Reviews history and present status of creative writing in the schools, pointing out both strengths and weaknesses in popular approaches. (AA)

Provides examples of student poetry about silence and about sounds that disturb or emphasize silence. Shows how imagination and listening skills can be combined in creative expression. (RL)

Describes the successful creative writing program at Northeastern Standard Evening High School (Pennsylvania). Suggests techniques useful to any creative writing instructor. (DC)

A class of socially maladjusted, emotionally disturbed innercity adolescents responded enthusiastically to developing individual and group poems. (CL)

Written questions and answers lead to original thinking and writing and to better reading class management than does the "directed reading activity" approach to reading instruction. (JM)

Describes students' discovery that it was easier to reveal painful or private feelings when using a poetic persona. (MM)

Describes students' assumptions about the nature of literature and presents teaching strategies to counter these assumptions and engage students in creative and analytical writing appropriate to a range of literature courses. (MM)

Proposes a technique for guiding French language students in creative writing exercises. (Text is in French.) (AM)

A poet-in-residence discusses some of his teaching techniques for exposing students to a variety of poetry. (MM)

A method of involving students in the processes of writing poetry to enrich their appreciation. Emphasis on sensory awareness precedes the writing experience. (AP)

The authors describe a situation where the class they were teaching developed, through class discussion, the techniques to write a theme. (MF)

High-school English students learn to analyze short stories by being given a situation the actual author has used and writing scripts to develop the plot and situation. Only later are they assigned the story to read and discuss. In Nold's experience, they develop both imagination and heightened critical awareness. (PD)

How to help students progress from descriptive to affective to creative responses through the use of films in a language arts class. (RB)

Presents representative poems written by students who had carefully examined one square foot of playground. (RD)