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Peer reviewedWilde, Jack; Newkirk, Thomas – Language Arts, 1981
Explores the use of detective story writing to help children move from chronology to causality. Examines the elements of a detective mystery and includes a sample story written by a student. (HTH)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Fiction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedNewkirk, Thomas – Elementary School Journal, 2001
Explores the implicit boundaries on topic choice established by early proponents of writing process pedagogy and traces these boundaries to a widespread cultural concern about the disappearance of a pretechnological form of childhood. Urges a dialogic view of writing that acknowledges the positive contribution children's media affiliations can…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Fiction
