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ERIC Number: EJ370908
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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RX for Writer's Block.
Tompkins, Gail E.; Camp, Donna J.
Childhood Education, v64 n4 p209-14 Apr 1988
Describes four prewriting techniques that elementary and middle grade students can use to gather and organize ideas for writing, and by so doing, cure writer's block. Techniques discussed are: (1) brainstorming; (2) clustering; (3) freewriting; and (4) cubing.
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Free Writing, Prewriting, Teaching Methods, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Clustering; Cubing; Writers Block; Writing Topics