Presents representative poems written by students who had carefully examined one square foot of playground. (RD)

An experiment with students' composition of haiku illustrates that a teacher's positive expectations help determine positive results. (RD)

Suggests what blackboard graffiti reveals about bright students. (MM)

Presents methods of coordinating poetry writing with mask making, oriental exercises, and painting to give students a sharper insight into the poetic impulse. (MM)

A creative writing program using a token reinforcement approach for six 10- to 12-year-old students with learning and behavior problems resulted in increased output of written words, reduced spelling errors, and improved composition quality. (CL)

Describes the features of a process model of writing and efforts to translate the theory into practice. (JL)

Because student writing in science is often routine (note taking, completing lab reports, paraphrasing information), suggestions are offered to allow students to expand ideas, synthesize information, and use their imaginations. The 25 activities described are designed to add variety to classwork and to encourage students to think creatively.…

A taxonomy is proposed for evaluating the quality of learning in terms of a composition's structural complexity. Five writing structure levels are distinguished (incoherent, linear, conventional, integrated, and metaphoric) and samples of high school students' compositions illustrate each. Implications for both the psychology and teaching of…

Shares some approaches and suggests poems that can be used to inspire discussion and creative writing in bilingual classes. (RL)

An English teacher reflects on what is truly necessary in the writing curriculum--an emphasis on the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions of the writer, rather than more "correctness" of grammar. (RL)

Analyzes the language of advertising and the expressive devices it uses to capture the attention of the consumer and arouse his/her interest. Condemns the artificiality of this language and the social values it reflects, quoting profusely from the works of Herman Glaser and other contemporary authors. (MES)

Describes a creative writing assignment in which individuals write episodes about different characters and small groups collaborate on unifying the collected "chapters" into sagas. (RL)

Discusses Alaska's Centralized Correspondence Studies program which offers arts electives to the state's rural, isolated, secondary students. Examples of student art work and poetry are included. (SJL)