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Direct linkHanratty, Brian – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2020
In evaluating some of Heaney's prose writings about the art of poetry -- what I have called his 'Poetics' -- the paper explores how those ideas could enhance the teaching of poetry in the upper post-primary schools. The paper is divided into four closely interconnected sections. The first section evaluates Heaney's thoughts about the potential…
Descriptors: Poetry, Poets, English Instruction, Teaching Methods
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1974
This book contains an edited transcription of the proceedings of the Conference on Teaching Creative Writing held at the Library of Congress in January 1973. Directors of the four pioneer writing programs in the United States presented papers and led the panel discussions. Panel members were distinguished graduates of or participants in these…
Descriptors: College Programs, Creative Writing, Fiction, Nonfiction
Hansen, I. V., Ed. – 1970
This book is an anthology of unedited verse and prose written by 14- and 15-year-old students. The book is intended for teachers in training, for their tutors, and for all teachers of English. The verses are classified as undirected and directed poems about nature, places, war, the Egyptian Tomb, up and back again, and people. The prose is…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Creative Writing, Poetry, Prose
Penha, James W. – Teachers and Writers, 1990
Shares 12 steps to using found poetry as an introduction to a unit on poetic composition. (MG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Poetry
Trosky, O. S.; Wood, C. C. – Elementary English, 1972
The authors describe a situation where the class they were teaching developed, through class discussion, the techniques to write a theme. (MF)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Connected Discourse, Creative Writing, Elementary School Curriculum
Peer reviewedDauterman, Philip; Stahl, Robert – English Journal, 1971
How to help students progress from descriptive to affective to creative responses through the use of films in a language arts class. (RB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Films
Peer reviewedHirsch, S. Carl – English Journal, 1984
Describes a program of creative writing and describes student objectives and teacher objectives that allow the experience to aid students in producing critical essays. (CRH)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Fiction, Prose, Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationLos Angeles City Schools, CA. Div. of Instructional Planning and Services. – 1975
The material in this book, contributed by teachers in the Los Angeles area, consists of instructional assignments and successful strategies for teaching creative writing at the secondary level. Sample lessons are grouped under broad categories (getting started, writing prose, writing verse, and miscellaneous instructional gambits) and contain…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Poetry
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
Strunk, Sandra J. – 1992
"Unheard Voices" was a project designed to provide adult educators with specific guidelines and ideas for integrating a creative writing component into an existing program of adult basic education, General Educational Development, or English as a second language. The project also collected and published student poetry and fiction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Creative Writing, English (Second Language)
