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Hershon, Robert – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1981
Argues that asking students to write in concrete images about specific events and places serves to emphasize the importance of writing from detailed personal experiences. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Creative Writing, Experience, Poetry
Epstein, Elaine – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1979
A poet relates her personal writing problems, which she resolved by completing some of the assignments she had used in her classes. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Authors, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Download full textJacobs, Lucky – 1976
Each of these ten creative writing assignments includes a model poem, a writing idea, and suggested discussions or activities related to the writing idea. The assignments can be used to stimulate either poetry or prose writing. (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Assignments, Creative Writing, English Instruction, Poetry
Peer reviewedNash, Mildred J. – English Journal, 1982
Assignments, grading methods, and classroom techniques for teaching creative writing in the high schools. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Creative Writing
PDF pending restorationStotsky, Sandra – 1983
Effective informational writing assignments show students that creativity and imagination are essential to the generation of new ideas in all content areas. A collection of these assignments has been arranged into five categories of increasing complexity based on the following criteria: whether the point of view is assigned as self-selected;…
Descriptors: Assignments, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Critical Thinking
Brown, Marion; And Others – 1980
The English department of a technical college has developed a writing program that uses real audiences and real situations to better prepare students for the communication requirements of their professions. The exercises for each class are focused on the course content. In an advanced technical communication course, senior design, the students are…
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiences, Course Content, Creative Writing
Sullivan, Zola Jiles – 1980
As part of a series of documents providing language arts materials adapted for use by children in refugee populations, this list offers 200 topics for creative and expository writing based on the Haitian culture. These topics, which can also be used as stimuli for writing activities by children from the Antilles and students interested in…
Descriptors: Assignments, Creative Writing, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background
Collins, James L.; Moran, Charles – 1975
A sequential series of writing assignments designed and tested for a tenth grade writing workshop through the cooperative efforts of college and technical high school English teachers is discussed in this paper. Twelve assignments and their underlying educational theories are explained. The first six assignments are described as progressive and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Basic Skills, College School Cooperation, Course Descriptions
