Children's sense of audience in writing can be enhanced by conscious audience analysis, exercises in taking other points of view, and writing sessions encouraging peer interaction. (DD)

Suggests writing exercises which involve composing the solution to a mystery. (JM)

Uses a single language system--technical description--to illustrate how language systems can now be used as the basis for instruction in technical writing. Provides sample exercises in progressive teaching from simple description to complex continuity devices, showing how they can be used at all stages of the writing process. (HTH)

Suggests using jump-roping rhymes and rhythms as an energetic way to guide students to a basic understanding of poetic principles. (MS)

Contends that by using nonfiction writing as a daily developmental process, a child finds a predictable, nurturing, and accepting environment which helps teachers understand their students, helps children learn, and promotes acceptance of both the student and the child. (MS)

Emphasizes classroom study of poetic patterns and images to enable students to see how poems work without overwhelming them with terminology. (MS)

Suggests that through the shared experience of producing a story, students can understand plot on a deeper level and remember it more vividly than simply having it explained to them. (MS)

Argues that journal writing expands students' discoveries about themselves as writers, and extends their abilities to take charge of writing assignments in both English and non-English courses. (MS)

Describes a synonym exercise--composing an essay without using the verbs "be,""have,""go," or "get"--which increases students' awareness of at least six different language features. (MM)

Describes rewriting examples of good writing into "ordinary" writing, to identify what elements of style made the original version so effective. (HTH)

A variety of classroom activities and homework assignments for French-language learning are presented, including games, word puzzles, television program summary writing, and student-conducted cultural opinion polls. (MSE)

Outlines a writing activity in which groups of three students collaborate to produce several written assignments in response to a case that fosters differing points of view. Suggests the activity teaches students to represent a unique viewpoint, negotiate differences among collaborators, and share information with teammates. (ARH)

Presents a brainstorming aid for students whose technical writing assignments focus on real problems they must discover on their own. (SRT)

Suggests assigning interview reports to students in order to avoid the problem of lack of teacher expertise on a technical topic. Discusses various formats for this kind of report and ways to implement the interview report. (SRT)

Describes a project undertaken at New Mexico State University in which students set up and operated their own ad agencies. (FL)