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Starting with Worldviews: A Five-Step Preparatory Approach to Integrative Interdisciplinary Learning
Augsburg, Tanya; Chitewere, Tendai – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013
In this article we propose a five-step sequenced approach to integrative interdisciplinary learning in undergraduate gateway courses. Drawing from the literature of interdisciplinarity, transformative learning theory, and theories of reflective learning, we utilize a sequence of five steps early in our respective undergraduate gateway courses to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, World Views
Tunks, Karyn – Childhood Education, 2008
The genre of tall tales is characterized by fictional, often intentionally ridiculous, stories that provide a reason for or origin of a natural phenomenon. Tall tales are often based on characters who are unusually adept or powerful; they are particularly appealing to children who are cognitively capable of understanding the tongue-in-cheek humor…
Descriptors: Tales, Story Telling, Class Activities, Teachers

Haefner, Joel – English Journal, 1987
Recounts the diverse reactions elicited by a college writing teacher when he asked his students to compose using his copy of Keats' life-mask as a resource. Discusses how the life-mask acted as a stimulus, turning in-class writing into an exciting and useful composition experience. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Student Reaction, Writing (Composition), Writing Exercises

Tompkins, Gail E. – Language Arts, 1981
Lists several classroom writing activities, including writing in sand, using letters cut from magazines and newspapers, and baking letter cookies. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Activities

Packham, Irvin – English Journal, 1980
A high school English teacher with repressed urges to write reports on his self-discovery as a result of writing in class with his students. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Secondary Education, Teacher Behavior, Writing (Composition)

Williams, Melvin G. – Exercise Exchange, 1975
Discusses the researched article as an alternative to the research paper and provides guidelines for students to follow in writing a query letter which sells the idea for the article. (RB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Chasteen, Betty – 1982
The teacher of elementary level gifted students discusses successful creative writing activities. Among the reasons for students to learn writing early in the educational program are that written expression complements oral communication, heightens awareness of ordinary experiences, and helps students become more appreciative of language.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Expressive Language, Gifted
Cooper, Patsy – Instructor, 1993
Teachers can help elementary students cope at the beginning of the school year by assisting them in getting to know one another. Writing is a good tool for bridging the gap between personal and school lives. The article suggests writing activities and explains how to create a good writing environment. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Coping, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence
Bunce-Crim, Marna – Instructor, 1992
An experienced teacher describes how to provide students with a real audience to motivate them to write. Suggestions include writing letters to make a difference in the community, preparing newsletters, compiling class literary magazines, and writing for local newspapers and businesses or for commercial children's magazines. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Letters (Correspondence)
Geisler, Lawrence J. – Civic Perspective, 1989
Shares results of a predrafting activity for tenth grade composition students centered on the concept of the common good. Asks students to generate questions for an interview with a state representative and his opponent in the November 1988 election in preparation for writing essays. (MG)
Descriptors: Civics, Class Activities, English Instruction, Interviews
Crafton, John Micheal – 1989
Based on his experience of being trained in a process-centered pedagogy and of working in a product-centered program, a writing instructor discovers that the in-class essay is not only a useful or workable part of a regressive curriculum, but that it is effective and necessary for any progressive process orientation as well. Pragmatic, ethical,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Essays, Expository Writing, Higher Education

Popkin, Debra – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Discusses the use of student journals in a second-semester university French class. Students write informally in their journals about topics that are of personal interest to them. The instructor then writes comments about the topic and also corrects the vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic errors of each journal entry. (SED)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dialogs (Language), Diaries, French
Hammond, Sara; And Others – Instructor, 1993
Examines the reasons why a child's writing gets bogged down and discusses ways in which the child can be gently encouraged to take writing risks. Also included are descriptions of writing exercises designed to stretch student creativity. (GLR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Student Motivation
Angelis, Paul J. – 1975
This paper presents evidence to support the claim that the teaching of writing at the university level requires a special approach unique to the field of English as a second language. The thinking process concept of writing instruction is advocated with two additions focusing on classroom activities for treating the language difficulties of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Sentence Combining

Ratliff, Leslie J. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Suggests that if students are to become comfortable enough with poetry to freely write about it, they must first discover the poetry in themselves. Offers a composition-poetry method that allows students to experience poetry, analyze their writing processes, and synthesize all the information gained from doing and analyzing. (MS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Self Expression