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Beyersdorfer, Janet – English Journal, 1982
Explains how student-constructed "aliens" were used to generate writing and to encourage the development of writing skills. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Junior High Schools, Realia, Writing Exercises
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Miller, J. Wesley – English Journal, 1983
Enumerates dodges so effective that an unprepared teacher can carry away kudos, not boos, from his or her students. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, English Instruction, Secondary Education, Student Teacher Relationship
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Hrybyk, Catherine R. – English Journal, 1983
Describes how a teacher sparked her students' interest in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" by having them conduct a classroom trial of the play's lead character. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Drama, Dramatic Play, English Instruction
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Carter, Candy – English Journal, 1983
Solves the problem of introducing Shakespeare to junior high students by using prose versions of his great scenes. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation
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Kamm, Jay D. – English Journal, 1982
Recounts how linking "Hamlet" to modern horrors and adventures stimulated student interest in the play. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Drama, Literature Appreciation, Motivation Techniques
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Cavallaro, Janice D. – English Journal, 1983
Describes how a teacher challenged her students' smug conviction that poetry is a waste of time. (JL)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Creative Teaching, English Instruction, High Schools
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Miller, Doris P. – English Journal, 1982
Recounts how old radio shows were used by one teacher to help students develop listening, speaking, and writing skills. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Educational Radio, Junior High Schools, Listening Skills
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Berkenkotter, Carol A. – English Journal, 1982
Presents a sequence of writing assignments in the form of a dialogue between a teacher and members of a rhetoric class that calls attention to the crucial relation between the writer and the audience. (JL)
Descriptors: Audiences, Creative Teaching, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
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Liftig, Robert – English Journal, 1982
Describes a five-step creative writing program designed to improve student language skills. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Creative Writing, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
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Zepezauer, Frank – English Journal, 1982
Recommends a scheme for relating language study to the arts through the teaching of "image,""connotation," and "symbol." (JL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Creative Activities, Creative Teaching
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Woods, Jeanine – English Journal, 1983
Explains how Sir Joshua Reynolds' paintings and William Blake's etchings enriched the study of Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" in a seventh-grade class. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, English Instruction, Grade 7, Integrated Activities
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Gonzalez, Roseann Duenas – English Journal, 1982
Recommends a three-part writing process of prewriting, writing, and postwriting activities that uses the cultural world students bring with them to the classroom to stimulate writing improvement. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits