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ERIC Number: EJ360628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Writing as Play.
Rensenbrink, Carla
Language Arts, v64 n6 p597-602 Oct 1987
Reveals ways to help students learn that writing can be similar to play, in that they can use their imaginations to create new settings and even new worlds. Suggests using toys, imaginary trips, and including friends in stories as inspiration for writing. (SKC)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Imagination, Peer Relationship, Play, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Idea Generation; Writing Attitudes; Writing Motivation