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Kelly, Rebecca – 1985
The process of writing a research paper must be broken into manageable units while at the same time retaining the recursive characteristic of the writing process. One approach does this by means of a series of assignments that also allow students to accumulate and practice the skills needed to write the final paper. These assignments are (1)…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Prewriting, Research Papers (Students)
Hook, Julie C. – 1988
This bibliography contains lengthy annotations of 29 sources which address the issues of prewriting; revision; the emotions involved in the writing process; different methods of writing instruction; and the relationships among reading, writing, and reasoning. Also included are a glossary of terms, a summary of the issues raised by the works cited,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Prewriting, Reading Writing Relationship
Hanzelka, Richard; And Others – 1981
Suitable for grades K-6, the paper presents guidelines for evaluating various levels of writing ability. Also presented are a description of a four-phase writing process model and a list of components necessary for a good writing program. Characteristics of superior, typical, and weak writing are presented on a continuum according to the student's…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Models, Prewriting
Beck, James – 1981
Prewriting, critical probe questions, and post-writing-recasting for plural audiences-(audience-relating) are three tactics that can be used in research paper instruction to help college students gain skill in "real world" writing and in critical assessment of issues and evidence. The prewriting tactics of freewriting, listing specifics,…
Descriptors: Audiences, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Selfe, Cynthia L. – 1981
A study was undertaken to observe the prewriting processes of four high and four low writing apprehensive college students and to explore any composing patterns that seemed characteristic of the two groups. During the study, each of the eight participants attended at least four 90-minute sessions that were designed to document the complex…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen
Rinderer, Regina; Miller, Cynthia A. – 1980
Prewriting exercises such as outlines, successive drafts, or free writing are not helpful to students from oral cultures who are unfamiliar with the writing process. Speaking as a rehearsal technique for writing can help nontraditional students formulate and organize ideas before starting the first draft. Speaking as a rehearsal for writing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Nontraditional Students, Prewriting
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Golub, Jeffrey N.; Reising, Robert W. – English Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction, Motivation, Oral Reading
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Cowin, Gina – Reading Teacher, 1986
Describes a project that included prewriting activities based on the students' experiences, imaginative literature, encouragement to expand their descriptive ability, and opportunities to revise and edit their own work. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 6, Integrated Activities, Literature Appreciation
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Simpson, Jeanne H – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Evaluates the efficacy of heuristics in the composition classroom, the importance of theory in teaching invention, the application of heuristics to stages of writing besides prewriting, and various heuristic systems. Describes the development of a theory of invention and pedagogy based on classroom experiment and the writings of other theorists.…
Descriptors: College English, Expository Writing, Freshman Composition, Heuristics
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Taylor, Michael – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Proposes a heuristic to generate specific and vivid phrasing and to draw on the right hemisphere of the brain for the substance of the essay. Describes stages of process as DRAW (Delineate, Ruminate, Analogize, and Write). Emphasizes creative description and expressive language rather than generation of ideas. (JG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expressive Language, Heuristics
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Sherman, Kathy – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Suggests that teachers attempt to have children write poetry that deals with the senses. Develops lessons to demonstrate to students their own potential for writing poetry. (MS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Schmidt, Jan Z. – Journal of Advanced Composition, 1986
Evaluates the use of meditation as a basis for a descriptive writing assignment in advanced composition. (MS)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Higher Education
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Lampert, Kathleen W. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Explains how journal dialogues (student interaction with author) act as an intermediate step between purely personal responses to a text and formal interpretations for a public audience and how they encourage students to explore and develop ideas for essay writing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Interaction, Literature Appreciation, Prewriting
Reither, James – Highway One, 1985
Proposes a seven-stage model to assist in the process of synchronizing the rhythm of teachers' activities with those of their students. (DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Prewriting, Teacher Student Relationship
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Gee, T. W. – English Quarterly, 1985
Explores writing research on the composing process regarding the relationship of the topic selected to the score obtained, the relationship of the score to the use of both an outline and a rough draft, and the relationship of the amount of revision to the quality of essays obtained. (EL)
Descriptors: Grade 12, Performance Factors, Prewriting, Revision (Written Composition)
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