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Peer reviewedFuhler, Carol J.; Farris, Pamela J.; Walther, Maria P. – Childhood Education, 1999
Notes that humor and hope can produce an interest in reading and writing in children. Presents ideas for developing interest in language arts as well as suggested poems, picture books, and beginning chapter books. Also includes classroom suggestions for developing the four needs of beginning writers: ideas, words, structures, and spelling. (LBT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Humor, Language Arts, Literacy
Peer reviewedPaulis, Chris – English Journal, 1985
Appraises the results of an exercise in which students in a composition class attempted to write detective stories. Concludes that many of their syntactic errors result from their intentions exceeding their level of writing skill. (RBW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns, Humor, Language Usage
