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Write Outside: Outdoor Activities and Writing Prompts for English Composition


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Write Outside is a handbook for college-level English composition courses. In addition to providing explanations and examples of effective writing strategies, the text includes outdoor activities and writing prompts that bridge and reinforce those key concepts. As one of the best ways to clear our minds and think deeply about our own ideas, being outdoors is intrinsically linked to the basic principles of effective writing. Being outdoors is not only about "unplugging" or taking a break from technology, but also offers students innumerable opportunities to experience a tangible, natural world. The psychological and physiological benefits of sunshine and fresh air cannot be underestimated. Additionally, structured or group-based outdoor activities give students shared, meaningful experiences on which to base their writing. Structured outdoor activities can help students who otherwise do not have an opportunity develop an appreciation for the natural world. The greatest gift simply being outdoors offers is the gift of quiet moments for unbroken thought. What is writing if not the culmination of hours of unbroken thought?



Table of Contents:
Preface vii

Introduction: Paragraphs, Essays, and Activities
Writing Prompts: Writing Paragraphs and Essays
  • Writing Paragraphs
  • Writing Essays
Outdoor Activities: Experiences as Prewriting
  • Practice Activity—Courageous Initiation

Modes of Communication
Description and the Descriptive Mode
  • Outdoor Activity—Creating an Outdoor Space
  • Writing Prompt—Sensory Description of an Outdoor Space
Narration and the Narrative Mode
  • Outdoor Activity—Walking the Path
  • Writing Prompt—Reliving the Walk: Narration and Storytelling
Exposition and the Expository Mode
  • Outdoor Activity—Knowing Flora
  • Writing Prompt—Explaining Plant Properties
Argumentation and the Argumentative Mode
  • Outdoor Activity—Stacking Stones, Balancing Rocks, or Building Cairns
  • Writing Prompt—Issues, Reasons, and Evidence: Building Cairns
Rhetorical Appeals
Intended Audience
  • Outdoor Activity—Knowing Fauna
  • Writing Prompt—Symbolism of Fauna
  • iv Contents
Pathos
  • Activity—Mapping “Home”
  • Writing Prompt—“Mapping” Home
Logos
  • Outdoor Activity—Creating Rhythm
  • Writing Prompt—Teaching Rhythm
Ethos
  • Outdoor Activity—Planning and Planting
  • Writing Prompt—Fertile Foundations
The Writing Process
Prewriting and Divergent Thinking
  • Outdoor Activity—Scavenger Hunt
  • Writing Prompt—Narrative Writing: Preconceived Ideas
  • Writing Prompt—Prewriting a Long-Term Topic
Organization and Critical Thinking
  • Outdoor Activity—Sketching a Favorite Tree
  • Writing Prompt—Sketching an Outline
  • Writing Prompt—Outlining a Long-Term Topic
Research and Source Content
  • Outdoor Activity—Wondering and Asking
  • Writing Prompt—Building an Annotated Bibliography
  • Writing Prompt—Annotated Bibliography for a Long-Term Topic
Drafting and Evidence
  • Activity—Grounding
  • Writing Prompt—Argumentative Writing: Position on Grounding
  • Writing Prompt—Drafting a Long-Term Topic
  • Contents v
Revision
  • Activity—Having a Field Day
  • Writing Prompt—Narrative Writing: Outcomes
  • Writing Prompt—Revising a Long-Term Topic
Publication and Formatting
  • Activity—Completion Ceremony
  • Writing Prompt—Requirements and Guidelines
  • Writing Prompt—Formatting and Publishing a Long-Term Topic
Final Thoughts
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author

About the Author :
Amy Lynn Hess is an Atlanta area writer, publisher, and English professor. She holds a B.S. in Theatre and Interpretation from Central Michigan University, an M.A. in Theatre History and Criticism from Ohio University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Other texts by Hess include Diagramming Sentences: A Playful Way to Analyze Everyday Language, and The College Journal.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781792490637
  • Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Sub Title: Outdoor Activities and Writing Prompts for English Composition
  • ISBN-10: 1792490631
  • Publisher Date: 09 Dec 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y


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