Pictures in the Clouds: Teaching Writing As a Playful Activity.

Autor/in	Murphy, Gratia
Titel	Pictures in the Clouds: Teaching Writing As a Playful Activity.
Quelle	(1979), (18 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Creative Thinking; Creativity; Higher Education; Imagination; Productive Thinking; Teaching Methods; Writing (Composition); Writing Processes; Writing Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kreatives Denken; Kreativität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Produktives Denken; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibübung; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	Too often college composition students see language as an end in itself, rather than as a means to realization of self and world, and teachers need to establish a classroom environment that stimulates and demands that students use their language to find out about themselves. Techniques helpful in shaping composition classes toward this end include: begin writing classes by examining style, particularly writing style that appeals primarily to the senses; reduce poetry to single prose statements and turn directions into poetry; play the "sentence game," mixing student and professionally produced sentences for identification; explain the linguistic concept of nominalization and the power--and danger--that lies in naming; recall language's affinity to play in the imaginations of children; use cartoons to illustrate the ability to shape reality or to re-view the world; demonstrate how distance, time, and familiarity influence perception in the context of interviews with foreign students; and finally, incorporate science fiction to lead students to contemplate a world far different from theirs. (Suggestions for specific writing assignments are included.) (AEA)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC