This article outlines a curriculum model for those physical education specialists who would like to concentrate their efforts on improving the physical fitness of senior citizens. (JD)

The responsible teacher of physical education will see that it is important for his students to realize that good health and physical fitness for the human being are important factors in improving the ecological scene in the world. (JD)

Discusses oral language experiences designed to help young students develop their conversational skills and prescribes writing exercises to help students think logically and sequentially so they can write clear, concise, honest prose. (Author/RK)

Notes that syllabus requirements for British secondary school literature courses tacitly create a course in writing as well. Presents ways in which this writing component can be implemented, without isolating it from the literature component. (HTH)

Explains a teaching method which uses students' sentences as examples of faulty writing, provides a clue system which guides students in error diagnosis, and requires the revision of example sentences. Explores the use of the method in developing students' understanding of the importance of revision. (AYC)

Describes a project carried out with children in grades one through four for which each grade produced a volume of a book containing fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and picture stories with the help of a writer-in-residence. (SRT)

Details business communications course assignment in which students role played for a semester as representatives of American companies with international exposure. Students researched their company, wrote for annual reports, analyzed them for the class, concentrated on a foreign country, and wrote reports combining research on the country with…

Suggests general principles for developing assignments where students prepare portfolios that reveal their overall communication skills in addition to the usual job search tools. Emphasizes that students should concentrate on including works in the portfolio with the criteria of quality, variety, professionalism, and maturity in mind. (SKC)

Describes an exercise to elicit student interpretations of Robert Wallace's poem, "Ungainly Things." (MM)

Suggests that teachers attempt to have children write poetry that deals with the senses. Develops lessons to demonstrate to students their own potential for writing poetry. (MS)

Suggests that if students are to become comfortable enough with poetry to freely write about it, they must first discover the poetry in themselves. Offers a composition-poetry method that allows students to experience poetry, analyze their writing processes, and synthesize all the information gained from doing and analyzing. (MS)

Evaluates the use of meditation as a basis for a descriptive writing assignment in advanced composition. (MS)

Describes an assignment that urges expository writers to pursue their own interests and create a fully developed prose project that they will be eager to share. (HTH)

Discusses how student journals can be used as a way to incorporate writing into the engineering curriculum. Reports on a study done at Northeastern University which indicated that students responded positively to the journal-keeping requirement. (TW)

Analyzes the creative writing of 94 second-grade children in a suburban elementary school, comparing boys' and girls' creative writings when the composition was elicited from realistic fiction, fantasy, and fantasy in conjunction with stuffed animals and wind-up toys. Also examines the combined creativity of boys' and girls' compositions and the…