This teacher resource manual is a support document developed to assist teachers who will be responsible for implementing the Senior High Drama Program in Alberta, Canada. The manual has been developed to assist classroom teachers by providing: (1) further information about the learner expectations within the Senior High Drama Program of Studies;…

This module, developed by the Research Applications for Teaching (RAFT) project, was written to assist students to write lesson plans that are effective and interactive. Students are given directions for the preparation of behavioral objectives and for the selection of appropriate instructional methodologies to meet the widely varying needs of…

The paper describes ways of incorporating a ceramic program into existing curricula for exceptional children. The program focuses on the process of producing clay products and has as its goals: tension release, heightened self-image, improved coordination, personal growth and emotional maturity. The manual describes organizatonal structure, goals,…

This teacher's handbook is designed for native speakers of Belizean Creole who teach their own language to American Peace Corps volunteers. The handbook is one of a four-part set which also includes a communication and culture workbook, a grammar workbook, and a glossary, all of which should be used together to teach students to communicate in…

The transcript of a values awareness lesson in communicable diseases is presented to illustrate the two stages of a typical values class--introducing the lesson and implementing the lesson. In this case, an overhead slide-transparency is used (along with prefacing remarks) to lead the class into considering those whom a gonorrhea-infected youth…

The author offers pointers on community familiarization, student teacher attitude, lesson plans, and teaching techniques to help student teachers ease smoothly into their initial student teaching experience. (EA)

This experimental lesson gives students practice at writing a one sentence thesis statement. Each student chooses a song or short poem for which he must provide a thesis statement. The exercise not only teaches development of the thesis statement, but also stimulates student interest and discussion. Examples are presented. (AH)

The author describes simple techniques for providing individualized help within a group teaching situation. (SD)

Of this series of Science Readers, Books I, II, and III are adapted to secondary grades comprising pupils who are in their third and fourth years of school work. Both the reading and the subject matter of Books IV, V, and VI are suitable for grammar grades. The lessons in Books IV, V, and VI contain lessons sufficiently full and definite to enable…

Of this series of Science Readers, Books I, II, and III are adapted to secondary grades comprising pupils who are in their third and fourth years of school work. Both the reading and the subject matter of Books IV, V, and VI are suitable for grammar grades. The lessons in Books IV, V, and VI contain lessons sufficiently full and definite to enable…

STUDIES OF THE CLASSROOM VERBAL BEHAVIOR OF TEACHERS SHOW THAT MANY TEACHERS USE THE SAME RATHER NARROW VERBAL INTERACTION PATTERNS BECAUSE (1) THEIR OWN SCHOOL BACKGROUNDS DID NOT INCLUDE EXPOSURE TO TEACHERS WHO USED VARIED VERBAL PATTERNS, (2) THEY DO NOT NOW HEAR VARIED TEACHING PATTERNS, AND (3) THEY ARE NOT PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO…

A BROAD FRAMEWORK OF MATERIALS AND IDEAS IS PROVIDED WHICH IS INTENDED TO HELP TEACHERS AND STUDENTS REACH THE MAXIMUM GOAL OF ACHIEVEMENT. BUSINESS ENGLISH ATTEMPTS TO APPLY ENGLISH TO THE VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMUNICATION USED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. THE LISTENING, SPEAKING, AND WRITING TO BE USED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD ARE EMPHASIZED. SUGGESTIONS…

Several suggestions for interesting students in poetry and word play in the language arts classroom are presented in this paper. Activities recommended to establish a climate in which language play is a natural activity and to help students make connections between their own word play and that engaged in by poets include: expanding concrete…

The curriculum guide for teaching social sciences to mentally gifted children in grades 1 through 3 includes information about the interrelationships among individuals, broad understanding of the institutions created by human beings for their own guidance and control, and comprehension of the interactions between human beings and the elements of…

This book contends that systematic oral and written exercises enable students to overcome many difficulties encountered in writing English. The first chapter is a general discussion of the teaching of composition today. The second section describes an experiment in oral composition drills in a seventh-grade class. The third section describes the…