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Polin, Linda – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Argues that writing instruction should lead student writers to find their voice in their writing and that this will only happen if they write often for personal purposes and personal expression. (SR)
Descriptors: Free Writing, Secondary Education, Writing Assignments, Writing Improvement
Reissman, Rose – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Offers 2 favorite writing activities for the computer lab: (1) students write about 100 words of the beginning and end of a favorite fiction book, while another student fills in the middle; and (2) students choose from 1 of 3 plot twists, write at least 5 sentences, and then write 3 more plot twists for the next student. (SR)
Descriptors: Computers, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Writing Assignments
Piper, Judy – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Provides specific writing activities to be used with seven different books in the context of both primary and intermediate grade level writing instruction. (HB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, English Curriculum, Higher Education
Webb, Kurt – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Describes a project in which students combined personal narratives, drawings, and Japanese woodblock prints. Includes three examples of students' stories and prints. (SR)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Secondary Education
Polin, Elane – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Describes a writing assignment in which students write (and send) a letter to a famous person of their choosing. Notes one student's seriousness about the project and the usefulness of peer editing in revising. (SR)
Descriptors: Editing, Elementary Secondary Education, Letters (Correspondence), Peer Teaching
Davis, Jean M. – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1994
Describe the experiences of a writing teacher as she completed a biography-writing assignment along with her students. Notes that teachers can gain insights into (and an understanding of writing they assign) by doing the assignments along with their students. Notes that many students, even reluctant writers, produced memorable biographies of…
Descriptors: Biographies, Class Activities, Family History, Interpersonal Relationship
