Symbols of Memory: Using Details to Establish Meaning
Purpose: This activity could be useful as a tool for exploring the use of sensory detail and memory to express emotions; it teaches...
Snap Shots: Details & Point of View
Purpose of Exercise: Fosters creative exploration of point of view, detailed description, and narrative as individuals and...
Food and Family: Description
Purpose: This activity is intended to inspire students to write very descriptively, and it can be used as an invention exercise for a...
Exploding a Moment: Developing Details
Purpose: This activity helps students develop their ideas and can be used at any stage in the writing process, but is often most helpful...
Character Development: Making Those Characters A Little More Three-Dimensional
Purpose of Exercise: This is a handout-style exercise for protagonist development in writing short stories. Description: You might...
Brainteaser: Voice Without Word Choice
Purpose: This exercise fosters creative thinking in descriptions, development of voice, and playing effectively with sarcasm....
Underline, List, and Highlight: Improving Drafts in Conference
Purpose: This exercise helps students analyze three essential elements of their paper: thesis, arguments and research. It can be applied...
Conducting Student-centered Conferences
Purpose: These strategies will help instructors organize and structure effective student-centered conference sessions. Description: This...
Early-stage Conference
Purpose: These strategies are intended to help facilitate the early-stage conference; they particularly focus on invention, outlining,...
Conducting Group Conferences
Purpose: Sometimes you might want to try conducting group conferences with two or more students. This can make the conference week—which...