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Collom, Jack – Teachers and Writers, 1994
Notes that some students invent their own styles of poetry, and regularly use them in their writing. Recommends that teachers encourage this. Presents several examples of students' styles. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Student Writing Models, Teaching Methods
Lederman, Marie – Teachers and Writers, 1978
Discusses the advantages of using student compositions rather than textbook materials in a college remedial writing course. (RL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education, Punctuation
Avrich, Jane – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Describes a successful unit of study on poetry in a fifth grade class that ended with students each writing a sonnet as a final project. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Poetry
Mee, Suzi – Teachers and Writers, 1979
Describes three ways to elicit children's poetry about their family histories. Illustrates this teaching technique with sixth graders' poems. (RL)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Family Life
Ziegler, Alan – Teachers and Writers, 1979
Shows how photographs of teenagers were used to trigger high school students' creative writing. Provides samples of student poetry. (RL)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, High School Students, Photographs, Poetry
Pflaum, Jeffrey – Teachers and Writers, 1992
Describes a successful program of "contemplation writing," in which, through a counting technique and a music technique, children learn how to contemplate their inner experience, write about it, and discuss it. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Expression, Intermediate Grades, Secondary Education
