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Writing Riddle Poems: Secrets Meant to Be Shared.
Fry, Nan – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1988
Illustrates how riddles can be used to teach poetry. Provides analysis of several riddles and resources for riddles. (MS)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Metaphors
Saying What Can't Be Said: Three Startling Poetry Exercises.
DePoy, Phillip – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1990
Describes three poetry-writing exercises that encourage students to break from linear, normal thinking patterns: answering questions that have no answers; describing impossible objects; and contemplating infinity. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Student Writing Models
Out of a Rut.
Peck, Carol F.; Lastort, Joanne – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1990
Describes several exercises to help students change their perspectives when writing poetry. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Student Writing Models
From Abbott School to Deep Space: Teaching Writing in a Special Education Setting.
Salinger, Wendy – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1985
Describes the Abbott Union School and its program for traumatized and neglected adolescents. Reproduces a short novel written by one of the students. (CRH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creative Writing, Program Descriptions, Remedial Instruction
Poetry across Frontiers.
Simon, John Oliver – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1989
Describes a unique exchange program between Mexico and California in which poets go to the foreign country to teach poetry writing, with local poets, to elementary school children. Provides samples of exercises in poetry writing and excerpts of children's poetry, translated from Spanish into English. (KEH)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
The Real Thing.
Salinger, Wendy – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1989
Discusses a pilot project in New York City that affords high school students the opportunity to participate in their community's literary life and to have live encounters with contemporary writers. Provides samples of writing by students involved in the program. (KEH)
Descriptors: Authors, English Curriculum, Fiction, Literature Appreciation
Science and Poetry Writing in the Elementary School.
Peck, Carol F. – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1988
Presents elementary school children's poetry about a variety of scientific topics. Indicates that children make no false dichotomy between science and poetry. (JK)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students