Anna Quinn, an English teacher, describes her use of dramatic activities for interpreting texts along with other techniques to help improve college reading skills. Students have demonstrated measurable increases in reading levels by using drama to fill textual gaps, charades to increase vocabulary, blending into the characters, predicting the…

Ideally, one's talk segues into ways the precision of crafted phrases or stylized sentences amplifies messages, sharpens concerns, or frames praise. People pursue how words and their selective combinations illuminate and illustrate, persuade and perplex. For many, this intricate puzzle with language is a frolic, simple wordplay. In this article,…

Correlation of a film to a work of literature helps students develop greater sensitivity to each, and a sharper awareness of the relationship between the two. (Author)

Discusses the use of euphemisms, self-aggrandizing expressions, semi-pseudo-technical jargon, idioms, etc., in everyday usage of English. (RB)

Suggests ways of using teacher-produced photographs in English and language-arts classrooms. Offers examples of how a series of pictures was used and how students responded. (RL)