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Peer reviewedPolivka, Grace – English Journal, 1977
A letter from an eighth grade teacher describing the problems students face. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedJames, Michael A. – English Journal, 1981
Middle school and junior high school students are caught "in between" in terms of their emotional, physical, psychological, and educational development. Paradoxically, with so many common problems, these students need to be treated as special and unique--as individuals. (RL)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Individual Differences, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedSchnack, Pat – English Journal, 2001
Describes the "Partners in Reading" project, which pairs adults from the community with eighth-grade students to read books together and journal together. Describes how the program has grown. Details the many positive reading/writing outcomes for students and for participating adults, how students feel more connected to adults in the community,…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedSloane, Barbara L. – English Journal, 1978
Describes techniques for teaching fantasy to junior high school students. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Fantasy, Imagination, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedDudley, Martha – English Journal, 1989
Describes the subtle changes a writing teacher makes throughout the year as she shifts to a writer's workshop approach in which students choose their own topics, their own genre, determine their own pace, and expand or contract the time allotted to each task as required. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Junior High Schools, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Direct linkRice, Mary – English Journal, 2007
Junior high school teacher Mary Rice designs a consumer research unit that cultivates students' critical reading and thinking skills. As students learn how to develop and revise criteria for evaluating the reliability of online information, they read customer reviews, research products, and present their findings orally.
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Thinking Skills, Reading Skills, Units of Study
Peer reviewedWright, Keith; Alin, Roy – English Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Grading, Junior High Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewedBeyersdorfer, Janet – English Journal, 1982
Explains how student-constructed "aliens" were used to generate writing and to encourage the development of writing skills. (JL)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Junior High Schools, Realia, Writing Exercises
Peer reviewedGray, Patricia – English Journal, 1977
Describes techniques used to teach English to adolescents. (DD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Peer reviewedDick, Rebecca Ann – English Journal, 1977
Describes an educational game which helps students learn about prepositions. (DD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, English Instruction, Grammar
Peer reviewedWright, Keith; Alin, Roy – English Journal, 1975
A resolution passed at the 1974 NCTE Convention calls for more attention to be given to problems which relate to the junior high/middle school area. (JH)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Problems, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedWright, Keith; And Others – English Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, English Instruction, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedSloane, Barbara L. – English Journal, 1977
A fictionalized account of one teacher's frustrating encounter with a student. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Student Problems, Student Teacher Relationship
Peer reviewedCardellichio, Thomas C. – English Journal, 1977
Suggests guidelines for the establishment of a conceptual basis for the junior high school program. (DD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Programs, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedVacca, Richard T. – English Journal, 1977
Presents five characteristics of middle schools, and suggests implications for reading instruction. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Reading Instruction
