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    The story of my thinking : expository writing activities for 13 teaching situations / Gretchen S. Bernabei and Dottie Hall.

    • Title:The story of my thinking : expository writing activities for 13 teaching situations / Gretchen S. Bernabei and Dottie Hall.
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    • Author/Creator:Bernabei, Gretchen S.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Hall, Dorothy P.
    • Published/Created:Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Activity programs.
      Exposition (Rhetoric)--Study and teaching--Activity programs.
    • Description:xx, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9780325042398 (alk. paper)
      032504239X (alk. paper)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: Teaching Situation 1 If you want to begin with heartfelt moments from the students' lives
      Activity: Indelible Moments
      Teaching Situation 2 If you want them to write tightly focused memories with a reflective layer
      Activity: Personal Narrative with Reflection
      Teaching Situation 3 If you want to start with the personal narrative they just wrote
      Activity: Elastic Essays from Narratives
      Teaching Situation 4 If you want to start with their journal writing
      Activity: Mining Journals
      Teaching Situation 5 If you want a quick backup plan for anxiety reduction
      Activity: 11 Minute Essay
      Teaching Situation 6 If you want them to explore topics for deep development and systemic growth
      Activity: Inner Streams/Gritty Life
      Teaching Situation 7 If you want them to respond to a prompt for fast habit development
      Activity: Prompt Assignments
      Teaching Situation 8 If you want them to make all of the choices
      Activity: Open Essay
      Teaching Situation 9 If you want them to focus on developing a body of informational content
      Activity: Cubing
      Teaching Situation 10 If you want them to develop a thesis first
      Activity: Killer Thesis: Three-in-One
      Teaching Situation 11 If you want them to write an essay about a book they've read (or any literature)
      Activity: Book Report Essays
      Teaching Situation 12 If you want them to use these skills for other content
      Activity: Content Areas
      Teaching Situation 13 If you want them to use the moves of other writers
      Activity: Extracting Structures from Great Pieces
      Glossary of Terms
      Text Icons
      Text Structures
      Appendix
      Planning Sheet
      Elastic Kernel Planning Sheet
      Titles That Sell Informational Articles
      Infoshots
      Journal Hunt
      Bank of Expository Prompts
      Checking Your Essay
      Build an Opinion Prompt
      Planning Thinking
      Three-in-One Infoshots: Try It!
      Self-Selected Reading Book Essay Assignment and Pre-Writing
      Science Fair Project Abstract.
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