The purpose of this curriculum outline is to define the basic language arts requirements for junior high school students in the Oak Park (Illinois) school district. For grades 7 and 8 the topics covered in mechanics, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, language usage, and sentence style are outlined. In addition, a summary of…

One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the document contains a language arts skills continuum to be used as a tool for individualizing instruction for students learning basic educational skills. A comprehensive set of learner objectives for…

The first of a three volume series is a handbook of approximately 95 student and teacher developed individual and class activities for learning disabled students in grades 6 through 12. The activities are arranged under the following main headings: "Things We Forget to Teach," such as how to make emergency phone calls; "Do You Know What I Mean?"…

Developed by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee to Evaluate Curriculum Guidelines and Competency Requirements, this guide is intended to help teachers and administrators develop exemplary English language arts curricula. The first half of the booklet presents an annotated list of committee-recommended curriculum guides,…

Microcomputer technology can assist students in two important phases of basic skills instruction--acquisition and application. Providing interactive practice with immediate feedback in a way that most students find motivating, microcomputers can help students build a solid foundation in such basic skills as punctuation use. In addition, word…

A teacher's guide and student and teacher workbooks for the first level of a multi-level instructional program for teaching Spanish as a second language to children whose native language is English are presented. Each level of the complete program contains a teacher's manual, a teacher's workbook and vocabulary picture book, a student's workbook,…

This booklet of teacher-developed and teacher-tested activities and strategies draws upon the curriculum areas of language arts, mathematics and social studies. Though prepared for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students, the material is adaptable for primary grades and can be used for group activities or as individual task cards. Activity sheets…

The effects of a grade 6 reading/language arts curriculum designed to help non-Amish students develop an appreciation and understanding of Amish culture were examined. The study took place in a Pennsylvania township near a large Amish settlement. Two classes (one experimental group, one control group) were administered pre- and post-semantic…

Intended for teachers in communications and the language arts who are contemplating alternatives to teaching, this booklet provides a basic approach to communication consulting with fundamental definitions and practical guides to basic consulting principles. The first section of the booklet briefly discusses approaches to consulting and sources of…

Elementary school activities designed for celebraing the significant dates of each school month, excluding December, are described in this compilation. The collection covers birthdays of well-known people, historical events, mathematics, writing, reading, science, history, social studies, art, and cooking. (JW)

This language arts curriculum guide was developed for use in grades 7, 8 and 9 in the Duval County Public Schools, Jacksonville, Florida. The courses covered are English (separate courses for grades 7, 8, and 9), Debate (grades 9-12), Oral Communication/Public Speaking (grades 9-12), and Advanced English (separate courses for grades 7, 8, and 9).…

This article explores the relationship of literature to foreign language teaching. Five levels or perspectives are defined for literary works and their place in language instruction is defined. The five levels also provide criteria for the selection of appropriate texts. (CLK)

Proposes several principles important to courses in language communication. They include: 1) understanding language--grammar, lexicon and pronunciation; 2) communicative competence; 3) social structure; 4) communication problems. Language and social customs of a country are interrelated. (CHK)

Most English teachers are as ill-prepared to teach writing as to teach reading. (JH)

Spelling research indicates that an effective language arts program should incorporate direct teaching of spelling words with teaching the words in a meaningful context. (JH)