Composing Comes Alive: Dramatic Presentations in the Writing Classroom

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Published: Aug 6, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31719/pjaw.v3i2.41

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Ann E. Wallace
New Jersey City University

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In creating and presenting a collaborative dramatic presentation of a literary text, composition students bring "The Yellow Wallpaper" to life through close reading, literary analysis and synthesis, recursive multi-modal writing, and group performance. This assignment fosters the development of transferrable reading, writing, and creative thinking skills within an active learning environment.

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Wallace, A. E. (2019). Composing Comes Alive: Dramatic Presentations in the Writing Classroom. Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31719/pjaw.v3i2.41
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019)
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