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Collins, Norma Decker – Teaching Pre K-8, 1993
Discusses how teachers and parents can help children turn everyday experiences into topics to write about, whether in the form of personal journals, autobiographical essays, or poetry. (MDM)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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
Ernst, Karen – Teaching Pre K-8, 1997
Described a program to infuse art into a writer's workshop in an effort to improve writing and self expression across grade levels. Notes how the students' artwork elicited more descriptive writing, improved students' observation skills, provided a necessary image for writers to write with clarity and purpose, and improved learning. (SD)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Expression
