This article introduced a teaching innovation practice, i.e., digital multimodal composing, in College English course in mainland China. The purpose of this practice is to respond to the developing L2 student writers' difficulty of lacking linguistic resources to express their creative ideas, and empower them to leverage multiple modes other than…

The present climate of standardisation and quantification compels schools to deliver outcome-based curricula that measure educational success in terms of academic attainment and students' 'ability' to perform according to set criteria. Efforts to tackle educational inequality encourage conformity rather than address the underlying issues of the…

It is important to find the means by which struggling writers can find success in the English Language Arts. For students struggling with reading and writing, the visual arts may be a way of accessing and expressing their ideas and ultimately opening up a world of creative possibilities. This article explores drawing and painting as a pre-writing…

Suggests ways to motivate students to write poetry, and illustrates them with samples of student poems. (DD)

There is nothing worse than hearing moans and groans when writing time is announced to students. Motivation for writing begins when students' interests are mixed with opportunities for creativity. This article presents an idea shared by a writing coach who found a way to spark students' interest in writing by developing recipes for more…

Describes a technique for eliciting poetry from children through the process of word association. (DD)

Criticizes the Poets in the Schools program and similar undertakings for praising students' writing excessively and thus failing to acquaint students with the discipline required to produce outstanding poetry. (DD)

Author provided two methods for encouraging creative ideas from students. (Author/RK)

Presents a sample of short writing assignments flowing from carefully prepared lessons that isolate specific learnings, guide processes closely, and appeal to student interests. (RB)

Describes how preparing breakfast in school led a third grade class to the learning of research skills, writing an organized report, and the making of a newspaper. (MM)

Suggests that the student will write with fewer inhibitions when invited "to listen to his own speaking voice in order "to capture its essence in his written compositions. (Author/RD)

In June 2008, the Department of English at the University of Minnesota partnered with the Minnesota Spoken Word Association to inaugurate an outreach literacy program for local high-school students and teachers. The four-day institute, named "In Da Tradition," used spoken word and hip hop to teach academic and creative writing to core-city…

Asserts that the greatest hindrance to creativity is what students have learned about school and describes exercises to encourage the creative writing process. (KS)