Dialogue: Tell Me How You Really Feel

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for students to develop their skills of mixing dialogue with action. Description: Communication...

Dialogue: From Screen to Page

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for students to develop their skills of mixing dialogue with action. Also for them to practice...

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for students to develop their skills in writing dialogue that both reveals character and moves...

Purpose: Students will practice managing large sections of dialogue in a single setting. Description: Raymond Carver wrote several...

Purpose: This exercise stimulates students to enrich their descriptive writing by using a plain object and writing about it in an...

Purpose: This activity could be useful as a tool for exploring the use of sensory detail and memory to express emotions; it teaches...

Purpose: This activity is intended to inspire students to write very descriptively, and it can be used as an invention exercise for a...

Purpose: This activity helps students develop their ideas and can be used at any stage in the writing process, but is often most helpful...

Purpose: This exercise helps students analyze three essential elements of their paper: thesis, arguments and research. It can be applied...

Purpose: These strategies will help instructors organize and structure effective student-centered conference sessions. Description: This...