Describes a technique for stimulating student interest in poetry by having each student use multisensory approaches to show classmates the value of a favorite poet. (DD)

Illustrates how writing exercises involving epitaphs may be used to teach brevity, restraint, and lucidity. (DD)

David Holbrook urges teachers to encourage students to do creative, imaginative writing. (DD)

Urges popular science writers to reduce vocabulary to a level that can be comprehended by the average reader. (DD)

The method suggested by W. Timothy Gallwey for teaching tennis--a positive approach which avoids over-instruction--is also an effective method for teaching writing. (DD)

Narrates the story of how one teacher introduced a class to the drama of poetry. (DD)

Describes writing as a dynamic process involving both creativity and discipline, and suggests classroom strategies useful in teaching this process. (DD)

Describes how to formulate writing assignments that are purposeful, audience-aware, and cumulatively structured. (DD)

Presents four basic steps students should follow in formula essay writing. (DD)

Summarizes and discusses the implications of the Writing Research Unit and the Writing Across the Curriculum Project at the University of London Institute of Education. (DD)

Speed reading does not permit the deliberation needed to savor and appreciate literary craftsmanship. (DD)

Explains how one teacher abandoned her focus on the content of literature, and shifted to teaching her students how to read literature. Lists many of the reading techniques students learned during the year. (SR)

Argues that formulaic writing, as in the five-paragraph essay, blocks diversity of expression. Asserts that each composition should be unique to the writer and subject, and that the writing process must be allowed to move through "untidy" stages that characterize the creative process. (MM)

Contains 10 points of advice for those who want letters of recommendation from teachers. (JD)

Humorously elaborates the vicissitudes of directing a high school play as rite of passage. (JK)