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Workman, Brooke – English Journal, 1981
Reports on a "summing up" assignment at the end of a course on the fiction of J. D. Salinger. Notes the way students used parodies to display their knowledge of Salinger's style and recurrent themes. Offers one student-written parody as an example. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Creative Writing, English Instruction, Literary Styles
Ciciotte, Joseph E. – Media and Methods, 1980
Describes a method for giving a final examination in a British Literature class by having students write a paper using an original approach based on the works studied during the semester. Provides four possible approaches and includes an example written by a student. (TJ)
Descriptors: Assignments, Creative Teaching, Creative Writing, English Instruction
Baize, Jonathan – Southern Social Studies Quarterly, 1989
In response to a class assignment on the 1960s, the student author used the device of a fictional character paging through a family photograph album to demonstrate how the Vietnam War and the events of the sixties affected one family. Reveals details of daily life, such as the cost of bread, as well as major events. (LS)
Descriptors: Assignments, Family Life, Secondary Education, Short Stories