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Grosshans, Onie R. – 1976
To contribute to an overall perception of their field, it is suggested that students preparing to become health educators undertake the task of writing a biography of a prominent health educator. It is pointed out that biographical research can present to the student a realistic and objective account of the life and thoughts of an individual who…
Descriptors: Biographies, Creative Writing, Educational Research, Health Education
Download full textNew York City Public Schools, Brooklyn, NY. – 1967
THE COMPOSITIONS IN THIS COLLECTION WERE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS IN A SECOND-GRADE CLASS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A DISADVANTAGED AREA IN NEW YORK CITY. THE CHILDREN SET THE TYPE, MADE THE LINOLEUM BLOCK ILLUSTRATIONS, PRINTED THE PAGES, AND BOUND THE BOOKLET. THE COLLECTION CONTAINS POEMS, COMPOSITIONS, AND LETTERS ON THE THEMES OF "HAPPY…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
WILCOX, WALTER; AND OTHERS – 1964
INCLUDED IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES, POEMS, AND ESSAYS. TEACHERS ENCOURAGED THE WRITING AND CAREFULLY SELECTED THE ITEMS PUBLISHED. ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE STUDENTS COMPLEMENT THE LINES. THE SUBJECT MATTER VARIES WIDELY. SELECTIONS ARE SHORT IN LENGTH.
Descriptors: Anthologies, Creative Writing, English Instruction, Essays
Rice, Paul – 1980
The art of poetry is being worn away by democracy, the rule of the average, and by an attitude of narcissism which equates sincere endeavor with significant endeavor. The opening lines of several poems taken from a poetry journal reveal a distinct lack of significant emotion. While poetry is the most significant expression of the Self, the…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Cultural Traits, Democracy, English Instruction
Hyett, Barbara Helfgott, Ed. – 1979
The poems in this anthology were written by elementary school students in the Oliver Hazard Perry School in South Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Hyett, Barbara Helfgott, Ed. – 1980
The poems in this anthology were written by elementary school students in the James A. Garfield School in Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in the…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Alonso, Ricardo, Ed. – 1978
The poems in this anthology were written by students in the Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in the creative…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Piltch, Charles – 1979
While freewriting is valuable for the beginning or basic writer, it embodies certain difficulties. Sufficient time and preparation are necessary to move from freewriting to the structured composition frequently required on course exit examinations. The student instructed by means of freewriting may later resent having to rewrite or edit. Some…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Creative Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Blake, Robert W. – 1976
This paper cites descriptions, by professional writers, of two stages in the composing process that appear to correspond with the two modes of mental activity separately controlled by the hemispheres of the brain. The stage of writing a first draft involves unconscious, personal, irrational, intuitive writing which may be called "writing for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Intermediate Grades, Self Expression
Murray, Donald M. – 1976
Revision--the process of seeing what you've said to discover what you have to say--is the motivating force within most established writers. Since most writers need to revise over and over, teachers should not communicate revision to students as punishment. Many students are given only one opportunity to produce a writing project, but students…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Student Motivation
Roeming, Robert F., Ed. – 1972
This booklet contains the proceedings of a seminar in which poets demonstrated through readings and analysis of their works how poetry, combining appeals to both reason and emotion, can develop and refine individual awareness of the world and nature around us. The primary participants in the program were Bruce Cutler, Dolores Kendrick, and May…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Ethnic Studies, Higher Education
Foster, Mary Ellen – 1975
This paper describes an approach to teaching writing through design. Students were asked to design the following items: a dance, an outfit, a toy, a game, and a recipe. As these designs were completed, they were then presented to an audience and time was provided for the students to write about their experience of the process of producing. A…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discovery Processes, English Instruction, Learning Activities
Maiolo, Joseph – 1976
In the face of an audience and public which wants the facts, the student writer has become increasingly fact-oriented and characters are mouthpieces for sides of an argument. These experiments may be useful, but we need to reserve the name "story" for a fictional work with characters who move through a set of actions. There are many unconventional…
Descriptors: Characterization, Creative Writing, Fiction, Higher Education
Cummings, Don; Herum, John – 1976
This paper describes an approach for teachers to use in editing students' poems. The general editorial tactic recommended is for teachers to edit first drafts toward figures of speech, and towards the schemes and tropes that are latent or emergent within the students' writing. It is suggested that teachers avoid dealing directly with the contents…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Editing, English Instruction, Higher Education
Poetry in the Schools, San Francisco, CA. – 1974
A program in which poets teach poetry in the classroom has been undertaken in the California public schools. This book focuses on the program and contains several short articles on various aspects of teaching poetry writing, a collection of student works, two photo essays, and practical techniques devised by poet/teachers. A bibliography lists…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Educational Programs
