Practice with the attention to detail and language choices needed for poetry writing can help elementary students with other kinds of writing as well.

How do you teach creative writing? First of all, by emphasizing good observational skills. According to Jim Glenn, English teacher at Rocky Mountain High School, observing the world around us is ...

Over the years that I have been an English teacher, there has been a steady decline in students’ writing skills. Every time I assign a major piece of writing, one that is multiple pages in length, I ...