Breaking open the box : a guide for creative techniques to improve academic writing and generate critical thinking / Nancy Dafoe.

Dafoe, Nancy, 1952-
Lanham : ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD EDUCATION, A division of ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC., [2013]
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184).
  • Encouraging creative frameworks for critical thinking and writing — The writer as creative thinker — Recognizing the problem — Outlining creative applications to academic writing — Applications with prose poems or poetic prose — Discourse applications with poetry — Applications with narrative : story, dialogue and the mini-script — Applications with parody and satire — Applications with musings and journaling — Applications with unusual vessels and technology — Traditional-looking essays incorporating creative techniques — Changing the landscape of academic writing assignments and the classroom environment — Making editing integral — Inviting the common core state standards into the classroom and recognizing that they are first cousins to creativity — Lesson planning involving creative choice and techniques — Setting up action research — Providing students with opportunities for an authentic audience.

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