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Breaking Open the Box - A Guide for Creative Techniques to Improve Academic Writing Generate

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Informationen zum Autor By Nancy DaFoe Klappentext We need a more creative approach to teaching writing. A methodology incorporating creativity, as modeled by students in this text, demonstrates the kind of progress we are all seeking, offering an exciting challenge for young writers and educators alike. Zusammenfassung We need a more creative approach to teaching writing. A methodology incorporating creativity! as modeled by students in this text! demonstrates the kind of progress we are all seeking! offering an exciting challenge for young writers and educators alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Writing Well Matters Chapter 1: Encouraging Creative Frameworks for Critical Thinking and Writing Chapter 2: The Writer as Critical Thinker Section 1: Playing with LanguageSection 2: Taking Creative Risks to Improve Writing Chapter 3: Recognizing the Problem Section 1: A Familiar SceneSection 2: Why the Essay Genre Presents Such Challenges Section 3: The Hollow Middle Section 4: When a Good Student Writes a Bad Essay Section 5: When a Student Surprises with His/Her Writing Chapter 4: Outlining Creative Applications to Academic WritingSection 1: Where to start and how to proceed with instruction in creative techniques and creative choices Section 2: Applications with MetaphorChapter 5: Applications with Prose Poems or Poetic ProseChapter 6: Discourse Applications with PoetryChapter 7: Applications with Narrative-Story, Dialogue, and the Mini-ScriptChapter 8: Applications with Parody and Satire Chapter 9: Applications with Musings and Journaling Chapter 10: Applications with Unusual Vessels and TechnologySection 1: Student Applications with Unusual VesselsSection 2: Applications with Technology A: Texting B: Blogging Chapter 11: Traditional Looking Essays Incorporating Creative Techniques Chapter 12: Changing the Landscape of Academic Writing Assignments and the Classroom Environment Chapter 13: Making Editing Integral Chapter 14: Inviting the Common Core Standards into the Classroom and Recognizing they are First Cousins to Creativity Chapter 15: Lesson Planning Involving Creative Choice and Techniques Section 1: Building Creative Techniques into the Writing Lesson Section 2: Tweaking the Assessment Rubric to Encourage Creativity Chapter 16: Setting Up Action Research Section 1: Student Writing Surveys Section 2: Examining Comparative Data Section 3: A Procedural Guide-Building Creative Choice into the Compositional Assignment Chapter 17: Providing Students with Opportunities for Authentic Audience Instructional Application and Dedication Appendix A: A Guide for Parents Appendix B: A Sampling of Young Writers' Conferences Appendix C: Helpful, Creative Resources for Writers and Writing Instruction Bibliography Notes...

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Authors Nancy Dafoe
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 21.02.2013
 
EAN 9781475802733
ISBN 978-1-4758-0273-3
No. of pages 210
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology

Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teaching / General

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