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

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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