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Brew, Alan – 2003
In outdoor education, reflection transforms experience into knowledge. Writing activities facilitate reflection. In designing writing activities, instructors should ask themselves why they are asking their students to write, what type of writing is appropriate for their purpose, when and in what context the activity should take place, how they…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Essays, Experiential Learning
Zingher, Gary – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Describes activities for an elementary school library media center that are centered around folktales with forest settings, including people as well as animals and plants which inhabit the forest. Highlights include reading and discussing folklore, descriptive writing exercises, small group activities, and examples of 12 literary characters. (LRW)
Descriptors: Characterization, Descriptive Writing, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education
Jenkinson, Edward B.; Seybold, Donald A. – 1970
To help students understand the processes by which they should gather, organize, and write material for an assigned theme, this book presents a series of steps for students to follow as well as some specific guidelines for composition teachers. Theme assignments, procedural steps, sample themes, and questions for classroom discussion are provided…
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiences, Descriptive Writing, Discovery Learning