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Grant, Janet E.; Espeland, Pamela, Ed. – 1995
Encouraging adolescents to envision themselves as writers, this book provides 24 step-by-step exercises to help them discover their writing style, explore new types of writing, experiment with genres, and evaluate their own work. The book also provides pragmatic information about the day-to-day realities of becoming a writer: finding the right…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Publishing Industry, Secondary Education, Student Publications
Dahlstrom, Lorraine M.; Espeland, Pamela, Ed. – 1990
This book offers an entire year of journaling ideas--some serious, some "silly," but all tied to the calendar year. In fact, the book's sections are the months of the year. Each idea in the book comes with a fact-filled introduction and aims to prove that writing does not have to be boring or dull. As a special feature, many entries in…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Creative Writing, Diaries
2000
Ancient languages are the deepest root of the humanities, drawing life from that distant time when the study of history, philosophy, literature, and of language itself began. On the Internet, students can return to those times, re-enter that age of discovery, and gain the linguistic skills to help keep the many branches of the humanities rooted…
Descriptors: Greek Civilization, Greek Literature, High Schools, Internet

Ewoldt, Carolyn; Miller, Etta – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
Techniques are discussed for encouraging students to write thoughtful papers about field trips. Greater student involvement can be achieved by cultivating a sense of ownership of the writing. Topics for before, during, and after the trip are suggested in such functional writing areas as instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
2000
The borders that separate and connect different cultures often come into sharpest relief when the focus is on themes and motifs found in the literature or the visual arts of several lands. With the Internet, students can discover such points of intercultural contact for themselves, crossing borders that can lead them to a broader perspective on…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Language Arts
2000
This lesson plan highlights one episode in the "Divine Comedy" to provide students with an introduction to Dante's poem. After a brief introduction to the opening of the "Divine Comedy," which portrays Dante as a pilgrim guided by the poet Virgil on a journey through the Christian afterlife toward God, students read Canto 5 of…
Descriptors: Characterization, High Schools, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
2000
Anthologists and editors prepare the way for poetry readers, selecting works that reward close reading and assisting interpretation through annotation. But on the Internet people can return to poetry in its native state--one set of words among many others competing for appreciation--and read with fresh eyes. The learning objectives of this lesson…
Descriptors: High Schools, Internet, Language Arts, Lesson Plans
2000
This lesson plan introduces students to one of the most widely-read genres of 19th-century American literature and an important influence within the African American literary tradition today. The lesson focuses on the "Narrative of William W. Brown, An American Slave" (1847), which, along with the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Black Literature, High Schools, Language Arts
2000
While a single lesson plan cannot fully explore the variety and complexity of African life, in this lesson students can gain insight into the lives of some black women in Sub-Saharan Africa by adopting a perspective that is in part traditional, based on the arts of African village life, and in part postcolonial, based on the work of African women…
Descriptors: Blacks, Colonialism, Females, Foreign Countries
Surrey School District No. 36 (British Columbia). Curriculum and Instructional Services Centre. – 1990
Designed to be accessible for students and teachers and to provide models and alternatives for conducting research, this handbook serves as a common reference source for research in all subjects within schools and across school districts. The handbook includes sections on establishing a topic; finding information; developing an outline; making and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Notetaking, Outlining (Discourse), Research Papers (Students)
Mathena, Traci Johnson – American Educator, 2000
Middle school teacher describes a framework that gives inexperienced, anxious writers the confidence to write. The process, called doing prompts, stems from analyzing prompts or writing assignments that outline the topic for a piece of writing. The process involves analyzing the prompt being called for, completing a graphic organizer, composing…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Graphic Organizers, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Pitel, Vonna J. – Book Report, 1991
Describes the planning and implementation of a computerized writing center that is located in a high school library. Cooperation between the librarian and the classroom teacher is discussed; various writing assignments and the role of the librarian are described; and library services to teachers that support the writing center are explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Library Role, Library Services
Speck, Bruce W. – 2000
This book offers detailed and complex guidance, and the necessary techniques, for grading college students' writing. It examines why it is important to integrate grading into the writing process; the need for effective writing assignments; ensuring fair professorial judgments; promoting student learning; helping students learn how to respond…
Descriptors: College Students, Grading, Higher Education, Student Evaluation
2000
In this four-part lesson, students examine the concept of geographic region by exploring the history of the United States Great Plains. In Part I, students gather information about the location and environment of the Great Plains in order to produce a map outlining the region in formal terms. In Part II, students examine how the region has been…
Descriptors: American Indians, Area Studies, Geographic Regions, High Schools
2000
In this lesson, students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. The learning objectives of the lesson are: (1) to learn about the pioneer experience on the Oregon Trail; (2) to evaluate a historical re-enactment in light of documentary evidence; and (3) to synthesize…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
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