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Peer reviewedBurgess, Marjorie – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Posing as an avuncular letter writer, the author discusses the problems faced by first-time teachers teaching fourth-grade composition. Proposes exercises to motivate children to write, communication inspiring ways to arrange classroom environment, guided free-writing assignments, and heuristics prompts for writing a fairy tale. (JG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Creative Writing, Grade 4
Belanoff, Pat, Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book provides a theoretical underpinning for the strategy of freewriting through a collection of 16 essays that are very diverse in focus, methodology, and point of view. The essays are as follows: "Recording and Transforming: The Mystery of the Ten-Minute Freewrite" (Sheryl I. Fontaine); "Freewriting: An Aid to Rereading…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
