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Kahl, Marilyn, Ed. – 1983
This publication contains a collection of teaching ideas and class activities for organization, journals, dictation, creative writing, outlines, poetry, vocabulary, film review word cards, paragraphing, career research and much more. Some of the materials, listed with their authors, include: (1) "Magazine Board" (Frieda Owen); (2)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Teacher Developed Materials
Neuhauser, Sandra P. – 1989
Students can better experience the impact of written words by the response of a real audience. This paper describes a letter-writing activity for sixth graders in which the students first identified and discussed real-life happenings which had caused disappointments with companies that had produced faulty items. They then obtained all the…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Letters (Correspondence)
Barham, Genevieve – Instructor, 1974
Children become frustrated in learning cursive writing, says the author, who offers some helpful suggestions. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Cursive Writing, Handwriting, Manuscript Writing (Handlettering), Teacher Attitudes
Sullivan, Howard J.; And Others – Elementary English, 1974
Systematic practice improved story-writing skills of first-grade subjects. (JH)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 1, Instructional Materials, Writing (Composition)
Sylvester, Hazel – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Grade 5, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
Groff, Patrick – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Teaching Methods
Soven, Margot – 1980
According to composition researcher Ken Macrorie, the student research paper violates the pedagogical premise that writing skills are best learned when the writer says something he or she really believes in, for a specific purpose, to a well-defined audience. The problem is not solved by simply telling students that their classmates as well as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
Zimecki, Michael W. – 1979
It is possible to reconcile two supposedly warring viewpoints toward composition pedagogy: that writers know what they want to say before they begin writing (a viewpoint that stresses the communicative function of writing), and that writers discover what they have to say in the act of saying it (a viewpoint that focuses on the heuristic value of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
ANTHONY, EDWARD M.; AND OTHERS – 1967
BOOK I, PART 2 CONTAINS LESSONS 15 TO 25 AND REVIEW LESSONS OF THE INTRODUCTORY THAI COURSE "FOUNDATIONS OF THAI." AS IN BOOK I, PART 1, AUDIO-LINGUAL SKILLS ARE EMPHASIZED AND EXTENSIVE USE IS MADE OF ORAL PATTERN DRILLS. THE SAME FORMAT IS FOLLOWED IN BOTH VOLUMES, WITH INCREASING USE OF THE THAI ALPHABET IN PART 2. THE AUTHORS'…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Language Instruction, Pattern Drills (Language), Reading Materials
Labeaune, Carol; And Others – 1971
This report summarizes the procedures and outcomes of the 1971 classroom tryout of the Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) Second-Grade Composition Skills Exercises, a series of sequenced writing lessons for second graders who have completed the SWRL first-grade exercises. The purpose of the tryout was to identify appropriate writing outcomes for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Sequential Approach, Writing (Composition)
Asher, Sandra Fenichel – Teacher, 1975
Help kids create poems, stories and plays orally and they'll be readier to write. (Editor)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Dramatics, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Sims, Barbara B. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1975
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Student Participation, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Dot, Gary K. – Language Arts, 1975
Advertisements can be effective stimuli for creative writing.
Descriptors: Advertising, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Publicize
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stanley, Gordon; Pershin, Peter – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
In order to examine the relationship between name writing and the drawing of a person, samples of both were collected from 112 preschool children (23-63 months old). (PNR)
Descriptors: Correlation, Developmental Stages, Freehand Drawing, Maturation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Turner, Thomas N. – Language Arts, 1978
Suggests several teaching techniques which encourage creative independent writing by providing needed structure. (DD)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Self Expression, Teaching Methods
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