The author suggests that it is time to teach writing with a holistic approach that will produce students who can write and read equally well, and, if commercial publishers do not create well-focused writing programs, that teachers should develop their own instructional materials. (Author/RK)

Educational problems are related to national and international issues; they can be solved if teachers see beyond the atomizing images projected by advertising and the news media. (DD)

Language delayed children need systematic instruction, experience with a range of language functions, and opportunities for spontaneous speech. (DD)

Presents the findings and implications of a study of the interest patterns of fourth and fifth grade children as they pertain to the content of the short film. (DD)

Suggests that small groups be established in the language arts classroom based on students' skill strengths and weaknesses and on students' preferred companions. (DD)

Suggests that teachers employ dialogue rather than censorship in dealing with the moral dilemma provoked by racist or sexist fiction. (DD)

Discover the treasure of learning activities in your daily paper. This 20-cent text has resources for teaching reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, art, career education, and local history. (Editor)

Use "West Side Story" or another of the many Broadway musicals that lend themselves to classroom activities to take your students off the beaten path of routine learning. (Author)

Describes the objectives and teaching approach to be used in a college or inservice course in psycholinguistics and reading. (DD)

The back-to-basics movement has had a major impact on English/language arts textbook publishers. (DD)

Ability to read depends less upon learning isolated, sequential skills than upon the natural desire to communicate beyond the oral level and the opportunities offered by society and environment to develop this ability. (JD)

Five methods of coordinating basal reading instruction with other instruction in grades one and two were compared: spelling words from readers, no formal composition; spelling from lists and spellers, no formal composition; composition related to the readers, no formal spelling; composition not related to the readers, no formal spelling; and no…

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas, and resources. (Editor)

Stresses the power of film as a medium for the educational process and describes several films that interpret short stories. (KS)

Describes a language-arts assignment for a group of 7th and 8th grade students. Its intent was to impress the inter-relatedness of the separate language-arts skills upon students and to inspire them to produce a colorful and purposeful presentation of their writing ability. (Author/RK)