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Dixon, Glen T. – Highway One, 1984
Argues that teachers of young children need to recognize and take advantage of suitable opportunities to model their writing skills. Offers examples of possible activities. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Models, Teacher Role

Serebrin, Wayne – Language Arts, 1986
Describes how the writing of a favorite author helped a child accomplish what she wanted in her own writing. Discusses the classroom environment that encouraged the child's writing. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Language Arts, Models

Jacobs, Suzanne E. – Written Communication, 1985
Presents a model that predicts writing growth in children as a logical outcome of language acquisition. Provides a list of the kinds of language learning underway in the elementary school years and suggests that teachers may use this list to anticipate where and how such learning will influence the writing processes of children. (FL)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Skills