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Download full textChase, Cheryl M. – 1974
This booklet is one of a series developed by the Northern Colorado Educational Board of Cooperative Services to make available to teachers ideas designed and tested by other teachers. Many of the ideas are from educational journals as well as from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The booklet contains sixteen activities…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Dialogs (Literary)
Hillocks, George, Jr.; Kachur, Faye – Learning, 1979
A variety of sensory awareness games and activities are suggested to aid students in the development of writing skills and to stimulate students' interest in writing. (JMF)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Descriptive Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Huse-Inman, Kathy – 1981
Aimed at elementary school teachers interested in promoting their students' enjoyment of and skill in writing, this guide offers a number of ideas for writing activities. The guide focuses on the creative use of language and suggests ways in which students can be stimulated to write poems and stories, create metaphors, write descriptions of people…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 2001
Image has always been important to the powerful. Their portraits have traditionally been designed to impress people with the gravity of the subject, but changing sensibilities and media have tended to introduce more intimacy and spontaneity. Creating visual and literary representations of people has proved to be an enduring human activity. This…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Enrichment, Descriptive Writing
Direct linkSunflower, Cherlyn – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
The second edition of "Really Writing!" provides 40 real-life writing activities designed to capture the attention of young authors (grades 2 through 6) who are just learning the composing process. This book is also a resource for teaching advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. Each of the…
Descriptors: Writing Ability, Writing Processes, National Standards, Brainstorming
