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"Recommended. Educator Valerie Lewis explains the five
stages of the writing process, discusses why we write, and indicates that
writing is both a talent and a skill that can be learned and developed."
-EMRO Review Valerie Lewis explains each stage of the writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing), offering helpful tips for approaching each, and encouragement to discover one's individuality. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis explains autobiographical writing and interviews journalist Susan Pedwell who explains its use in her writing process; also each discuss ways of connecting short sentences. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis introduces Paul Yee, a writer of children's stories, who offers tips that cover the use of dialogue to bring characters to life and the technique of showing, as opposed to telling about, an incident. Also they discuss the use of adjectives and adverbs. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
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"To instruct viewers in interesting ways to present
how-to information, the writing process is explained in steps: research,
organization, editing, transitions, and summary." -The Book Report Valerie Lewis explains how-to writing and interviews writer Marcia Kaye who explains its use in her writing process; then shows how to use an organizer in the pre-writing phase; also they discuss words that connect paragraphs. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis explains the form and purpose of argument writing and interviews environmentalist Vanessa Alexander who explains the use of argument writing in her writing process; also each discuss sentence fragments and run-on sentences. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis explains oral history and interviews Lorrain Hubbard who offers techniques for preserving stories of people's past. Writing tips include the difference between oral and written language; the need for unity, coherence and logical and chronological order, and how to punctuate dialogue in writing. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis points out the features of report writing and interviews Sherry Boeckh about her report writing process. Tips include corrections for short, croppy sentences, unnecessary repetition, wordiness, flowery language; and then converting sentences from the passive to the active voice. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis talks about poetry as a basic form of human communication and interviews poet Lucy Brennan about her inspirations. Tips focus on word choice and shapes of poems; then they discuss the use of similes and metaphors. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis interviews career consultant Janis Foord-Kirk about the need for well-written resumes, cover letters and how to apply the writing process to both; also they work on short, choppy sentences. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |
| Valerie Lewis interviews writer Robin Heisey about advertising. Tips include suggestions for script writing; then they work on dialogue for ads. 08DR/CC Closed-Captioned JSCA 15 min. |