a control group. A total of 58 students participated in the study; 29 in the control group, and 29 in the experimental group. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Sentences
Peters, Leila – Teacher, 1976
Mind and mood pictures help students "see" reason in their writing. (Editor)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary School Students, Imagination, Language Arts
Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development. – 1969
This curriculum guide provides suggested learning activities for a sequential program in composition skills for grades K-12. The composition skills discussed are listed in developmental levels, not necessarily in terms of grade levels. It is recommended that the student become familiar with basic skills before progressing to the more complex ones.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Expository Writing
San Mateo County Board of Education, Redwood City, CA. – 1968
This teaching guide on composition for grades 7-12 has been designed as a supplement to aid in encouraging the student to understand the importance of the spoken and written word. Included are sections on (1) research in grammar and usage, with annotated assessments of more than 50 current studies, (2) sentence structure, with lesson plans on…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, English Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL. – 1966
Two articles on sentence construction and eight on the paragraph comprise this publication. Francis Christensen contributes four articles on (1) the use of loose, cumulative sentences, (2) sentence openers, with illustrations from Hemingway, (3) a generative rhetoric for the paragraph, and (4) the formation of principles of paragraph composition…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Descriptive Writing, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing
Diliberto, Jennifer Anne; Algozzine, Bob – Preventing School Failure, 2004
Presents tips on improving the writing process of students with learning disabilities (LD). Information on a literacy intervention curriculum for students with LD; Impact of the strategy on the sentence writing skills of students; Process of the curriculum with its corresponding modifications; Benefits of the writing instruction program to improve…
Descriptors: Sentences, Descriptive Writing, Elementary School Students, Writing Processes
Christensen, Francis – 1967
This collection of essays on literary composition sets forth rhetorical principles formulated from a close inductive study of contemporary American prose. The first essay develops a system of analyzing sentences by structural levels and outlines a generative rhetoric for the sentence consisting of the processes of "addition,""direction of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adjectives, Adverbs, Descriptive Writing
