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Fagerlie, Anna M. – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Publicize

Luce-Kapler, Rebecca – Language Arts, 1999
Uses poetry and poetic prose to remind readers of the power of poetic language. Discusses the author's experience as a poet and her work with teachers to bring poetry into children's lives. (SR)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Language Rhythm, Poetry

Dot, Gary K. – Language Arts, 1975
Advertisements can be effective stimuli for creative writing.
Descriptors: Advertising, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Publicize

Turner, Thomas N. – Language Arts, 1978
Suggests several teaching techniques which encourage creative independent writing by providing needed structure. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Self Expression, Teaching Methods

Carson, John F. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)

Kuhlman, Wilma D.; Bradley, Linda – Language Arts, 1999
Discusses the development of voice through a specific free-form poetry-writing experience. Suggests a method for teaching poetry that draws heavily on poets from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Shares evidence that this approach to teaching poetry can be the starting point for students developing writers' voice, and suggests ways to move…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Multicultural Education

Morse, Sandy – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Language Arts, Middle Schools

Pillar, Arlene M. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: American History, Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Creative Writing

Apol, Laura; Harris, Jodi – Language Arts, 1999
Discusses the efforts of a fifth-grade teacher and a visiting poet to rekindle students' sense of poetic passion and pleasure. Describes how the authors introduced students to poems for two voices (using P. Fleischman's "Joyful Noise"). The poetry unit culminated in a project in which students read and performed Fleischman's poems, then wrote and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Dramatics, Grade 5

Brause, Rita S.; Mayher, John S. – Language Arts, 1985
Describes a class project involving collaborative partnerships in which fifth graders wrote books for first graders. (HTH)
Descriptors: Books, Child Language, Class Activities, Creative Writing

Tompkins, Gail E. – Language Arts, 1982
Writing researchers suggest that children should write stories in order to (1) entertain, (2) foster artistic expression, (3) explore the functions and values of writing, (4) stimulate imagination, (5) clarify thinking, (6) search for identity, and (7) learn to read and write. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Creative Writing

Tchudi, Susan – Language Arts, 1987
Looks into the functions of children's writing to determine what children can meaningfully write about. Discusses research on the functions of writing and then suggests assignments where children write letters to different audiences, such as to themselves and to their future children. These assignments help children learn about themselves. (SKC)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Language Arts, Letters (Correspondence), Personal Narratives