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Peer reviewedLuse, Patricia L. – Reading Teacher, 2002
Describes how "speedwriting" requires that all learners become actively engaged in their own learning because, rather than generating ideas orally, students are instructed to write down all their ideas as quickly as they can. Considers how the social engagement of discussion and the sharing of ideas during the writing phase drew even the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Grade 5, Group Discussion, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGauthier, Lane Roy – Reading Teacher, 1989
Presents a strategy to improve students' comprehension of content material by having them read, discuss, and give written responses to items pertaining to short content texts. (MG)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedRice, Phyllis E. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Describes a learning activity that helps children learn to combine the journalistic writing style found in newspaper headlines with the story structure of novels. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 6, Headlines, Intermediate Grades
