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Direct linkGrigorenko, Elena L., Ed.; Mambrino, Elisa, Ed.; Preiss, David D., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Written Language, Literacy, Child Development
Download full textArizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1994
This anthology presents the creative writing of students in grades 7-12 discussing "Arizona treasures" and celebrating Arizona Statehood Day in 1994. The 36 poems and short descriptive pieces were chosen from over 1,000 entries from students in schools around Arizona. Entries in the anthology are grouped by grade level--grades 7-8, 9-10,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Poetry, Prose
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1978
The winning entries in this bulletin were chosen by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English as representing the best prose and poetry in the state for 1977. The 14 winners in the prose diviision were chosen from 357 student entries from 67 schools. The prose covers a variety of writing types including fiction, argumentation, and exposition…
Descriptors: Awards, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Fina, Allan de – Instructor, 1992
Presents suggestions for teaching students about poetry by using pets. The article recommends discussing poems about pets, writing with rhyme to describe pets, writing free-verse sketches about pets, collaboratively describing pets, and studying line breaks by writing one-line descriptions of imaginary pets. A reproducible teacher page offers two…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Fox, Roy F. – Media and Methods, 1978
Presents two teaching methods that lend structure to the teaching of poetry writing. (MAI)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Dalrymple, Ruth – Communicator, 1978
Some 60 activities in language arts for use in the out-of-doors are described. Categories for these middle school activities include oral activities, factual writing, fictional writing, and poetry. (JC)
Descriptors: Activities, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Fiction
Fina, Allan de – Instructor, 1992
Presents two children's poems about candy, by Dorothy Aldis. The article describes a teaching unit on the poems, the poet, and her use of end rhymes. Activities include writing rhyming words, writing rhyming poems, rhyming a recipe, and creating collages. (SM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDauterman, Philip; Stahl, Robert – English Journal, 1971
How to help students progress from descriptive to affective to creative responses through the use of films in a language arts class. (RB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Films
Peer reviewedHernadi, Paul – College English, 1971
Distinguishes more than three modes of poetic discourse as ways in which writers interrelate the verbal presentation of vision and the artistic representation of action. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Linguistic Theory
Haworth, Lorna H. – 1977
This paper outlines a poetry program for fifth grade students that was intended to help children increase their awareness of their environment, bring order to their own experiences, and increase their sensitivity to the physical base of language. To measure change in the children's use of figurative language in prose writing, each child was asked…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Figurative Language, Imagery
Ferra, Lorraine – 1994
This book focuses on the integration of an individual's inner and outer landscape. It contains a series of invitations for young people to look out upon their own landscapes and to write the important themes of their lives. The writing experiences outlined in the book give children (and adults) space to become quiet and focused and to tap into…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Haworth, Lorna Helen – 1975
The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which practice in the use of figurative comparisons in the composing of poetry, in both oral and in written form, will increase the use of figurative comparisons in the writing of prose. The study tested oral composition of poetry vs. written composition of poetry, and intensive treatment in…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
Blake, Robert W.; Taillie, Laurie – 1977
The poetry unit presented in this paper is designed to teach high school students how to write poetry through personal observation, journal writing, and small group discussion. Using the unit, students progress through the stages of writing according to the following steps: observing a familiar person and noting words and phrases about that…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language
MUSSEN, LENORE – 1967
AN EFFECTIVE AND PLEASANT THERAPEUTIC EFFECT CAN BE PRODUCED BY ENCOURAGING EMOTIONALLY-DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS TO LOOK AT, WORK WITH, AND WRITE UNRESTRICTEDLY ABOUT NATURAL BEAUTY. THEIR OCCASIONAL UNRESPONSIVENESS IS CHANGED TO WILLINGNESS AND THEIR CREATIVE EFFORTS ARE RE-DIRECTED FROM EXPRESSIONS OF FEAR AND DESPAIR AS THEY OBSERVE COLORFUL…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Educational Therapy
PDF pending restorationLos Angeles City Schools, CA. Div. of Instructional Planning and Services. – 1975
The material in this book, contributed by teachers in the Los Angeles area, consists of instructional assignments and successful strategies for teaching creative writing at the secondary level. Sample lessons are grouped under broad categories (getting started, writing prose, writing verse, and miscellaneous instructional gambits) and contain…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, Poetry
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