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Peer reviewedSpires, Hiller A. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Describes a free writing exercise designed to help first-year college students confront perceptions they have of themselves as learners. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Free Writing, Freshman Composition, Self Concept
Collom, Jack – Teachers & Writers, 1999
Describes two word games useful in secondary writing classrooms: "illot-mollo," in which freewriters announce words they just wrote which the other members must use in their subsequent freewriting; and "secret" in which students each write a secret (usually made-up) and then put them into a hat--students then pull out a secret and write about it.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Free Writing, Secondary Education
