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Direct linkHovan, Gretchen – Voices from the Middle, 2012
In this era of high-stakes testing and densely packed state standards, it is too easy for writing to become a meaningless process, useful only for school. Many strategies can help to get all students writing, but this author set out to find a strategy to help students see the power of writing and to know that their voices matter. Writing groups…
Descriptors: Audiences, Writing Processes, Middle Schools, Writing Assignments
Coulson, Elaine – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Notes that not having anything to say is a major hurdle in the writing process at the middle school level. Describes two common classroom experiences, based on the software programs "GeoWorld" and "Food for Thought," that enable all students to acquire and share information together. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Middle Schools
Download full textJenkinson, Edward B.; Jenkinson, Andrea – 1999
Offering a fresh perspective on making writing meaningful in every classroom, this guide seeks to help the teacher and the parent encourage the student writer as a thinker, not merely as a producer of a paragraph. The guide offers guidance as well as many practical activities that will help students to: organize the mind; play with ideas; find…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Discovery Processes, High Schools, Middle Schools
Means, Beth; Lindner, Lindy – 1998
Introducing middle school students (grades 6-8) to the joy of writing, this book presents ideas, practical lessons, examples, games, and resources. Step-by-step guidelines and helpful tips for educators are combined with numerous writing and prewriting activities for students--from "braindancing" and "zoom lens" to "downhilling." The book is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Educational Games, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGillespie, Joanne; Hemming, Liz; Phang, Ruth – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes how seventh graders were given a writing activity, collaboratively created by teachers and librarians utilizing a computer program, to introduce cumulative tales. Details the process of identifying characteristics of cumulative tales, teaching as a team, writing the tale, recording the tale on the computer, and sharing cumulative tales.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Grade 7
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing for a variety of academic and technical purposes, situations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Activities, Editorials, Essays
Lott, Carolyn, Ed.; Stone, Janet, Ed. – 1997
Addressing the expressed needs of the writing community, this book presents writing lessons for intermediate, middle school, and secondary school students that incorporate the 5-step writing process into content areas as a natural part of the curriculum. The 30 lessons in this book involve students in large and small groups and in individual…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Fairy Tales, Intermediate Grades, Lesson Plans
Lott, Carolyn, Ed.; Stone, Janet, Ed. – 1997
Addressing the expressed needs of the writing community, this book presents writing lessons for intermediate, middle school, and secondary school students that incorporate the 5-step writing process into content areas as a natural part of the curriculum. The 30 lessons in this book involve students in large and small groups and in individual…
Descriptors: Advertising, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Class Activities
Cook, Kathy – 2002
This curriculum unit of four lessons introduces students to traditional fables. In the unit, students learn about the qualities that make a tale a fable and read representative selections; they will also engage in storytelling activities and dramatic presentations of traditional and original fables. The following lessons are part of the unit:…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Critical Reading
Kingen, Sharon – Research in Middle Level Education, 1994
Explored relationships between middle school students' writing processes and their written products. Results suggest that students need to engage in a variety of writing tasks; teachers must be aware of the complexity involved in composing to assess progress; editing must be kept in its proper perspective; and teachers should recognize that…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Creative Writing, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
