Describes the scripting, casting, and filming of "The Loves and Hates of Mrs. Jones" by an elementary language arts class. (RB)

Teachers involved in developing curriculum materials were more aware and critical of their own effectiveness in the classroom.

Make words come alive! Social studies and art can bring new dimensions to language. (Editor)

Dialectically different students can more easily be taught expository writing and reading skills if the teacher approaches the students' language and culture with a positive attitude, makes use of the students' cultural experiences, and selects reading materials with which students can relate to. (EH)

Language arts programs can be enriched by having children write and then orally interpret their own poems. (JH)

In order to create descriptive poems children have to experience things with as many senses as possible. (JH)

Author compiled and printed an 82 page book about St. Simons Island and the coast of Georgia and in doing so took her students on a learning experience into the past. (Author/RK)

Research indicating that different cut-off points result from the use of different standard-setting techniques leaves decision makers with a disturbing dilemma: Which standard-setting method is best? This investigation of the reliability and validity of 10 different standard-setting approaches was designed to provide information that might help…

Reports the reading achievement during grades one through four of children who participated in a two-year, pre-first grade language arts program. (RB)

This paper explores language-related content in the context of past, present, and future elementary schools, contrasts definitions formulated by educational specialists, and cites recommendations for the training of teachers. (Editor)

Music can be used to provide an environment for creativity, as a topic of study, or as a medium for student expression. (JH)

Suggests that the oral language program can be specifically designed to create an affective focus and provides several strategies for effecting such a goal. (TO)

Written by teachers for teachers of English and the language arts in kindergarten through grade 12, this book presents 50 projects and activities that involve students actively in the processes of their learning experiences. Each project includes a statement of objectives, a brief description of the project, lists of suggested procedures for the…

This paper discusses the effects of personal response on both the research and the teaching of language and literature. Two studies are presented which show how personal response affects interpretive judgment. In addition, a study of classroom responses to literature is compared to a study of language, indicating that personal motivations preface…

This paper provides a brief introduction to the principles underlying Charles Fillmore's case grammar, contrasts it with other approaches to grammar, and suggests ways in which case grammar could be used in the language arts curriculum. Examples of the transparencies to which the text refers are included. (AA)