Describes a strategy used to teach health-related vocabulary that required students to understand and make value judgments about the words. (MKM)

Describes how the "Read a Book in an Hour" teaching technique may be incorporated in programs dealing with written composition and reading comprehension. (DD)

Encourages the use of dramatization as a way of building vocabulary by showing the meanings of words in the context of experiences associated with them. (DD)

Considers ways to involve readers in "essential reading" in which students learn to discover the meaning of text and to determine the author's intentions. (MG)

Describes a plan designed to encourage students to read aloud by offering them bonus points for reading, letting them read as long as they want, and allowing them to designate the next oral reader. (RS)

Describes class activities designed to teach inference skill using combined lists. (RS)

Describes how current insights into literacy, teaching, and learning as social, collaborative processes can be incorporated into college reading and study skills classes. Suggests several cooperative activities and strategies, including small group discussion, forming permanent study groups, and sharing study habits. (MM)

Describes how the 16 permanent lists used by a first grade reading teacher (and mother of 6) to manage the household represents the whole range of documents covered in the 3 major types of documents: matrix documents, graphic documents, and locative documents. Suggests class activities to clarify students' understanding of the information in…

Discusses teaching visual literacy by teaching students how to decode advertising images, thus enabling them to move away from being passive receivers of messages to active unravelers. Shows how teachers can use concepts from semiotics to deconstruct advertising messages. (SR)

Provides suggestions for reinforcing reading and communication skills easily and inexpensively. (RB)

Fourth article in a series which reviews materials for use with disadvantaged students. (RB)

Describes a method for teaching reluctant students to develop the skills necessary to read a play. (RB)

Contains practical suggestions for teaching literature to students with a wide range of abilities and interests. (RB)

Provides steps to follow in evaluating reading instruction that incorporates the systems approach. (RB)

Tells content reading teachers some of the pitfalls to avoid and some of the new approaches to take in helping students benefit from reading. (RB)