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Peer reviewedLose, Mary K. – Clearing House, 1986
Describes a creative writing program in which second and fourth grade students wrote and read their poetry. (FL)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Poetry
Dixon, Glen T. – Highway One, 1984
Argues that teachers of young children need to recognize and take advantage of suitable opportunities to model their writing skills. Offers examples of possible activities. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Models, Teacher Role
Ashburn, Ann – Highway One, 1984
Argues that children want to write and enjoy writing and that teachers need to provide them with suitable opportunities for doing so. Discusses different kinds of writing that allow children's voices to come through. (FL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Writing Exercises
Huse-Inman, Kathy – 1981
Aimed at elementary school teachers interested in promoting their students' enjoyment of and skill in writing, this guide offers a number of ideas for writing activities. The guide focuses on the creative use of language and suggests ways in which students can be stimulated to write poems and stories, create metaphors, write descriptions of people…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing
Burrows, Alvina Treut; And Others – 1984
Based on the authors' classroom work and observations since the 1930s, this book is intended to help teach children to write correctly and, at the same time, help them learn to enjoy writing so much that they will want to continue writing throughout their lives. The book offers classroom teachers, school library media specialists, curriculum…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
