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Birds and Dragons: An Exercise in Descriptive Writing.

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Kurth, Anita – Exercise Exchange, 1986

Presents a descriptive exercise, also useful for technical writing, that provides a real reader and a strong sense of the nature of descriptive writing. Students are given sketches of an art piece that they must describe for a museum for identification. (HTH)

Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, High Schools, Higher Education, Integrated Activities

Designing Forms for the Electronic Age.

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Sills, Caryl Klein – Exercise Exchange, 1984

Discusses the rationale and presentation of an assignment on form design for a business, professional, and technical writing course. (HTH)

Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Graphic Arts, High Schools, Higher Education

Developing Technical (Re) Writing Assessment.

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Baker, John P. – Exercise Exchange, 1996

Describes a series of exercises designed to help students of technical writing to see the virtues of revision. Suggests that students may learn from finding sections of their own textbooks that they can revise both linguistically and graphically. (TB)

Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Higher Education, Layout (Publications), Lesson Plans

Writing Assignments that Prepare Students for Writing on the Job.

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Pytlik, Betty P. – Exercise Exchange, 1985

Presents eight writing assignments designed to help students write reports and letters for their future jobs. (HTH)

Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Higher Education, Motivation Techniques