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Murphy, Tom – English Journal, 1989
Presents a series of exercises aimed at helping students generate lines and ideas for their poetry. (MM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creative Writing, Poetry, Secondary Education
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Wong, Bernice Y. L.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Twenty-one learning-disabled eighth and eleventh graders wrote essays and answered a questionnaire concerning metacognition. Subjects were comparable to normally achieving sixth graders in their essays' interestingness, clarity in communication of goals, word choice, paragraph structure, and metacognition about the writing process. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Essays, Learning Disabilities
Shanklin, Nancy L. – 2002
In this inquiry study, teachers will learn about the writing process and ways to improve virtually all facets of students' writing. Teachers will carefully examine their own beliefs about writing and the value of their own written literacy that can be modeled for students. Teachers will build professional communities in which they will interact…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classroom Techniques, Inquiry, Professional Development