Reports on a program which began in Coventry, England and is unique in its use of the actor-teacher--a person who is trained or experienced in both theatre and education--to stimulate classroom interest in drama. (RB)

Describes a program in which students meet with and listen to authors. (DD)

Discusses six professional resources and three classroom resources that can help practitioners decide what they should be doing and what they need to understand to function in a literature-based language arts classroom. (RS)

Poems, activities and your kids' own ideas can produce a play that is truly their own. (Editor)

A holistic language program is described which combines all the language arts, is based on cognitive/psycholinguistic principles, and can be used in resource rooms with learning disabled students. (CL)

Presented is a journalism primer, with activities designed to get elementary school students involved in all journalistic processes--observing, interviewing, recording, planning, and writing the final product. Journalism terms are defined. (KC)

Five programs for gifted/talented students are described. Programs represented include an identification approach; a creative problem solving program for teachers, parents, and gifted students; a language arts program; an attempt to defuse the anxiety of gifted students; and an elementary program offering differentiated curriculum and flexible age…

One typewriter or many--a typing program delights students and helps improve language skills. (Editor)

Touchdowns, home runs, goals and bull's-eyes! These are some of the rewards in store for the students who play typing drill games at Del Mar Heights Elementary School in Del Mar, California. (Author)

Describes the "Library Power" project designed to bring together teachers and librarians in an effort to provide quality language arts instruction to "special populations" in over 100 schools in New York City. (RS)

A district-wide language arts program for kindergarten through grade eight that emphasizes aesthetic expression in addition to a basic skills component is described in this booklet. The booklet also presents a statement of the goals of the school district's board of education, a list of overall program goals, and information on general program…

Practicing dictionary skills helps kids discover something old, something new and something borrowed about our language's history. (Editor)

Describes a program of language arts skills for students in grades five through seven, which focuses on word knowledge, comprehension, research and library skills, critical thinking, and oral and silent reading skills, while moving the students toward the independence to freely use these skills for their own purposes. (HTH)

Describes several types of literature-based language arts programs, and addresses major issues related to implementing such programs. Specifies the most significant characteristics of successful programs: those related to the classroom and the school, those related to the teacher and parent/caregiver, and those within the learner. Presents some…

Lists and describes 14 reading programs offered through the National Diffusion Network (NDN) and approved by a special review panel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW).