• Introduction
• Part One: Suggestions for Writing to Learn 
  • Context Creation
  • Clarification Letters 
  • Entry/Exit Slips 
  • Focused Freewriting 
  • Reader-Response Writing 
  • Sentence Springboard 
  • Student-Formulated Questions 
  • Microthemes 
  • Reduction / Expansion 
  • Basic Collaborative Writing 
• Part Two: Sample Assignments
  • Christina Taylor: Summary, Definition, and Response (Clinical Psychology)
  • Jerry Reid: Writing Mini-Exercise (Anthropology) 
  • Brian Wilson: Student Critiques of Scientific Articles (Biology) 
  • Debbie Danowski: Freewriting in a Film Course (Media Studies) 
  • Sandra Young: First-Day Charter (English) 
  • Patricia Carl-Stannard: Autobiography, Description, and Persuasion (Social Work) 
  • James Castonguay: Summary and Group Response (Media Studies) 
  • Amy Van Buren: The One-Minute Paper and the “Muddiest Point” (Psychology)
• Suggestions for Further Reading

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