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1983
Designed to develop students' abilities to follow directions and organize and write their thoughts, this junior high level activity involves students in creating a dream person using magazine or catalog pictures and then writing a biography of this person. Materials include teacher notes, follow-up suggestions, evaluation procedure, and a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Biographies, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Benegar, John – 1978
Social studies and language arts teachers can use these self-contained activities to teach writing skills to students in grades 6-12. Some of the activities have a global approach requiring students to write about topics such as human rights and cultural differences. Information provided for each activity includes an introduction, objectives, time…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Global Approach, Intermediate Grades
Wagstaff, Jeri Lou – 1976
This literature-research unit centered on a study of the religious quest provides a vehicle for developing several skills in addition to involving students in an examination of the nature of religious experience and the roles religion can play in the lives of people. The student will learn how to write extended definitions, compare and contrast…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Glaus, Marlene – 1965
The activities presented in this book, designed to help children translate their thoughts into spoken and written words, can supplement an elementary teacher's own language arts lessons. Objectives for each activity are listed, with the general focus of the many oral activities being to develop a rich verbal background for future written work. The…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Activities, Descriptive Writing