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| Teachers and Writers | 5 |
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| Avrich, Jane | 1 |
| Collom, Jack | 1 |
| Landsman, Julie | 1 |
| Noethe, Sheryl | 1 |
| Pflaum, Jeffrey | 1 |
| Willis, Meredith Sue | 1 |
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| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Noethe, Sheryl; Collom, Jack – Teachers and Writers, 1994
Describes five poetry assignments and presents examples of students' poetry written in response to the assignments. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Student Writing Models
Avrich, Jane – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Describes a successful unit of study on poetry in a fifth grade class that ended with students each writing a sonnet as a final project. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Poetry
Pflaum, Jeffrey – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Describes a successful program of "contemplation writing," in which, through a counting technique and a music technique, children learn how to contemplate their inner experience, write about it, and discuss it. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Expression, Intermediate Grades, Secondary Education
Willis, Meredith Sue – Teachers and Writers, 1993
Discusses revision as a form of learning and as a response to all kinds of literature, whether imitating what went before, reacting against it, or making something genuinely new of it. Offers numerous writing activities based on this idea. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Revision (Written Composition), Student Writing Models
Landsman, Julie – Teachers and Writers, 1993
Focuses on releasing students' creative impulses, their imaginations, and their memories. Discusses a set of reading and writing activities that have been used with all kinds of students in a wide variety of settings. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Poetry
