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Direct linkMeagher, Sandy – Teaching Pre K-8, 2005
This document contains some book suggestions to help introduce all the various parts of writing. Helping students understand figures of speech takes more than a book ? it takes a creative teacher and interested students. One book that teachers and students have had a great time with is Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards, (Kids Can Press, 2004,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Writing Instruction, Childrens Literature, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedTaylor, Michael – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Proposes a heuristic to generate specific and vivid phrasing and to draw on the right hemisphere of the brain for the substance of the essay. Describes stages of process as DRAW (Delineate, Ruminate, Analogize, and Write). Emphasizes creative description and expressive language rather than generation of ideas. (JG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expressive Language, Heuristics
