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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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 "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 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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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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 "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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2004-2005 Writing! Planning calendar.(Calendar)
Magazine article from: Writing!; 4/1/2004; 700+ words
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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 in the elementary school: The missing pieces
Magazine article from: New England Reading Association Journal; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...suggest that, at a time when process writing appears to be dropping off the research...More teachers than ever are teaching writing in their classrooms, but our research...espoused by many supporters of the process writing movement (Atwell, 1998; Fletcher...
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Writing Groups Inside and Outside the Classroom
Magazine article from: Composition Studies; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Writing Groups Inside and Outside the Classroom, edited...collection of original essays to be a sourcebook for writing groups, and, as the first book in a series sponsored by the International Writing Centers Association, to extend writing center...
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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
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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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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Writing Teachers
Book article from: American Eras
Writing Teachers Skill. In an age when all documents...to teach it. Most schools simply taught writing by having students learn words; the Lancastrian...was part of a whole theory of education. Writing with a good hand was crucial to doing business...
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