This article seeks to discuss the relations between reading and writing against the historical backdrop of the initial affirmation of the "studia humanitatis" in fifteenth-century renaissance Italy and its initial movement towards the North of Europe. It focuses first on the theory of education and learning expressed in the Treatises of…

Suggests using index cards as a way of storing information when writing an article or short story. (RB)

Presents and analyzes Judy Brown's exercises to increase innovative thinking for fiction writing. (DD)

The author of this paper proposes a method for teaching composition at the high school level with the objective of getting students to write as easily as they talk. Students are encouraged to write rapidly for the first half hour of class with no audience in mind and without worrying about grammar, spelling, punctuation, or coherence. Students…

Describes how to use a single concrete phenomenon as a stimulus for creative writing. (DD)

The items in this booklet represent the writing of Kansas authors in grades eight through 12. Entries vary in form and include descriptive paragraphs, lyric and narrative poetry, personal reflections, expository writing, and short stories. Among the variety of topics chosen for literary focus are life, shoes, a balloon, a teddy bear, loneliness,…

Argues one way to make sense of a catastrophe is to use Kenneth Koch's poetry methods. By using these strategics, teachers can help students discover the thoughts and feelings of great artists. Students can then express their thoughts through these model poems. (BR)

Suggests that by using the three approaches to writing the first poem--breath-grouping, prosepoetry, and the repeater--students will conceptualize and practice some of the possible forms of contemporary poetry. (EL)

The author of five best-selling novels, including "Carrie,""Salem's Lot,""The Shining,""The Stand," and "The Dead Zone," discusses the teaching of creative writing at high school and college levels. (DF)

Addressed to junior and senior high school students, this beginning guide for writing speeches, research papers, and book reports outlines the processes of selecting a subject, organizing material and ideas, and beginning and ending a writing assignment. Offered as a supplement to classroom writing instruction, the guide assumes parental…

Draws on the work of students in several classes to argue that the best stimulus for creative writing involves a fusion of comprehension, note-taking, and discussion work to provide a ready-made thematic structure for students' work. (AA)