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Peer reviewedKossack, Sharon – Journal of Reading, 1986
Provides activities for teaching the skill of comparison using various parts of newspapers. (SRT)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Integrated Activities, Newspapers, Teaching Methods
Bankston, Dorothy H. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedDodd, Anne Wescott – English Journal, 1986
Tells how to develop ways for students to share writing with others both inside and outside the classroom. Discusses possibilities for publishing within the school and in the community, as well as how to submit entries to writing contests and national publications. Contains tips about submitting manuscripts. (EL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Secondary Education, Writing Exercises, Writing for Publication
Wilson, Sandy – Instructor, 1979
Suggests supplementary spelling activities involving selection of a phonetic element and construction of student-generated word lists. Designed for fifth graders, the activities can be adapted to any grade level. (CM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Phonetics, Spelling Instruction
Kahl, Marilyn, Ed. – 1983
This publication contains a collection of teaching ideas and class activities for organization, journals, dictation, creative writing, outlines, poetry, vocabulary, film review word cards, paragraphing, career research and much more. Some of the materials, listed with their authors, include: (1) "Magazine Board" (Frieda Owen); (2)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Teacher Developed Materials
Sims, Barbara B. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedThompson, William R. – Clearing House, 1982
Provides a writing assignment that is based on an actual court case. (FL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Court Litigation, Motivation Techniques, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTompkins, Gail E. – Language Arts, 1981
Lists several classroom writing activities, including writing in sand, using letters cut from magazines and newspapers, and baking letter cookies. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedPackham, Irvin – English Journal, 1980
A high school English teacher with repressed urges to write reports on his self-discovery as a result of writing in class with his students. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Secondary Education, Teacher Behavior, Writing (Composition)
Piggins, Carole Ann – Instructor, 1989
This article presents 15 activities designed to motivate students to engage in creative writing. Also given are ideas on how to reinforce and maintain student interest in writing. (IAH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Motivation
Peer reviewedOnion, Margaret K. – Exercise Exchange, 1975
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedWilliams, Melvin G. – Exercise Exchange, 1975
Discusses the researched article as an alternative to the research paper and provides guidelines for students to follow in writing a query letter which sells the idea for the article. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Peer reviewedSweeney, John – Journalism Educator, 1987
Describes several activities that can be used to involve students in class and prevent them from becoming merely passive observers of the teacher. (FL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Journalism Education, Student Participation
Peer reviewedQueenan, Margaret – Exercise Exchange, 1985
Presents steps for a writing class project in producing thematic magazines that parallel the writing and literature themes of the course. Includes a 25-day schedule. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Periodicals, Secondary Education, Student Publications
Carter, John Marshall – Momentum, 1985
Describes how teachers can use the Bayeux Tapestry as the basis for writing games in many disciplines. Offers guidelines for conducting introductory lectures and preliminary investigations. Presents a series of writing games for the following disciplines: Art, Communications, English/Language Arts/Foreign Languages, History/Social Sciences, Home…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
