Describes the Author Festival held every two years in Humboldt County, California, at which students meet authors of juvenile and young adult books. Though the festival focuses on the students, authors have the opportunity to discuss their works with each other, and the festival conveys appreciation of their works. (SRT)

Describes a creative writing program in which second and fourth grade students wrote and read their poetry. (FL)

Defines different types of student journals and assesses them worth an allocation of class time based on research and samples of student work. (CRH)

A review of 5000 scenarios from gifted children in grades 4-12, in 16 countries, who participated in the International Scenerio Writing Project, reveals the children's hopes, dreams, and fears and offers approximately 14 exerpts containing the children's predictions of the future. (MC)

A fictional (perhaps) description of the authors' experience as a visiting poet to a tough class. (CRH)

Describes two poetry models that encourage the students to begin writing with the literal facts--the concrete--and allow the more abstract meaning to emerge from there. (CRH)

Cormier relates his motivations and thoughts relating to his writing a sequel to "The Chocolate War." (CRH)

Encourages students in creative writing classes to grow as writers by following in some way the words of advice given by an older, wiser, professional writer. (CRH)

The five senses can be exploited to add a creative touch to writing projects. (JH)

Teachers are responsible for delivering, selecting, and implementing learning activities for their classrooms. They must consider the best approaches to engage their students as well as to meet the school's standards in instruction. Here is a practical how-to book to supplement the social studies curriculum. It places at the teacher's disposal,…

One of the techniques a teacher uses to enable her students to write poems is to use a story as a springboard. Her students read the story of "The Emperor and the Kite" (Yolen, 1991), which tells about Djeow Sew, the daughter of an ancient Chinese emperor. After students engaged in brainstorming the story, they drew Djeow Sew at the…

This 30-minute videotape program is designed to show educators, librarians, and parents that teaching children how to write poetry will help them feel their worth, instill confidence in them, and create in them an enthusiasm for learning in general. The program is part of the "Poetry and Children Series," which is based on the idea that…

This book is an anthology of 45 stories, poems, and essays written by adult education (adult basic education and high school equivalency program) students in Ohio. The authors and their teachers were honored at the 1999 Ohio Writers' Conference. The authors were selected from 242 entries by a committee of faculty, staff, and adult students. The…

Addresses a plea for exacting, longitudinal observations of children in their development as boys and girls through the writing process. (Author/RB)