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Peer reviewedCatroppa, Barbara D. – Language Arts, 1982
Describes a writing workshop in which teachers work with clay and write about their products. (HTH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions, Teacher Workshops
Peer reviewedSimpson, Jeanette – Exercise Exchange, 1982
An approach to generating enthusiasm for writing through a writing contest is described in this brief article. AUTHOR'S COMMENT (excerpt): Why would a librarian sponsor a writing contest for more than eleven hundred students in an elementary school? I wanted to provide a writing experience for my students that would be a positive one; I hoped to…
Descriptors: Competition, Elementary Education, Film Criticism, Junior High Schools
Clair, Elizabeth – 1982
To help provide writing instruction to elementary school children who are taught English as a second language, a writing project was designed for three ESL students: a third grader from Japan, a fourth grader from Costa Rica, and a fifth grader from Indonesia. The goals of the project were to help the students find writing to be enjoyable and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Fluency, Program Descriptions
Vockell, Edward L.; And Others – 1983
The Highland (Indiana) public schools developed a writing program for elementary school students based on the premise that children learn to use language by actively generating language. The program features language production as the principal student activity in the English class and uses the students' own written work and oral expression as the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Feedback
