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Contents Foreword Kathleen Blake Yancey Introduction I. Writing Process 1. Squids Will Be Squids! Motivating Ideas with Fables?Wendy C. Kelleher 2. Travel Diary: From Prewriting to Product?James Blasingame 3. The Alien: Using Specific Details?Mary Kay Crouch 4. Double Double Stories: Improving Word Choice?Melissa Reid 5. Being There: Using Specific Details in Narration?Marty Brooks 6. ?I?m Sorry? Lanterns: Using Descriptive Language?Melissa Revel 7. Personal Interviews: Writing Description?Mary Allen 8. Musical Chairs: Practicing Transitions?Bonnie Startt 9. Sole Stories: Developing Organizational Skills?Mary Rezac 10. Three in One: Analyzing Thinking Processes?Charles S. Pierce 11. ?I Hate Group Work?: Transforming Conflict into Cooperation?Chris Jennings Dixon 12. Feedback: Creating Online Peer Groups?Michele Marits 13. Dealer Prep: Alleviating the Pains of Peer Editing?Tom Hargrove 14. It?s Music to My Ears: Growing Paragraphs into Essays?Tom Hargrove 15. Creating Pullouts: Enhancing Essays?Elizabeth H. Beagle 16. Your Paper: Improving Persuasive Writing?Ramona Clark 17. Everybody?s a Student and Everybody?s a Teacher: Reflecting upon Knowledge?Dave Meyerholz 18. Application/Scholarship: Writing a Personal Essay?Joe Lemrow 19. College Exploration: Writing an Expository Report?Miles McCrimmon 20. The Final Word Is Yours: Assessing the Classroom Experience?Dave Meyerholz 21. ?Hands Off?: Role Modeling the Reader/Writer Relationships?Chris Jennings Dixon II. Portfolios 22. First Impressions: Creating Reflective Letters?Shanita Blades Williams 23. ?Dear Reader?: Self-Assessment and Reflection?Fran Sharer 24. Road Maps: Developing an Annotated Table of Contents?Fran Sharer 25. Authentic Measurements: Portfolio Reading Procedures?Chris Jennings Dixon 26. Anchor Sessions: Portfolio Evaluation?Ann L. Johnston 27. Electronic Portfolios Work for Me: Developing Websites?Bonnie Startt III. Literature 28. Hot Topics: A Prewriting Technique?Julie Herwick 29. Freewriting: A Prereading Technique?Charles W. Hoofnagle 30. Literary Tea Party: Inferring and Predicting?Sherri Bova 31. Making Connections: Writing as a Reaction to Reading?Charles W. Hoofnagle 32. ?You Be the Judge?: Critical Responses to Literature?Susan Slavicz 33. Chaucer RAFTS: Writing a Parody?Elizabeth H. Beagle 34. ?Trashy Poetry?: Improving Word Choice?Mary Rezac 35. An Affection for Alliteration: Using Sound Effects?Mary Allen 36. ?Good Night Saigon?: Finding Figures of Speech in Lyrics?Susan P. Allen 37. ?What?s in a Name?? Decoding Characterization?Sue Buck 38. ?Fibblestax and Carr?: Understanding Characterization?James Blasingame 39. The Canterbury Rap: Making Connections through Memorization?Dorothy K. Fletcher 40. ?My Hometown Tales?: Using Models for Writing?Julie Herwick 41. Objective v. Subjective: Writing a Summary?Joe Lemrow 42. Multiple Intelligences: Identifying and Using Learning Styles?Chris Jennings Dixon 43. Online Hamlet Discussion: Enhancing Critical Thinking?Susan Slavicz 44. Finding Shakespeare: Application and Analysis?Susan S. Hawkes IV. Research 45. Pizza Carousel: Demonstrating Reading/Research Skills?Regina Taylor 46. Amtrak Schedule Activity: Using Primary Sources?Suzy Bolton 47. Websites: Evaluating Authority?Marty Brooks 48. Mine: Recognizing the Line between Writer and Source?Reginald V. Bruster 49. Creating a Literate Lifestyle: Forming Reading and Writing Habits?Jennifer Fletcher 50. Self-Writing Diagnosis: Revision Strategies?Elizabeth H. Beagle 51. ?What Should Sally Do??: Avoiding Plagiarism?Charles S. Pierce V. Grammar 52. ?I?m Not Good at English?: Eight Basic Rules for Native Speakers?Reginald V. Bruster 53. ?Beef Up Your VERBS?: Using Vivid Language?Wendy C. Kelleher 54. ?Don?t Correct: Highlight?: Identifying Common Errors?Sherri Bova 55. Highlighting for Sentence Variety: Experimenting with Syntax?Suzy Bolton 56. Grievous Grammar Errors: Proofreading Common Errors?Chris Smutzer 57. Graphing Sentences: Developing Style?Chris Smutzer 58. Error Analysis Patterns: Promoting Self-Assessment Strategies?Chris Jennings Dixon 59. Signposts to Meaning: Understanding Punctuation?Michele Marits 60. The ?Look?: Formatting Paragraphs?Marty Brooks VI. Writing on Demand 61. Music in the Classroom: Journaling for Timed Writings?Dorothy K. Fletcher 62. ?Why Write?? Practicing Response Writing?Sue Buck 63. Quoting Macbeth: In-class Timed Writing Sample?Dale DeSarro 64. Newspapers and Magazines: Headlines as Prompts?Susan P. Allen 65. College Expectations: Impromptu In-class Essay?Stuart Noel 66. Orientation to College: Creating a Writing Sample?Chris Dixon Jennings VII. Media 67. Media and Weight Loss: Developing an Argumentative Essay?Mary Kay Crouch 68. Print Advertisement: Writing an Argumentative Essay?Susan P. Allen 69. An Advertising Campaign: Using Rhetorical Appeals?Miles McCrimmon 70. ?All Apologies?: Analyzing Song Lyrics?Melissa Revel 71. Arthurian Newspaper: Journalism Basics?Michelle Huff 72. Beowulf Movie Poster: Visualizing Characterization?Michelle Huff 73. Video Freeze Clips: Writing from Film?Dale DeSarro 74. Film Reviews: Supporting Opinions?Stuart Noel 75. Diversity in America: Writing a Movie Critique?Ann L. Johnston Appendixes A. Why Institutions Need to Cross Pollinate B. Institutional Characteristics Editor Contributors
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary).
Curriculum planning.