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Download full textKaplan, Milton A. – English Journal, 1966
Students can learn to write verse by (1) perceiving that poetic materials are inside and all around them and making lists of items that appeal to their senses, (2) organizing their material through the use of imagery, (3) experimenting with various meters, particularly the ballad stanza, until they can arrange words in rhythmic patterns (4)…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Figurative Language, Language Rhythm
PETERSON, R. STANLEY – 1961
CAUGHT IN THE PRESSURE FOR TEACHING MORE EXPOSITORY PROSE, THE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER IS IN DANGER OF REQUIRING A KIND OF COMMUNICATION FROM STUDENTS THAT DEADENS THEIR CREATIVITY. HOWEVER, WHEN CREATIVE WRITING IS TAUGHT WELL, IT REQUIRES AS MUCH STUDENT EFFORT AND PLANNING AS DOES EXPOSITORY WRITING. THE TEACHER CAN BEST TEACH CREATIVE…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expressive Language
Petty, Walter T.; Bowen, Mary E. – 1967
Based upon the conviction that children can be taught many of the aspects of writing unique to the preparation of professional writers, this book offers ideas for the teaching of creative writing to children. "Creative" writing is defined and its values for children are discussed. Specific suggestions to promote imaginative writing are proposed in…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Creative Writing
Carlson, Ruth Kearney – 1968
Ways of introducing children to the pleasures and value of poetry are discussed in this publication. Following a brief survey of various kinds of poems and the needs satisfied by poetry, some of the vocabulary and technical elements of poetic design--meter, stanza, rhyme, figures of speech, and selected verse forms--are explained and illustrated.…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Cultural Enrichment, Descriptive Writing
Zilliax, John – Minnesota English Journal, 1968
Removing a disadvantaged student from his environment and giving him the advantages of a middle-class education may be a mixed blessing for him educationally. Yet many compensatory summer programs, including Project ABC (A Better Chance) at Carleton College (Minnesota), appear to have caused no deleterious effects. The summer programs are intended…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conformity, Descriptive Writing, Educationally Disadvantaged
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
The purposes of this unit are to help the 12th-grade student understand that language can be used to evoke an experience, to enrich his perception of the evocative language of literature, and to demonstrate that evocation is not limited to either language or literature. The unit begins with a study of the evocative language in a radio announcer's…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing, English Curriculum, English Instruction
