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ERIC Number: EJ360627
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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From Fake to Fiction: Young Children Learn about Writing Fiction.
Taberski, Sharon
Language Arts, v64 n6 p586-96 Oct 1987
Presents five strategies for helping elementary school students learn to write fiction: (1) stress topic selection; (2) use literature to teach fiction writing; (3) stress main character change or problem solving; (4) emphasize reality-based stories; and (5) encourage students to research their fiction. (SKC)
Descriptors: Characterization, Creative Writing, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Fiction, Literature, Personal Narratives, Reading Writing Relationship, Student Research, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Research, Writing Skills, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Childrens Writing; Topic Selection