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Peer reviewedDickson, Randi – English Journal, 1999
Describes a community project (based on Kenneth Koch's book "I Never Told Anybody") in which students in a ninth-grade English class paired up with nursing home residents, making regular visits to encourage them to write poetry. Discusses finding a place, getting ready, working together, and what students learned about writing poetry and about…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Class Activities, English Instruction, Frail Elderly
Peer reviewedQuintero, Elizabeth; Velarde, M. Christina – Young Children, 1990
Describes the development and implementation of EL Paso Community College's model Intergenerational Literacy Project, which brings Spanish-speaking parents and their children together in the classroom in an effort to improve the two groups' literacy skills in English and Spanish. (BB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, English Instruction
Cooper, Richard – 1999
A staff development program was conducted to provide adult educators in Pennsylvania with information about adults with learning differences and information about using alternative instructional tools and techniques to instruct such adults. The following four training sessions were developed: (1) Teaching GED (General Educational Development) Math…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students


