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Danish, Barbara – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1979
Shows how digging for details adds richness and new meanings to cliches. Provides student poems resulting from exercises with trite materials. (RL)
Descriptors: Cliches, Creative Expression, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Grell, Jane – 1994
Serving as an ideal entry point for children to self-expression and creativity, these participative poems by a storyteller blend the bounce and rhythm of Caribbean memory with universal aspects of childhood experience. The poems take the oral and musical folklore of the Caribbean and link it to the verse of the traditional English nursery rhyme to…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Creative Expression, Cultural Context, Elementary Education
Steinbergh, Judith Wolinsky – 1994
This easy-to-use book addresses the needs of the teacher who has always wanted to do more with poetry in the classroom. It presents a sequence of activities that allows young children to listen to, learn, read, and write poetry--these activities have been used in dozens of classrooms and proven to be successful in a wide range of settings. Topics…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
