A fifth grade student, who is a successful writer, describes the process she goes through in writing a paper. (DD)

Teachers should respond to children's writing in positive, encouraging ways. (DD)

Describes a project which involved sixth graders in the writing and distribution of fiction and nonfiction books. (DD)

Describes some of the discussions and writing that first grade children engaged in as the result of their exposure to literature read aloud. (HTH)

Urges teachers to leave an expressive domain for the young child's writing, in which the audience is the young child. (DD)

Children are inspired to write creatively if they are free to sensorially absorb and naturally react to the world around them. (JH)

Demonstrates through the writing of one second-grade student how some of life's crises can be successfully worked out through the writing process. (HTH)

Examines ERIC materials on the nature of and supporting the use of invented spelling in elementary school writing. (HTH)

Interviews Therese Craig, a drama educator at the University of Alberta, Canada, who discusses the nature and rationale of journal writing, as well as applications for its use in the classroom. (HTH)

Proposes that an awareness of writing as a process is the necessary basis for building effective writing programs, provides examples of activities that promote more creative writing samples, and expresses the need for emphasis on different purposes and audiences for writing assignments to broaden young writers' styles. (HTH)

Describes how twelve wordless picture books can be used to encourage the development of children's writing skills. (DD)

Describes the steps taken by a fourth grade teacher and her students which resulted in the publication of a guidebook to metropolitan Denver. (DD)

Describes the writing program which might emerge if several recognized American writers were asked to identify childhood experiences which influenced their development. (DD)

Presents early data on revision which emerged from a two-year study of the writing processes of 16 primary school children. (DD)