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Author Anderson, Jeff, 1966-

Title Revision decisions : talking through sentences and beyond / by Jeff Anderson, Deborah Dean.

Publication Info. Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, [2014]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.623 A547R    Check Shelf
Description ix, 190 pages ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
Contents Revision decisions are possible: actively processing to develop options for revision -- The vocabulary of revision decisions: introducing DRAFT with a five-day lesson plan -- The process: the anatomy of a revision-decision lesson -- Modifying in the right direction: right-branching sentences -- Can't resist a list: the compacting power of the serial comma -- The pair necessities: balancing pairs and deleting repetition -- Asides are extra: adding flavor with extra information -- Sentences interrupted: the power of putting ideas in the way -- The participle principle: the verbal that tracks action -- A verbal remedy: invigorating writing with gerunds and participles -- Keep your reader oriented: using prepositions to connect and navigate -- The comma-drama dilemma: use it ... or lose it? -- What's left? Branching out in new ways -- Appendixes: A. The context -- B. The demonstration -- C. The practice -- D. The collaboration -- E. Excerpt from Flesh and blood so cheap -- F. Charting connections -- G. Decisions writers make.
Subject English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
EDUCATION -- Professional Development.
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) (OCoLC)fst00911034
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Secondary) (OCoLC)fst00911043
English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching (Elementary) (OCoLC)fst00911641
English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) (OCoLC)fst00911643
Added Author Dean, Deborah, 1952-
ISBN 9781625310064 (paperback)
1625310064 (paperback)
9781625310286 (ebook)
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