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Joyful Noise Resounds: The New Look of an Old Form.
Peck, Carol F. – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Discusses a form of poetry written for two voices--two side-by-side columns, each read by a different voice. Mentions precedents of this form in art, music, and poetry. Presents examples of fourth grade, high school, and university students' poems written in this form. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literary Styles, Poetry
Five Poetry Assignments.
Noethe, Sheryl; Collom, Jack – Teachers and Writers, 1994
Describes five poetry assignments and presents examples of students' poetry written in response to the assignments. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Student Writing Models
The Poem in the Painting.
Hermsen, Terry – Teachers and Writers, 1994
Presents five lessons designed to use art to inspire students to write. Notes that students can gain a certain focus from art but that they can also veer toward writing shapeless, rambling stories that fail to create pictures in the reader's mind. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans
The Train in the Chimney: Teaching Poetry Writing and Art.
Colin, Barbara Flug – Teachers and Writers, 1994
Discusses the experiences of a poetry writing teacher who teaches poetry to second-grade through high school physically challenged children using art as inspiration. Includes numerous examples of students' poetry, which demonstrate the depth, variety, complexity, and originality that art can bring out. (RS)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Sonnet Writing in the Fifth Grade.
Avrich, Jane – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Describes a successful unit of study on poetry in a fifth grade class that ended with students each writing a sonnet as a final project. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Poetry
Contemplation Writing.
Pflaum, Jeffrey – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Describes a successful program of "contemplation writing," in which, through a counting technique and a music technique, children learn how to contemplate their inner experience, write about it, and discuss it. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Expression, Intermediate Grades, Secondary Education
Deep Revision.
Willis, Meredith Sue – Teachers and Writers, 1993
Discusses revision as a form of learning and as a response to all kinds of literature, whether imitating what went before, reacting against it, or making something genuinely new of it. Offers numerous writing activities based on this idea. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Revision (Written Composition), Student Writing Models
The Story in History: Writing Your Way into the American Experience.
Galt, Margot Fortunato – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Presents three detailed writing activities involving: writing "circle poems" in the Indian spirit; writing a tall tale; and writing with a historical slant. Notes that these imaginative writing assignments are adaptable to any educational level and fit in almost anyplace in the history or social studies curriculum. (RS)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Loosening Up the Uptight Student.
Landsman, Julie – Teachers and Writers, 1993
Focuses on releasing students' creative impulses, their imaginations, and their memories. Discusses a set of reading and writing activities that have been used with all kinds of students in a wide variety of settings. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Poetry