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Lake, Mary Louise – Grade Teacher, 1972
If a teacher reads the children's stories to the whole class, the children begin to write for their peers rather than for the teacher's approval. The combination of hearing their stories read aloud and seeing their friends enjoyment is irresistible. The writing improves dramatically. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises
Scardamalia, Marlene; And Others – 1981
Sixty consequential writing tasks are described in this source book to help elementary and secondary school students develop their abilities in written composition. The activities foster thinking by posing game-like writing problems that require students to use their minds in the ways that good writers do, and to solve the problems that good…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Coherence, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Sullivan, Zola Jiles – 1980
Intended to help teachers in developing language arts curriculum materials for use with the children of recent Bahamian immigrants to the United States, this paper contains approximately 500 topics for creative and expository writing based on the roots of Bahamian culture. The topics are arranged into areas of interest, including Bahamian pride,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Cultural Awareness
Sullivan, Zola Jiles – 1980
Intended to help teachers in developing language arts curriculum materials for use with recent Cuban refugees to the United States, this paper contains 300 topics for creative and expository writing based on the roots of the Cuban culture. The topics cover a variety of subjects, including food preparation, memories of Cuba, experiences in a new…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Cubans
Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1984
Collected from classroom teachers across the United States, this idea exchange presents teaching activities that enliven the secondary school language arts classroom, engage student interest, and help teachers reflect on their teaching as part of their continued professional growth. The activities are divided into four sections: (1) literature,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Kaufmann, Felice, Comp.; Kent, Jeannette, Ed. – 1998
Culled from ideas contributed by people attending conferences of the National Council of Teachers of English and by readers of "NOTES Plus" and "IDEAS Plus," the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of writing and literature. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Tway, Eileen – 1984
Intended to help elementary school language arts teachers provide students with opportunities for unprescribed writing according to a natural writing process, this booklet discusses research and practice in the writing process and creating a supportive classroom environment. The first part of the booklet examines theory and research on the stages…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing
Bates, Eleanor A. – 1978
To prevent children with reading difficulties from thinking of themselves as failures, academic experiences must include projects that will motivate them to be responsible learners, enhance their self-concept, and reinforce all the language arts skills. One class of sixth grade students with reading disabilities made minibooks from greeting cards…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Scottish Curriculum Development Service, Edinburgh. – 1986
Having implications for teachers and students at all stages of primary school, this project report delineates an alternative and more effective approach to the teaching of beginning writing. The report points out that the project, while producing a body of classroom-tested material, focused on awareness about written language and how children…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Cortland, NY. – 1980
Designed for use within language arts programs as well as in the content areas, this handbook provides a continuum of activities for developing writing skills in grades five through twelve. The activities, arranged according to a diagnostic grid sheet provided for evaluation of student progress, offer practice in perception of task (point of view…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
