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Grigorenko, 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
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Bullion-Mears, Ann; McCauley, Joyce K.; McWhorter, J. YeVette – Science Scope, 2007
Performing text in the form of choral reading, rap, reader's theatre, and/or simulations offers students a powerful vehicle for understanding and recalling key concepts and significant details culled from textual materials. Creating a script, poem, or lyrics to perform requires repeated readings of a text, a practice that increases participants'…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate, Theater Arts, Educational Strategies
Arizona 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
Stafford, William – Learning, 1985
The way that the teacher responds to students' writing and talking is most important when developing poetry skills. This article suggests that poetry can not be taught through well-planned lessons but must come from communication and feeling. (DF)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Poetry
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
Furman, Rich – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2004
Losing friendships are significant events for people throughout their life span. In spite of the importance of friendships to psychosocial health, studies of friendships loss are not found in the literature. This article begins to address this gap through a qualitative study utilizing autobiographical poetry as data. This study exemplifies…
Descriptors: Poetry, Descriptive Writing, Friendship, Research Methodology
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
Cline, Sister Deborah – Elementary English, 1971
Discusses the preperation necessary for children's poetic expression of creativity, the teachers role and the process by which the children can be aided to write poetry. (RB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Descriptive Writing, Elementary Education, Language Rhythm
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
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Mason, J. S. – Educational Review, 1974
In this article, the nature of adolescent judgement was investigated by means of two components: the maturation of adolescent mental processes and the interaction of poetry in that maturation. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Descriptive Writing
Shay, D'Arcy C. – Elementary English, 1971
Simplification of Haiku to enable fifth graders to write their own verse. (AF)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary School Curriculum, English Curriculum, Haiku
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
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Dauterman, 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
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