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Bloom, Lynn Z. – Exercise Exchange, 1977
Presents a method that enables students to become aware of nonverbal communication and to incorporate it into their descriptive writing. (TJ)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Nonverbal Communication
1983
Designed to develop students' abilities to follow directions and organize and write their thoughts, this junior high level activity involves students in creating a dream person using magazine or catalog pictures and then writing a biography of this person. Materials include teacher notes, follow-up suggestions, evaluation procedure, and a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biographies, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Schifferle, Judith – 1985
This handbook is one of a set of six which provide a systematic means to help students in grades 4 through 8 learn the process of writing while building specific writing skills. The handbook focuses on paragraph writing, and offers 25 reproducible lessons, in a variety of formats, to help students improve their use of descriptive, narrative,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Intermediate Grades