Describes the problem a creative writer faces when he is associated with only one type of story. (RB)

The selections of Chinese writing included in this feature are an attempt to help listen to the collective voice of China, to provide teachers with materials which will help students place themselves within the Chinese culture. The article is divided into sections entitled Poetry, Peking Opera, Picture Story Books, Crosstalk, Kuaiban (Chinese…

Article describes method of teaching reading skills through the use of pictures. (MM)

Discusses how a class of slow eleventh-graders was motivated to write a novel; for part one of this two-part article, see "Media & Methods--Exploration in Education, vol. 6, no. 5 (January 1970), 35-6, 63-5. (SW)

A good English teacher is one who draws from his students stories that reveal the unique dignity of their personalities and the unique coloring of their experiences. The author shows how this is done, emphasizing use of student writing models as motivation, and stressing sensory diction. (Author/JB)

Defines and illustrates free, haiku, cinquain, diamante, septolet, and quintain verse patterns and urges their use in motivating students to compose poems. (SW)

Argues that an English teacher should not be so concerned with permitting students' creative expression that he neglects nurturing their critical, evaluative skills. (RD)

Describes how music can be used to evoke creative responses from students. (SW)

Includes a list of some of the assignments made and poems written by several students. (RD)

Discusses a new creative writing program which, by encouraging Indians to adapt English to their own needs and purposes, aims at producing "ardent and literate men who can assert the dignity and validity of their heritage to the surrounding world of the Anglo culture." Presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1969. (FWB)

Presents the formula for writing poetry as containing three elements: the content of the poet's mind; the poetic medium--language; and the creative spark that fuses experience and language, or content and medium, into poetry. (MM)