Available from: Department of Special Education, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608.

Discusses term paper writing as an academic exercise whose origins are obscure and whose end is self-delusion. (Author/GB)

Discusses the use of exercises that help students learn to write poetry. (HOD)

A novelist, poet, and painter describes her method of teaching creative writing. (AEA)

Describes a creative writing class in which students were encouraged to journey backwards into themselves and their own creativity. (FL)

Discusses approaches to writing poetry in high school English classes, giving students many successful writing experiences in which classmates can commend each other's word choices. Offers three patterns for generating in-class poems. (RL)

The problem of when to leave symbolism alone and when to plunge into interpretation is examined through an elderly woman's relationship to a doll. (FL)

The article describes language arts and curriculum methods used in a graduate seminar to promote appreciation for creative writing. Students were asked to rewrite the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" in various styles. (CL)

The chief reason for defining writing as revision of inner speech is to ensure that writing will be acknowledged as nothing less than thinking, manifested in a verbal way, and to make sure that it is taught accordingly. (Author/IRT)

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