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Karolides, Nicholas J., Ed. – Wisconsin English Journal, 1982
The articles in this journal issue present four methods for developing units in expository and creative writing instruction. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "A Writing Unit: Ten or Twenty Kids on Their 10-Speeds" (Joyce S. Steward); (2) "Great Painting, Great Writing" (Keith F. Voos); (3) "Building a Character:…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Characterization, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development
Shugert, Diane P., Ed. – Connecticut English Journal, 1983
The focus of the articles in this journal issue is helping students write for real audiences. The document contains the following articles: "Real Audiences: The Only Kind We Write For" (Margaret Queenan); "A Literary Magazine for Middle Grades" (Anthony R. Angelo and Marie-Jeanne Laurent); "Rewarding Understanding and…
Descriptors: Audiences, Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peters, John; Peters, Frances – 1983
Adapted from the motion picture based on two of Louis L'Amour's novels of the American West, "The Daybreakers" and "Sackett," this filmstrip program will help secondary students interpret the meaning of the frontier experience in American history. In the first three filmstrips--"Heading West,""Staking…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Filmstrips, History Instruction
Peters, John; Peters, Frances – 1983
Based on Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize winning play, this filmstrip study guide examines Lincoln's formative years against the backdrop of an emerging frontier America. Carl Sandburg's epic three-volume biography of Lincoln accompanies the complete program. The three filmstrips--"Young Abe Lincoln,""A House Divided," and…
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil War (United States), Creative Writing, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedMcIntosh, Margaret – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Integrating writing into the mathematics classroom is often met with resistance by teachers. Presented are ideas to help teachers implement four forms of writing appropriate for the mathematics class: (1) logbooks; (2) journals; (3) expository writing; and (4) creative writing. Specific examples and suggestions for classroom activities for each…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Interdisciplinary Approach
Christesen, Barbara – 1983
This filmstrip study guide dramatizes several stories from Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" concerning basic issues of human nature: the need to respect cultural differences and the importance of preserving the environment. A collection of 26 short stories, "The Martian Chronicles" describes the colonization of Mars. The…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Creative Writing, Cultural Pluralism, Expository Writing
Peters, John; Peters, Frances – 1983
Based on the novel and motion picture "Cry, the Beloved Country," this filmstrip program is a re-creation of the story of a black minister and a white farmer in South Africa whose lives are bound together in mutual tragedy. The three filmstrips examine the people, problems, laws, and institutions of South Africa and expose the evils of…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Blacks, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Parker, Robert P.; Goodkin, Vera – 1987
Intended for teachers of grades 7-16, this book discusses "heuristic" writing--writing that produces new, irreversible knowledge for the writer leading to a fuller understanding of the self and of the act of writing--as well as principles and practices having direct implications for a wide range of students. Chapter 1 examines the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Direct linkNational Council of Teachers of English, 2004
This issue of "Classroom Notes Plus" contains descriptions of original, unpublished teaching practices, and of adapted ideas. Under the "Ideas from the Classroom" section, the August 2003 issue (v21 n1) contains the following materials: Reading Poetry with Wright's "Black Boy" (David Fuder); Finding Poetry Lost in Translation (James Penha); "Lord…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Poetry, African American Literature
