The ten lessons outlined in this document are based on articles from "The National Observer" used as sources of contemporary writing which varies in subject matter, length, and style. Lessons focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary development, composition, discussion and reasoning, primary and secondary sources, poetry writing,…

The new language arts syllabus for elementary and secondary schools in New York State provides a program framework which focuses chiefly on the development of pupils' skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, literature, and language. This document, the first in a series of packets which implement the use of the syllabus, is designed to aid…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers suggestions on using the newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. Following a list of do's and don'ts for teachers who plan to introduce the newspaper to students, this booklet contains general ideas on how to teach students in the language arts and how…

This booklet contains ideas, organized by curriculum area, for using peer tutoring as a planned classroom activity. Included are outlines of the tutoring process, tutor training, ways for incorporating tutor teams into classroom routines, and type of materials needed. Activity ideas for math and language arts are presented, and record keeping…

The 101 activities using the newspaper for teaching reading listed in this document range from such simple tasks as having children write captions for photos from the newspaper to the more advanced and complicated assignments of learning the use of propaganda devices or the five kinds of news stories. In addition, definitions for newspaper terms…

The teaching techniques outlined in this student-centered curriculum guide, provided by the Darien Public Schools, Connecticut, are intended for use by language arts instructors at the kindergarten through sixth-grade levels. The major goals of the curriculum are to foster clear thinking and sound judgment, to encourage awareness of the world, and…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of an introduction to a poetry course. The guide includes a list of twenty course objectives; an outline of the definitions, the stanza forms, and the figures of speech used in poetry; a description of the course content and concepts to…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a course on the novel. The guide includes a list of seven course objectives; an outline of the elements to be studied from eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century novels; a description of novels and concepts to be studied in…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a science fiction course. The guide includes a list of ten course objectives; an outline of the major themes and types of science fiction covered in the course; a description of the course content with emphasis on defining and…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a short story course. The guide includes a list of five course objectives; an outline of the origins, characteristics, themes, symbols, and content common to the short story genre; a description of the course content used in studying…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline of a course on literature for the adolescent years. The guide includes a list of thirteen course objectives; an outline of the motifs to be studied in two novels characteristic of adolescent literature; a description of the course…

This language arts minicourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline for a speech course. The guide includes a list of sixteen course objectives; an outline of the elements of speech communication to be covered by the course; a description of the content and concepts to be studied in interpersonal and…

This language arts mincourse guide for Lampeter-Strasburg (Pennsylvania) High School contains a topical outline for a beginning course on Shakespeare. The guide includes a list of 24 course objectives; an outline of the background material on the Elizabethan Age and on the life and works of Shakespeare; a description of the content and concepts…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers ideas on using the newspaper to teach critical thinking. It includes suggestions for developing critical awareness of the facts that content differs from newspaper to newspaper, that newspapers contain both factual reporting and opinion, the objectivity in news…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers suggestions on how to teach students to read the newspaper. The booklet presents a rationale for teaching students to read the newspaper, stresses the importance of creating the right classroom environment for teaching students to read the newspaper, defines what…