Contains suggestions for improving writing instruction and stimulating student interest in writing. Suggests contest writing, using the poem "Jabberwocky" for vocabulary development, and an activity for structuring creative thinking. (JT)

In response to burgeoning nontraditional student enrollments in freshman composition at the University of New Orleans, the entire English faculty has begun to teach all levels of composition courses. Benefits from this development have included student appreciation, an improvement in faculty morale, and a tightening of academic standards. (DF)

Once a year every student in Hazelwood (Missouri) high schools is required to write a composition. This Total School Writing Assessment is a major step in an effort to emphasize writing skills and to make writing competence a requirement for graduation. (SK)

Considers school writing situations in comparison with speech situations. Discusses the responses of five Australian high school girls to questions about writing v speaking. (RL)

Describes experiments in grades 8 and 9 of university-preparatory schools, using television programs to stimulate students to write English texts. Writing a review-story of the program was assigned as homework, and a corresponding class presentation was required. Various aspects of television in instruction are discussed. (IFS/WGA)

The act of essay writing itself can serve to formulate thought and shape ideas. In the English as a Second Language classroom, this translates into an approach which places composition revision in a central position between content and written form. This approach more closely reflects the writing process. (Author/PJM)

Lists a number of ways in which science teachers can emphasize the development of thinking skills as demonstrated by writing. Discusses the elimination of multiple choice questions, replacement of long term papers with shorter papers, and revision of textbook questions used in assignments. (CS)

Describes a program for writing across the curriculum that involves English majors tutoring students in other disciplines. (HTH)

Proposes the application of Norman Holland's views on transactional literary analysis to the teaching of basic writing, raising student awareness of reader and writer roles through frequent writing activities and reader feedback. (RL)

Considers how literature and the modern media influence the quality of children's language development. Provides samples of student responses and student writings, showing how they react to literature and learn from it. (RL)

Describes four parts of a college composition program--the apprentice segment and the segments for future teachers, for students who need to discover in writing the self and the non-self, and for remedial students--and examines the processes of writing. (GT)

Describes a self-pacing procedure for helping students of diverse backgrounds handle the materials of a composition course in English as a second language. Sample instructional materials are appended. (JB)

English graduate students at Michigan State University teach composition at Michigan Technological University as participants in the Graduate Intern Program, a cooperative effort between the two schools. Benefits of the program include financial support and teaching experience for the students and increased credit-hour generation for Michigan…

Reviews the variety of methods of linguistic and stylistic analysis used in evaluating pupils' writing--both those offered by traditional classroom practice and those from current language-and-learning work--and discusses the implications the current interest in Language across the Curriculum may have for English instruction. (GT)

Reviews the sequential steps followed in teaching basic composition at the University of Alabama. Discusses traditional teaching techniques, word choice, and types of writing, and describes alternative teaching techniques. (DR)