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Peer reviewedTompkins, Gail E.; Camp, Donna J. – Childhood Education, 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
Peer reviewedCamp, Donna J.; Tompkins, Gail E. – Childhood Education, 1990
This brief history of the development of alphabet books includes a list of alphabet books for elementary and middle school children. A strategy for the use of these books in class involves these steps: choose books; set a purpose; introduce books; read them; describe them; compare and contrast them; evaluate them; and compose your own books. (DG)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Literacy, Middle Schools
