Teaching Composition Guide

By Valerie Hockert, PhD

Often students are lacking knowledge in how to write an academic paper. Some are interested in writing, but don't know how to get started or know proper format, and others don’t really like writing, but need to learn how to write a proper essay in order to get through college. This teaching textbook teaches one to write from the beginning to the end, and contains everything you need for a lesson planner to teach your students how to write anything. This book contains everything you need to teach a composition course successfully. From grammar review to commonly misused words, to how to write different styles of essays. You may even find that this will be a good refresher for your own writing as well.

Great for the teacher as well as the student.

Valerie Hockert has taught composition for over 20 years at a college level, has many published works, and has a PhD in Literary Studies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Justice Gray
• Release date: Nov 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310537905

Valerie Hockert, PhD

Valerie Hockert, was born in the Midwest where she has lived all her adult life. She has had much life experience through her various entrepreneurial life. She has a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies, and a PhD in Literary Studies. Dr. Hockert has been teaching at a college level for many years. She was the first publisher of the Writers' Journal and Today's Family, two national publications. She is also a certified personal trainer, great chef, and the Publisher of an e-magazine: www.realitytodayforum.com.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Valerie Hockert, PhD has had numerous books published, over 100 articles, and has worked as a publisher and editor. She is also an English College Professor. Dr. Hockert has taught classes in: Journalism, English, Composition, Literature, and Humanities.

Table of Contents

About the Author

Introduction

Basic Review

List of Commonly Confused Words

List of Commonly Misspelled Words

Clichés

Comma Rules

Topic Sentences

Examples of Bad Thesis Statements

Microsoft Word Examination

Methods of Developing an Essay

--Description

--Narration

--Example

--Process

--Comparison and Contrast

--Classification and Division

--Cause and Effect

--Definition

--Argumentation

Assignment and Essay Guidelines

--Description Essay 1 Guidelines

--Description Essay 2 Guidelines

--Description Essay 3 Guidelines

--Narrative Essay Guidelines

--Process Analysis Paper Guidelines

--Comparison and Contract Paper Guidelines

--Cause and Effect Paper Guidelines

--Argument

--Argumentative Topics

--Illustrative Outline

--Illustrative Essay Guidelines

--Newspaper Assignment

--List of Possible Research Topics

--Research Paper 1 Guidelines

--Research Paper 2 Guidelines

--Challenges of Writing a Paper

--Select a Topic for Your Final Paper

--Completing an Outline

--Writing Your Thesis Statement

--Peer Review Survey

Quizzes and Exams

--Quiz for Research Paper

--Rules to Quiz On

--Midterm Exam 1

--Midterm Exam 2

--Final Exam 1

--Final Exam 2

Peer Review Forms

--Feedback for Classmates on Process Paragraphs

--Feedback for Classmates on Illustrative Essay

--Feedback for Classmates 1

--Feedback for Classmates 2

Announcements

--Topic for Final Paper

--Outline for Research Paper

--Peer Review

--Responses for Rough Draft

Other Teaching Aids by Valerie Hockert, PhD

Introduction

Often I find that students are lacking knowledge in how to write an academic paper. Some are interested in writing, but don't know how to get started or know proper format, and others don’t really like writing, but need to learn how to write a proper essay in order to get through college.

Writing courses in a local community college, I experimented with various methods and obtained some interesting results. I designed classes to help the student write that great paper.

I presented to the students the various things included in the books—and with amazing results.

The members of the classes I taught represented various age levels--from 18 to 60--and were of various writing levels. Since this was the case, I found that the exercises I used (included in this