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Peer reviewedBeyersdorfer, Janet M.; Schauer, David K. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Discusses using index card improvisations to review story structure and characterization with eighth-grade students. Notes that students were quickly able to construct a story that their peers enjoyed. (RS)
Descriptors: Characterization, Class Activities, Improvisation, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedHenk, William A.; Moore, Jesse C. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Recounts the history of Pennsylvania's attempts to invoke large-scale changes in language-related instructional curricula. Discerns patterns among school districts in terms of literacy instruction as well as in factors that seem to be associated with successful change processes. (RS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts
Peer reviewedFusco, Esther – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes the planning and preparation involved in an authors' week, where authors of children's books took part in school discussion groups. (MKM)
Descriptors: Authors, Critical Reading, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
Peer reviewedWagner, C. Lyn; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes using portfolio assessment in a language arts methods course. Discusses purposes for portfolios, steps in preparing them, an interim review process, and portfolio evaluation. (SR)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Language Arts, Literacy
Peer reviewedStahle, Debra L.; Mitchell, Judith P. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes experiences using portfolios in preservice reading/language arts methods courses, including portfolio development, values of the portfolio, transferring knowledge to practice, and future directions. (SR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Language Arts, Methods Courses
Peer reviewedWhitt, Anne Genevieve – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes six projects conducted in a language arts classroom using a whole-language approach. Notes how students responded with eagerness, responsibility, and success. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 10, High Schools, Language Arts, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedBeyersdorfer, Janet M.; Schauer, David K. – Journal of Reading, 1993
Describes how small groups of eighth graders in a reading and language arts class collaborated on writing and performing mystery plays. Notes that mutual critiques during rehearsals lead to meaningful revisions and expanded students' knowledge of plot and characterization. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Dramatics
Peer reviewedUnoh, Solomon – Journal of Reading, 1985
Emphasizes the place of language arts in a bilingual education system in Nigeria, which combines English with up to 394 native languages, but notes that policy implementation varies in each state. (HOD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLubarsky, Nancy – Journal of Reading, 1987
Traces a project that investigated the connection between reading and writing with oral language experiences such as oral history and folklore. (NKA)
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Intergenerational Programs, Interviews, Language Arts
