Download “Into,” “Through,” and “Beyond”

Rowlands 2004
List of “Into,” “Through,” and “Beyond” Activities for Teaching Writing
“INTO” Activities
Brainstorming
Freewriting (focused or unfocused)
Mapping
Cubing
Questioning (purpose, audience, topic)
Graphic organizers
Burke’s Pentad
Journalism’s 5w’s and H
“THROUGH” Activities
Drafting
Applying organizational “patterns” to parts or the whole of a piece
- chronological
- spatial
- analytical
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enumeration
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part-to-whole
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cause and effect
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comparison/contrast
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definition
Audience “testing” (What does my reader know/believe about this topic? What else does he/she need to
know? What information/ arguments do I need to help my reader understand my discussion and/or
accept my claims?)
Purpose “testing” (What am I trying to accomplish with this piece? Am I trying to inform a reader by sharing
information or insights? Present a case for a particular reading of a text or course of action? Entertain?
Instruct? Something else? Does the content, structure, and tone of my piece fit my purpose?)
Revising
-cut and paste revision
-focus on introduction
-focus on conclusion
-changing purpose
-changing audience
Response from outside readers and reshaping based on their comments
“BEYOND” Activities
Editing
-Strong verbs (replace is, am, was, were, be, been, being with action verbs)
-Reducing prepositional phrases (replace with adjectives/adverbs)
-Parallel structure
Publishing
-Present for formal evaluation
-Peer copies
-Post on bulletin board
-Class booklets
-School publications
-Contests
-Outside publication