Films can be an effective method of teaching English, the humanities, and social studies to students from the junior high school through the community college level. This book in part a guide and in part a teacher's memoir, sets forth a rationale for using films in the classroom to encourage reading, writing, thoughtful discussion, and an…

The purpose of this study was to develop and field test a series of modules designed to prepare preservice education students to teach elementary-level language arts. The program included units on creativity, creative writing, listening, handwriting, and spelling. Field testing was accomplished with 37 preservice students enrolled in a language…

Listening lessons, working in pairs, content area reinforcement, and study skills are helpful elements of a successful reading program. (JH)

Noting that a gap exists between desired and actual literacy levels in the United States, this paper argues that the issue of literacy should be addressed holistically. Proposing that the communication skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking are integrated and support each other, the paper reviews research indicating the…

The resource book is designed to help teachers and other school personnel use arts activities to mainstream handicapped and gifted students into the regular class curriculum. The first section contains guidelines for developing basic processing skills of perception, interpretation, understanding, expression, and evaluation. The second part of the…

Prepared by classroom teachers in a Phoenix elementary school district, this handbook provides information for use in initiating writing practice in both the language arts and the content areas at all elementary school grade levels. The major sections of the handbook provide (1) techniques for motivating students to write; (2) activities at the…

Research has shown that secondary school teachers are generally unable to rank text passages accurately according to their reading difficulty. To determine if this was true of elementary and middle school personnel, 177 teachers, administrators, and supervisors attending a summer reading workshop were asked to rank order each of five 100-word…

Focusing on ways to integrate the components of the language arts curriculum, this guide provides a framework for use in curriculum development. The guide offers a statement of philosophy that views the language arts curriculum as an integrated program involving the interactive processes of composing (through speaking, writing, and visual…

Isolated examples of creative adaptation show that Jean Piaget's theories of childhood development provide the conscientious teacher with a veritable warehouse of innovative and thought-provoking principles with which to construct a meaningful foundation of language arts experimentation. The elementary Piagetian principles for evoking creativity…

Sixty consequential writing tasks are described in this source book to help elementary and secondary school students develop their abilities in written composition. The activities foster thinking by posing game-like writing problems that require students to use their minds in the ways that good writers do, and to solve the problems that good…

Drawing upon research into the nature of the English writing system and about the development of spelling ability, this booklet presents an approach to spelling in which learning to spell is viewed as a highly complex intellectual accomplishment that develops over time and in conjunction with a student's experience with and knowledge of the…

Providing an extensive list of print resources on middle schools, this bibliography includes such topics as career education, curriculum, discipline, guidance, independent study, organization, student characteristics, and teacher qualifications and preparation. In addition, specific subject areas including language arts, science, and mathematics…

This publication contains an "Encountering Model" and model lessons for integrating arts experiences into the basic curriculum at the elementary and junior high school levels. The model uses a three-phase learning sequence in which each phase is labeled an "encounter." The first phase is "exploration," when students are provided with certain ideas…

The purpose of this handbook is to provide assistance to kindergarten through grade two classroom teachers in assessing student needs and implementing strategies to increase student achievement and mastery of the basic skills in the language arts. The first part of the handbook presents the underlying considerations in determining appropriate…