An advanced speech course, structured around individual needs of students with some experience in interscholastic competition is outlined. Individual interests and skills development in interpretative speaking, original oratory, extemporaneous speaking, and legislative debate are pursued. Presented are: Performance Objectives; Course Content;…

This instructor's manual explains the premise on which the text is based: that ideas on a particular topic are made up of input from several perspectives. The authors disclaim that the manual is telling teachers how to teach the text. Instead, the manual, like the textbook, is a series of "probes": suggestions to stimulate thinking and discussion.…

GRADES OR AGES: All elementary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Critical reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The six short introductory sections are 1) foreword; 2) background of workshop; 3) comprehension--a constellation of many facts; 4) sample story; 5) critical comprehension exercises; and 6) critical reading lesson plan critiques. There…

A study conducted at the University of North Dakota to determine the extent of language arts learnings in beginning shorthand for 232 eleventh grade students revealed that Gregg Shorthand does foster a significant degree of learning in the language arts, justifying offering shorthand at the secondary level. (BP)

During the Bicentennial Celebration, the lives and roles of women in American history should be researched and read about. (JH)

In order to help children appreciate poetic surprises, teachers should select poems which appeal to the predictive sense by means of such devices as rhyming words, thematic twists, and surprise endings. (DD)

Describes the Nigerian (Yoruba) storytelling tradition and the techniques employed to perpetuate it in the home and in the school. (DD)

Describes techniques for acquainting children with the dictionary. (DD)

An interview with poet David McCord regarding children's poetry and ways of teaching it. (DD)

Describes how picture books can be used by language arts teachers in the upper grades. (DD)

Students do need to learn language arts basics, but not merely the ones advocated by the back-to-basics movement. (DD)

Describes several activities which might be used in inservice courses to help language arts teachers experience the process of writing. (DD)

Provides eight tips that may help language arts teachers better manage their time. (DD)