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...

Purpose: These student-led group presentations will help students become familiar with information in their research writing text--The...

Purpose: An invention exercise, especially for a position shift, or personal narrative essay that also asks students to explore their...

Purpose: This exercise will show students how to choose a strong thesis for the research paper assignment by teaching them to avoid...

Purpose: This is an exercise on effectively using images in poetry and prose, and it accompanies Philip Cory Cloud's “Home.” Description:...

Purpose: A Topic-generating Exercise best suited to a culture-oriented researched essay assignment. This exercise helps students learn...

Purpose: Works well to introduce a personal visual media paper, or other media analysis paper, because it encourages students to think...

Purpose: This exercise accompanies “In Case You Ever Want To Go Home Again” by Barbara Kingsolver. It is designed to ask students to...

Purpose: This icebreaker makes a great first day introduction, getting students interested in and excited about writing by exploring...