Stylistic Revision: Maximizing Clarity and Directness
Purpose: The goal of Stylistic Revision is to concentrate on sentence construction in later revisions, focusing on concision and detail....
Raising the Stakes: Adding Tension and Intensity to a Story
Purpose: This exercise helps students learn to become more effective writers of fiction. It could be quite useful in any course in which...
Proofreading Pitfalls Handout for Self-Editing
Purpose: This short paragraph makes a good handout, or discussion-started on the overhead some time before the final drafts of a paper...
Make it Interesting/Make me Want to Read it: Catchy Openings
Purpose: This exercise works to develop strong first sentences and unique voices in student writing. Description: This is a voice...
Developing Source Dialogue—Revising Researched Writing
Purpose: This exercise focuses on research article revision. Description: This revision exercise helps students identify source-heavy...
Citation Remediation
Purpose of Exercise: How many times have you tried teaching your students MLA guidelines, and in how many ways? Maybe it was a Jeopardy...
Curious Researcher Teaching Groups
Purpose: These student-led group presentations will help students become familiar with information in their research writing text--The...
When I Grown Up: Reflecting and Personal Growth
Purpose: An invention exercise, especially for a position shift, or personal narrative essay that also asks students to explore their...
Boring Topic Makeover
Purpose: This exercise will show students how to choose a strong thesis for the research paper assignment by teaching them to avoid...
The View From Above: Invention using Imagery
Purpose: This is an exercise on effectively using images in poetry and prose, and it accompanies Philip Cory Cloud's “Home.” Description:...