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"You May Have Won the Chevrolet Camaro": "Junk Mail" as a Resource for the Teaching of Writing.
Frye, Bob J. – Freshman English News, 1986
Discusses how junk mail letters can be used to teach students about rhetorical choices and the process of writing. (SRT)
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Letters (Correspondence)
Children Find Their Voices through Writing Opportunities.
Ashburn, Ann – Highway One, 1984
Argues that children want to write and enjoy writing and that teachers need to provide them with suitable opportunities for doing so. Discusses different kinds of writing that allow children's voices to come through. (FL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Writing Exercises
React First, Analyze Second: Using Editorials to Teach the Writing Process.
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Brueggeman, Martha A. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes a teaching method for reading and writing instruction to be used with college developmental reading students that involves writing reactions to editorials in the campus newspaper. (SRT)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Peer Evaluation, Peer Teaching
Fat Letters and Other Observations of Young Children Learning to Write.
Hall, Susan E. M. – Insights into Open Education, 1985
Some of the ways young children initially approach writing, including their understanding and involvement with the writing process, is the focus of this paper. It illustrates the variety of ways children deal with the concept of spaces between words, the differences between printed and cursive writing, and the left-to-right, top-to-bottom…
Descriptors: Child Development, Handwriting, Kindergarten Children, Learning Activities
Writing, the English Program, and the Writing Folder.
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Evans, Peter J. A. – English Quarterly, 1985
Suggests using the writing folder for such reasons as gaining an improved description and assessment of individual growth in writing, getting a better descriptive picture of writing achievement within the class, and assisting teachers in improving their assessment of writing. (EL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Learning Activities
Encouraging Beginning Writers.
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Hauser, Carin M. – Language Arts, 1982
Discusses children's writing process and how creating an atmosphere in which they are willing to take risks encourages their writing fluency and enthusiasm. Suggests that allowing invented spellings, reading-writing partners (peer pairs), and class editing can be beneficial to beginning writers. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Learning Activities, Peer Teaching
When Teachers Use Literature for Literacy Instruction: Ways That Constrain, Ways That Free.
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Pace, Glennellen – Language Arts, 1991
Identifies key premises from whole language theory relative to (1) language and language acquisition; (2) reading and writing processes; (3) teaching and learning; and (4) curriculum. Notes that these premises provide direct assistance to teachers in planning literature-based instruction. Discusses questions and underlying principles using…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Special Education Students Write: Classroom Activities and Assignments. Writing Teachers at Work.
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Marik, Ray – 1982
This book recounts the struggles and successes of one Seattle School District secondary school composition teacher guiding special education students through the writing process. The nine students had an IQ range of 59 to 109 and had an age range of 14 to 17 years. Of the students assigned to this class: one was neurologically impaired; one was…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Learning Activities, Learning Processes, Mainstreaming