Describes how an in-class journal was used in a college Shakespeare course to involve students in a daily communication process. (DD)

Describes how a "style analysis" sheet may be used in helping students to develop a more concrete and vigorous prose style. (DD)

Describes successes encountered in teaching and sponsoring a school newspaper, and encourages others to sponsor school papers despite the pressures operating against such publications. (DD)

Presents the benefits to be derived from journal writing and provides 47 ideas for journal writing. (DD)

Describes how the "Read a Book in an Hour" teaching technique may be incorporated in programs dealing with written composition and reading comprehension. (DD)

Suggests an approach to teaching writing that encourages children to write and eliminates error-hunting. (DD)

Suggests why four prime time television series are worthy of attention in the English classroom and suggests topics for classroom discussion and writing activities based on them. (DD)

Provides guidelines for teaching students to write descriptive and informative abstracts and describes the benefits of such instruction. (DD)

Many students and teachers find creative writing to be too complex to manage. Teachers are unable to identify ways to help students develop necessary skills through creative writing. Teachers can make writing manageable by giving children opportunities that isolate, compartmentalize, and focus on specific aspects of the writer's craft. (Author/NQ)

Relates a two-part writing assignment for the study of poetry, in which students are assigned to write a critique in response to a particular question and are then asked to give a personal response. (TJ)

Suggests encouraging students to use three or four steps to disintegrate their original objective descriptions of an event in a novel as a way to experiment with writing and to develop some critical observations about the author's fictional world. (TJ)

Suggests a short library assignment researching journal articles pertaining to a student's major or vocational interest as a way to encourage exploration of the library, prepare students for writing more lengthy papers, and introduce students to a variety of material related to specific subjects. (TJ)

Suggests the use of a chart to help students learn to use apostrophes correctly. (TJ)

Suggests a way to motivate students' writing and thinking by having them react to critics of novels, plays, or short stories. (TJ)

Recommends a process by which students learn to revise their own papers using a series of guidelines and questions. (TJ)