Writing "lie" papers helped students develop both critical and writing abilities. (JH)

Language arts programs can be enriched by having children write and then orally interpret their own poems. (JH)

In order to create descriptive poems children have to experience things with as many senses as possible. (JH)

Intended for the high school and college reader, this collection of essays from poets, teacher-poets, and classroom teachers presents the available resources for making poetry in the classroom a varied, pleasurable, and intellectual experience. The collection is divided into three sections. In the first section, some perspectives on what poetry is…

At almost the same moment teachers became aware of the special power that writing has for the creation of thought, they also became aware that the world has moved from literacy into "secondary orality." For many, this new world is threatening, an apparent challenge to the analytical thought that is fundamental for academic literacy. In…

Writing instructors can combat the odds against getting published by making sure that students submitting their work to professional publications know what they are doing. Generally, entries in the "Writer's Market" guide to publishing markets include a description of the material the magazine is looking for and words of wisdom from the…

Intended for high school and college teachers who are interested in how creative writing can be taught effectively, this book features the ideas of poets, novelists, editors, and playwrights on the fundamental aspects of their craft. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Notes from a Cell: Creative Writing Programs in Isolation"…

Five papers on the topic of family history are presented. In the first paper, the author discusses techniques which have been successfully used for motivating reluctant writers to write their own personal histories. For example, in an effort to get her husband to write his life story, one woman asked her children to write what they remembered and…

This article describes the successful use of the initial teaching alphabet at Lenwood Elementary School in Barstow, California. (PD)

Attempts to define children's literature, traces it's history from Victorian roots, and discusses the difficulties of classifying good childrens literature. (RB)

A rationale for writing more children's plays by experimental theatre playwrights. (CH)

Self-directed activities designed to help elementary school students learn to use the cinquain and haiku poetic forms are presented in this booklet. An overall lesson plan including learning objectives, teaching approaches, and lists of materials needed for each task is provided, as is a record keeping form. Each of the eight chapters of the…

This paper reports the results of creative writing workshops in various psychiatric hospitals that have demonstrated that individuals in psychiatric settings have particular needs, affinities, and receptivities to the means of self-expression and communication available through creative writing. The purgative effect of Emily Dickinson's poetry and…