This book, written out of the author's experiences while working with the Poets in the Schools programs in elementary schools in 10 states, contains a large assortment of student poems. It also contains specific tools which teachers may use to help their students learn to write and enjoy poetry. Forty-six chapters contain hints and observations on…

Encouraging children to create imaginary worlds through writing provides them with ways of coping with the world in which they live, gives them the satisfaction of creating order and experiencing success, and prompts their natural inclinations to plan for a better future. In addition, such planning for utopias can both improve the quality of…

The distinctive philosophies of Bertolt Brecht and Jean-Paul Sartre concerning man's existence directly influence their attitudes toward character, action, and the total drama. Both playwrights reveal that drama is an inseparable and reciprocal molding of content and form. The relationship between their ideas and their expressions of them is so…

This lecture discusses what the ghetto of the Negro novel may have been over the last 70 years. It is stated that as time has passed, the Negro novel has never varied from its basic composition, but it has elaborated upon that basic composition in varied ways. It has, it is believed, afforded us a picture of the Negro mind which reflects both a…

A survey was made of high school press organizations throughout the country, and the following data was collected. The purposes of the magazines were found to be: (1) to stimulate creativity in writing, (2) to provide enjoyment for readers, and (3) to develop teamwork in student publishing. There are currently over 600 school magazines under…

This Film Focus series is a collection of reviews, essays, and commentaries on the Japanese film Rashomon. The plot consists of an attack, a rape, and a robbery, all of which probably occurred during the Middle Ages. Each character relates his own version of what happened, or might have happened, revealing the outward and inner driving forces,…

Describes how to use a single concrete phenomenon as a stimulus for creative writing. (DD)

Describes how college freshmen enjoy and benefit from writing short mystery stories. (DD)

Presents 25 poems written by junior high school students in imitation of seven poems by Ogden Nash. (DD)

Describes an assignment to "write Hamlet's letter to Gertrude." (DD)

Discusses the rewards and hardships of being a writer. (SRT)

Interviews Charles Causley, distinguished contemporary British poet, who talks about his art and his work with children. (SR)

Describes the contents and uses of residency anthologies--anthologies of students' work produced while an artist is in residence at the school. (SRT)

A teacher details a method, the Creative Concrete Operational Writing (Creative C.O.W.) program to provide an individualized structured approach to creative writing in the primary grades. Sample story plans and worksheets are included. (DB)