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This is a complete directory of all the nifty activities and assignments we get for each pillar and beyond! 

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INVENTION

Writer's Notebook/Listserv Discussion Prompts An Analogy for Determining Form in Writing
Invisible Writing with a Computer Interactive Journal Assignment

DRAFTING

Audience Anticipation Activity for the Computer Classroom  
   

REVISION

Incorporating Descriptive Elements in an Essay Peer Revision in the Computer Lab - How to Make it Work
Peer Responses--Paragraph Glossing Dissection of a Paragraph
Revision Exercise #1:   The Meaning of Shel Silverstein Revision Exercise #2:   Sentence Level Revision for Coherence and Transition
The Descriptive Outline  

EDITING

Teaching Grammar from a Positive Stance (AKA: The Jabberwocky Exercise) Computer Editing Activity (Focusing on Individual Paragraphs)
Modern English Grammar: A Hypothetical Text Grammatical Computers
Revising for Style--The Paramedic Method Five General Principles of Readability

RESEARCH

Works Cited Activity Website Criteria: Finding Credible Sources Appropriate for 100/101 Students
Web-based Lesson Connected to Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences (from World of Ideas) Introduction to Using the Internet as a Research Tool
Introduction to the Distinctions Between Summary and Analysis Library Scavenger Hunt
Playing with Connotations:  Paraphrasing and Politically Correct Language Analyzing Book Reviews
Paraphrasing and Summarizing to Avoid Plagiarism Interview/Quotation Synthesis Activity

MISCELLANEOUS

General Criteria for Writer's Notebook Evaluation Exercise in Rhetorical Sensitivity
Techniques for Encouraging Group Work--Collaborative Painting Introducing Students to MS Word
Some Stretch 100 Ideas and Tips Using Electronic Mail in the Composition Classroom
Using the WWW in the Computer Classroom  

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