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Download full textKaplan, Milton A. – English Journal, 1966
Students can learn to write verse by (1) perceiving that poetic materials are inside and all around them and making lists of items that appeal to their senses, (2) organizing their material through the use of imagery, (3) experimenting with various meters, particularly the ballad stanza, until they can arrange words in rhythmic patterns (4)…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Language Rhythm
Blake, Robert W.; Taillie, Laurie – 1977
The poetry unit presented in this paper is designed to teach high school students how to write poetry through personal observation, journal writing, and small group discussion. Using the unit, students progress through the stages of writing according to the following steps: observing a familiar person and noting words and phrases about that…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language
Johnson, David M. – 1990
Offering activities for secondary school students and amateur creative writers, this book demonstrates how teachers can break out of "high culture" stereotypes that make students think poetry has no connection with real life. Part one discusses the essentials of poetry and the roles of poets from ancient oral cultures to the present. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Figurative Language
CARLSON, RUTH KEARNEY – 1965
THIS BOOK PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR STIMULATING YOUNG WRITERS TO CREATE IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VERSATILE VOCABULARY WORDS AND GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS. THE SUGGESTIONS ARE GROUPED INTO FIVE CHAPTERS--(1) "SPINNING IMAGINATIVE THOUGHTS" IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN FOSTERING PUPILS' FLEXIBLE THINKING PROCESSES TOWARD THE…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Brashers, H. C. – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1968
As the inexperienced writer becomes aware of the issues involved in the composition of effective descriptive prose, he also develops a consistent control over his materials. The persona he chooses, if coherently thought out, can function as an index of many choices, helping him to manipulate the tone, intent, and mood of this style; to regulate…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language
HOOK, J.N. – 1963
THIS BOOK IS INTENDED FOR USE WITH STUDENTS WHO CAN PROFIT FROM INSTRUCTION IN VIGOROUS AND COLORFUL WRITING. EMPHASIS IS PLACED UPON SHOWING THE STUDENT THAT HIS OWN EXPERIENCE IS RICHER THAN HE MAY SUPPOSE AND UPON HELPING HIM TO DRAW FROM IT. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BOOK CONSIDERS THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SUBJECT, THEME, OBSERVATION, SENSORY…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Biographies, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
The purposes of this unit are to help the 12th-grade student understand that language can be used to evoke an experience, to enrich his perception of the evocative language of literature, and to demonstrate that evocation is not limited to either language or literature. The unit begins with a study of the evocative language in a radio announcer's…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum, English Instruction
