Outlines a five-day sequence for implementing the language experience approach (LEA) and addresses questions commonly asked by primary grade teachers after they have tried to use LEA to teach reading. (FL)

Describes a spur-of-the-moment curriculum development activity involving primary-school students researching the "real" Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo behind the names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Notes that the products of the research were shared during a classroom pizza party. (RS)

An approach to spelling instruction allows students to select spelling words as part of a whole-language, language experience writing program. Guidelines for implementing such a program are offered. (CL)

Contains contributions from five educators concerning the following topics: (1) the "Super Sounder" system of presenting phonics instruction to beginning readers, (2) teaching vocabulary in a multigrade classroom, (3) language experience and basal readers, (4) pacing as a key to successful drill work, and (5) creative ways to encourage reading.…

Describes a version of language experience with adolescents that has students write about personal problems and dilemmas they have faced. (AEA)

Presents a series of teaching ideas that use language experience stories produced by children to foster their expressive language abilities. (FL)

This paper discusses three types of writing experiences, "Writing Roulette,""The Even-Steven Swap Game," and "The Open-Ended Story with a Slant," that can be used in a writing workshop for disabled readers at the secondary level. Each activity emphasizes writing but provides motivation for students to read each other's work. Students will have…

Describes a remedial reading program using students' ability to speak in which a British group exchanged tape recordings and other information with an American class of comparable age. The program proved especially valuable in providing motivation for reluctant readers. (RW)

Describes an instructional project, How to Tell a Foreigner to Berlin the Way,'' designed to give 8th graders practical experience in using English; format based on the text London--People ans Pictures,'' Cornelsen-Velhagen & Klasing, Berlin. (RS)

The practicum described in this study sought to motivate pupils to want to learn to read and to improve their reading skills. Three hundred eighty-two pupils from second through ninth grade who were identified as having reading deficiences were admitted on a referral basis. A standardized test was used to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in…

Discusses a literacy education program developed for members of the California Conservation Corps that gives students a new understanding of their world. (MM)

Discusses one teacher's efforts at writing interesting books for her edung stories. Also suggests criteria for evaluating the books used with these youngsters. (VJ)

This paper was designed to show that the two seemingly disparate concepts of andragogy (the study of how adults learn) and whole language are compatible and should be considered by planners and implementers of adult literacy programs. Guiding principles that both andragogy and whole language share are: (1) active participation of learners; (2) use…