Describes the contents of three books which resulted from the University of London's Writing Across the Curriculum Project: "Understanding Children Writing,""Understanding Children Talking," and "Writing and Learning Across the Curriculum 11-16." (DD)

Students do need to learn language arts basics, but not merely the ones advocated by the back-to-basics movement. (DD)

Analyzes the writing the author has done since he first began to write, and traces his writing development. (DD)

Class exploration and a writing assignment on "quality" help students to understand the aim of the writing course. (DD)

Too much emphasis is placed on writing "rules" and organization, not enough on how to acquire a smooth writing style. (DD)

Describes one family's use of a journal to record family history and daily observations. Points out that family journals increase family unity and help teach children the value of writing. (ARH)

Suggests that by using the three approaches to writing the first poem--breath-grouping, prosepoetry, and the repeater--students will conceptualize and practice some of the possible forms of contemporary poetry. (EL)

Assumes there is no good writing--only good rewriting--teachers should improve writing performance by showing students how to move subjects around to achieve varying emphases. (RB)

Suggestions to English teachers for evaluating students' work in English composition. (MB)

Presents guidelines for planning, developing, and revising a high school writing laboratory program. (RL)

Offers four evaluative questions for revising writing assignments into vehicles that steadily move students toward writing fluency. (RL)

The author of five best-selling novels, including "Carrie,""Salem's Lot,""The Shining,""The Stand," and "The Dead Zone," discusses the teaching of creative writing at high school and college levels. (DF)

This second in a two-part series suggests more than 60 ways to use the young adult novel to enrich the composition program. (DD)

Describes a ten-week writing elective for seniors. (DD)