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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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write pt.
wrote, pp.
written. OE. str. vb.
wrītan engrave, draw, depict, write = OS.
wrītan cut, write, OHG.
rīzan tear, draw (G.
reissen †sketch, tear, drag), ON.
ríta score, write:- Gmc. *
wrītan, of unkn. orig.
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Writing and the Disciplines
Magazine article from: Peer Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...director of the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University The growing prominence and institutionalization of "writing across the curriculum" (WAC) and "writing in the disciplines" (WID) programs throughout...
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Writing consultations can effect quantifiable change: one institution's assessment.
Newspaper article from: Writing Lab Newsletter; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the types of data we were keeping on the Writing Center. I proudly showed her the extensive Excel file of data reflecting our Writing Center's growth since its inception...but if I wanted to "prove" that the Writing Center helped students become better writers...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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WRITING WRONG CAPITAL DISTRICT COLLEGES PUT EMPHASIS BACK ON THE BASICS.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/1/1988; 700+ words
; ...can expect to fret and sweat more over writing assignments than their older brothers...are requiring new students to take more writing courses and to write more essays for their...choppy sentences and fuzzy paragraphs. Writing teachers call this new collegewide approach...
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Writing across the curriculum in a college of business and economics.
Magazine article from: Business Communication Quarterly; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...California State University, Northridge. Writing-across-the-curriculum programs have...found the presence of both formal and informal writing policies, differences in standards for writing in upper-division core courses, differences...
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2004-2005 Writing! Planning calendar.(Calendar)
Magazine article from: Writing!; 4/1/2004; 700+ words
; 2004-2005 Writing![R] Planning Calendar ISSUES & FEATURE READING- THEMES ARTICLE WRITING LINK Includes a "Writer's Short pieces...excerpts Portfolio" prompt to from contemporary writing practice modes of designed to spark student...
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Writing and the disciplines.(Analysis)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Peer Review; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...growing prominence and institutionalization of "writing across the curriculum" (WAC) and "writing in the disciplines" (WID) programs throughout...both terms usefully suggest the importance of writing in all fields, these two approaches have...
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Writing to learn in a content area. (writing as an educational medium)
Magazine article from: The Clearing House; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; Although writing across the curriculum has been emphasized...Educational Progress found that student writing performance has shown little improvement...informative, persuasive, and imaginative writing, only 25 percent of eleventh-grade...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Writing test fails to reflect abilities
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 6/4/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...years since the College Board added a writing section to the SAT Reasoning Test...bound students to demonstrate their writing skills to colleges. Prior to the...most colleges did not require a writing exam. However, today, whether...
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Writing the narrative-style research report in elementary school.
Magazine article from: Childhood Education; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...decided to write about a turtle. After a few minutes of writing, however, she raised her hand and asked the teacher...technique that could be called narrative-style research writing. This writing style uses a narrative, story-like framework...
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Writing assessment rubic
Magazine article from: Teaching Exceptional Children; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...time to engage in all the stages of the writing process, and given the freedom to move...encouraged to discuss and share their writing with others? For many children, the...because these features of a classroom writing program are more than sufficient. For...
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WRITING
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
WRITING The term writing encompasses four pairs of linked senses. It may refer to: (1) An activity ( reading and writing ) or the product of that activity ( What illegible writing...
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writing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
writing the visible recording of language peculiar to the human species. Writing enables the transmission of ideas over vast distances...prerequisite of complex civilization. Where, and by whom writing was first developed remains unknown, but scholars...
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Writing, Teaching of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
WRITING, TEACHING OF Writing pedagogy has been shaped by an array of influences over the years...research, and grassroots movements among teachers. Recognizing that writing assumes many guises and serves varied purposes, teachers and researchers...
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Direct Writing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Direct Writing The claimed phenomenon in Spiritualism of spirit writing that is produced directly without visible physical contact with the medium and sometimes without writing material. It dispenses with mechanical contrivances...
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Writing
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
428. Writing See also 12. ALPHABET ; 29. AUTHORS...acrologic , adj. autography the act of writing something by hand. — autographer...bibliotic , adj. brachygraphy an abbreviated writing; shorthand. — brachygraphic...
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