Preschool children respond to the rhythm and rhyme of Mother Goose and are enchanted with the likable characters, quick actions, and humorous animals. If shared with enthusiasm, Mother Goose books may also be used to teach older children creative writing skills and research techniques. In the primary grades, promoting children's confidence in…

In the Berkeley Unified School District, funds from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) were used to establish programs in communication skills, particularly writing and motivation for writing, in schools with enrollments which were more than 50 percent minority. Perhaps the most impressive achievement of the program was an unintended side-effect:…

Ropes and their uses for the sailor are the focus of this unit. Students begin the study by taking apart a section of rope and putting it back together, testing strength at various stages. They also practice tying different knots and learn about the uses of ropes in sailing. After investigating the mechanics of a block and tackle, students…

Offered in this compendium of lessons are suggestions and guidelines for incorporating energy issues into the language arts curriculum at the secondary level. Among the learning strategies employed in these activities are sustained silent reading, debates, literature appreciation, interviews, assigned compositions, and reading comprehension…

An effective needs assessment must be performed efficiently and systematically, and must reflect the specific circumstances of both students assessed and their educational environment. The purpose of this handbook is to furnish educators with guidance on how to perform such a needs assessment. The handbook is designed specifically for school…

The college of education at a midwestern university has designed a program for training senior citizen volunteers to tutor elementary school students in reading and language arts. Development of the Time Of Our Lives for Service (T. O. O. L. S.) program included establishing goals and objectives for the program that were subject to administrative…

The writing activities in this book are designed to help children build writing skills through the communication of their own ideas, discoveries, and feelings. Developed and field tested as part of a basic skill development project, the book presents a rationale for primary children's writing, outlines the fundamentals of teaching writing, and…

The development of a sound theory of the arguing of policy questions in debate requires that the Affirmative be obligated to demonstrate the solvency of its plan, regardless of the paradigmatic origins of the case theory. While the specific degree of demonstration which is necessary to establish solvency remains a substantive issue within the…

This booklet identifies the learner competencies expected of students with varying linguistic abilities attending Department of Defense Dependents Schools throughout the world. The statements are banded in segments of kindergarten through grade four, grade five through grade eight, and grade nine through grade twelve. Both instructional objectives…

The New Zealand Council for Educational Research conducted a study to determine students' perceptions of and attitudes toward poetry instruction. A group of 186 fifth form (eleventh grade) students and 56 fifth form English teachers were queried in the following areas: the point of studying poetry; the "really important things" about a…

The City University of New York (CUNY) instituted an open admissions policy in 1970 which provides all New York City high school graduates with an opportunity to attend college. Given the wide academic range of students now attending CUNY, compensatory models are being developed and evaluated in order to effectively deal with skill deficiencies.…

A teaching strategy has been devised to teach students how to value their own thoughts and experiences. Secondary purposes of the strategy are to help students deal with their own identities, to improve their general language and essay writing abilities, and to heighten their appreciation of the writing of others. The seven steps of the teaching…

This pamphlet has been prepared as a practical tool to be used by educators and community people who want to strengthen the relationship between multicultural education and the basic skills. A model for multicultural education in the basic skills is provided for the following grade levels: K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. For each of these grade levels,…