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...
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...
In Quest of Culture: Topic Generating for Research Essay
Purpose: A Topic-generating Exercise best suited to a culture-oriented researched essay assignment. This exercise helps students learn...
Commercial Break!! Creative Play With Media Influence
Purpose: Works well to introduce a personal visual media paper, or other media analysis paper, because it encourages students to think...
TV Personalities: Trying on Voices
Purpose: This icebreaker makes a great first day introduction, getting students interested in and excited about writing by exploring...
Alphabet Lists—Getting to Know Your Classmates
Purpose: The aim of this exercise is to get students to introduce themselves and to initiate collaborative working relationships...
Would You Rather...
Purpose: This ice breaker is a great activity for students and I have found that it gives students a chance to get to know more about...
Guess Who?
Purpose of Exercise: The purpose of this exercise is three-fold: to introduce students to each other, to show the variety of experiences...