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Kirkton, Carole M. – Elementary English, 1971
A report from the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; includes ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to this topic. (RD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Language Arts
Furner, Beatrice A. – Elementary English, 1974
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Expressive Language, Instructional Materials, Language Styles
Smith, Blanche Hope – Elementary English, 1974
Presents the judges' guidelines and their evaluation of three of the books selected for the 1972 Children's Book Showcase. (TO)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Jennings, Shirley M. – Elementary English, 1972
Describes the problem a creative writer faces when he is associated with only one type of story. (RB)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Development
Nemanich, Donald – Elementary English, 1972
Reviews recent research about the use of passive verbs and suggests they are useful constructions for writers of all ages. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Authors, Case (Grammar), Children, Elementary Education
Huntington, J. R. – Elementary English, 1972
The findings of this study do not support certain longstanding assumptions regarding the importance of delay in writing and extension of experience in increasing syntactic complexity and clarity in children's writing. (Author)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Research, Grade 6, Language Instruction
Tiedt, Iris M. – Elementary English, 1970
Defines and illustrates free, haiku, cinquain, diamante, septolet, and quintain verse patterns and urges their use in motivating students to compose poems. (SW)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Literary Devices
Case, Anna Lou – Elementary English, 1973
Encouraging children to write helps bring out their feelings and develop positive self-concepts. (RB)
Descriptors: Children, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Emotional Response
Smith, Lewis; Willardson, Marlyn – Elementary English, 1971
Describes a University of Idaho pilot program in communication skills (at McSorley School, Lewiston, Idaho) enabling first and second graders to dictate narrations about their experiences into cassette recorders. (SW)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Creativity, Grade 1
Stauffer, Russell G. – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Experiential Learning, Grade 1
DeVries, Ted D. – Elementary English, 1970
Discusses the goals and implementation of the Oral-Aural-Visual Stimuli Approach to teaching written composition at the McNeill Model School, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (SW)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Individualized Reading
Smith, Blanche Hope – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Download full textBiberstine, Richard D. – Elementary English, 1968
The question of whether or not intermediate grade children write about their problems was the focus of an investigation conducted among 363 fourth grade students. Children were requested to respond to a paragraph concerning change in the world by writing a compostion answering how and what they would change if they had the power. Findings showed…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Grade 4, Student Attitudes
DeStefano, Johanna S. – Elementary English, 1972
Report of research findings on productive language differences in beginning fifth grade Black children living in Philadelphia, as evidenced by their use of nonstandard syntactic forms in both speech and writing. (RB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 5
Golub, Lester S. – Elementary English, 1971
Includes facsimiles of paragraphs written by students in grades 1-6. (RD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary School Students, English Curriculum, Language Acquisition
