Describes several activities relating to Wanda Gag's story "Millions of Cats," including description writing, choral reading, place value math exercises, and sequencing activities. (MM)

Describes how the works of Dr. Seuss--particularly "On Beyond Zebra"--provide an ideal medium to engage children in critical reading, discussion, and reflection. (MM)

Describes how students can write and assemble monthly classroom calendar books. (MM)

Describes how the author role-played a character from "To Kill a Mockingbird" to stimulate classroom discussion of the novel. (MM)

Offers several brief creative writing activities that are quick, convenient, and encourage students to enjoy and play with words and ideas. Presents these ideas in a calendar format, one for the primary level and one for the intermediate level. (SR)

This article outlines the development of an urban elementary school gardening project where children learn science and responsibility for the environment. Charts provide a gardening timeline, planting plan for each grade level, instructions for building a grow cart, and indoor experiments that test environmental factors for each grade level. (LZ)

Explains the guidelines for an exercise based on the poem "The Little Mute Boy" by F. Garcia Lorca. States that students are to: discuss synesthesia, the substitution of senses; explore the surreal senses; think about life without a sense; create a net of surprises; write a poem; and read the poem aloud. (PA)

Describes a writing project in which elementary students write Choose-Your-Own adventure stories. (SR)

Describes using information from students' well-developed background in media and movies to teach literary elements and carry on a reasonable literary discussion in class. (SR)

Describes how one instructor introduced and used electronic mail as a new learning tool for six developmental reading college students. Offers recommendations for using e-mail with students. (SR)

Describes using Monday morning journal writing activities to give the teacher an insight into what the weekend has done for students. (RS)

Provides a rationale for using trickster tales in the classroom. Introduces representative trickster tales from many cultures, and samples activities that teachers can use to introduce trickster tales to their students. (SR)

Presents two exercises to develop the concept of story for the actor. Suggests that, without awareness of story, an actor will not be able to present the play's story effectively. Describes the first exercise as taking an imaginary shower (with clothes on) and the second exercise as a group shower. Notes that props are not used. (PA)

Describes a class project in which students conduct a "communication audit" or assessment of an off-campus organization, providing students with opportunities to explore, examine, monitor, and evaluate communication in a practical way. Discusses grading, beginning the class, contacting clients, instrumentation and procedures, costs, and…

Presents an assignment that introduces business communication students to an array of writing reference works. Appends a list of 24 suggested reference works for the assignment. (SR)