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Instructor, 1978
Eight ideas to motivate children to write. (CM)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques
Fina, Allan de – Instructor, 1992
Presents suggestions for teaching students about poetry by using pets. The article recommends discussing poems about pets, writing with rhyme to describe pets, writing free-verse sketches about pets, collaboratively describing pets, and studying line breaks by writing one-line descriptions of imaginary pets. A reproducible teacher page offers two…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Fina, Allan de – Instructor, 1992
Presents two children's poems about candy, by Dorothy Aldis. The article describes a teaching unit on the poems, the poet, and her use of end rhymes. Activities include writing rhyming words, writing rhyming poems, rhyming a recipe, and creating collages. (SM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Stein, Harry; Beyer, Barry K. – Instructor, 1982
Activities that reinforce social studies instruction and improve writing skills are described, including: (1) writing resumes for historical figures; (2) "on-site" reporting of historical events; (3) defining social studies concepts; (4) perspective taking and letter writing; and (5) speech writing. (CJ)
Descriptors: Biographies, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
