The discipline of writing well is fundamental to the concept of writing as a liberating activity. (JH)

Provided is a rationale for geometric form drawing developed by Rudolf Steiner as a tool to develop motor coordination, perceptual skills, and cognition for mentally retarded and perceptually handicapped children. (Author/CL)

"Scratch,""Scribe," and "Scribble" are three strategies for teaching writing at any grade level. They are short, ongoing activities that do not require grading. "Scratch" concerns spelling, "Scribe" dictation, and "Scribble" the writing process. (SJL)

Briefly discusses the use of student essays as a technique in the teaching of history. Outlines a student guide to writing reports and includes specific hints on writing essays. (JK)

Outlines ways to encourage students to think of writing as an act as simple as talking and gives practical suggestions for encouraging writing in the classroom. (SRT)

Describes a laboratory exercise in which a writer verbally directs a reader to assemble a seven-piece puzzle. Discusses how the exercise provides a test of communicative effectiveness, an illustration of the communication process, and an opportunity to examine assumptions that writers often make. (ARH)

Describes one technical writing teacher's use of group writing projects in which students write and present a marketing report of a product they have invented. Points out that such projects teach students valuable skills in group dynamics, as well as technical writing skills. (ARH)

Proposes incorporating a wide variety of texts from a variety of academic disciplines into the freshman writing course. Offers two sample text-based, process-oriented writing assignments. (HTH)

Describes (1) an activity in which students act out a courtroom drama involving their favorite literary characters; and (2) an activity in which older remedial readers improvise short plays of dramatic conflict based on stories they have read, tape record them, and then edit the transcripts. (ARH)

Presents ten ideas for improving student writing skills in high school social studies courses. The ideas are based on the use of the writing cycle and lead students toward the preparation of a persuasive essay. (GEA)

Uses Yeats's poem "Father and Child" to help high school students understand the technical elements that go into a poem and to help English methods students understand what is meant by an integrated lesson in language, literature, and composition. (HTH)

Offers a method for teaching English using biographies in conjunction with creative writing assignments, for example, writing a short biography of another student in the class. (SRT)

Presents a classroom exercise in literary analysis that requires students to imitate Ernest Hemingway's writing style. (DF)

Uses ideas from speech act theory to show students how to become "co-communicants" with their readers. (DF)

Describes a writing assignment for business writing courses in which the class investigates a problem that affects them not as students but as members of a larger community. The assignment is a feasibility study for developing Athens, Ohio, as an arts and entertainment center. (HTH)