Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, this curriculum unit on composition games and activities is intended for grades one and two. Each lesson contains a sequence of teacher-directed activities intended to arouse children's interests, help them discover things they wish to say, and then lead them to present their thoughts and…

Developed for a high school quinmester unit on the romantic hero, this guide contains teaching strategies for a study of the characteristics of the romantic hero as he appears in various literary selections. Several major literary works are analyzed and discussed in comparison with popular culture heroes, and the portrayal of the romantic hero in…

The essay in this text cover major areas of interest, development, and scholarship in the teaching of oral language. Selection was made on the basis of what would best illustrate the principle of integration among the language arts and provide the most instructive classroom application of that principle. The essays are presented in seven sections.…

Considering oral reading as encompassing every occasion for reading aloud in which there is an audience and materials to be communicated orally, this bulletin is a compilation of the oral reading activities in the Tulsa school system. Sections of the bulletin focus on (1) the nature of oral reading; (2) the place of oral reading in the language…

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between differential instructional methods, attitudes, belief systems, and performance skills of student teachers trained in different ways to use multi-racial language arts materials which encourage and implement classroom discussion of racial concepts. Three groups (a total of 69 college…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Social living, language arts, literature, reading, numbers, handwriting, art, music, physical education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 18 short chapters. In addition to the various curriculum subjects, they include the arrangement of the daily program, evaluation,…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 2. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading, language arts, spelling, writing, literature, arithmetic, social studies, science, health, art, physical education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: In addition to a chapter on each of the subjects covered, the guide includes a suggested weekly time allotment and daily program, and an appendix…

This study discusses a visual communications project designed to develop activities to promote visual literacy at the elementary and secondary school levels. The project has four phases: (1) perception of basic forms in the environment, what these forms represent, and how they inter-relate; (2) discovery and communication of more complex…

Intended for use with grades three and four, this curriculum unit developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project attempts to (1) develop an interest in, respect for, and curiosity about words; (2) expose students to the concept that when we know a word we know its meaning, pronunciation, and relationship to other words; (3) build language…

Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, these two sections are part of a unit on words. The first section, consisting of 5 lessons, aims to make the student aware of (1) words as an integral part of the language and (2) the tremendous number of words he already knows and can use. The second section, "What We Know about…

This professional book is addressed to prospective and experienced teachers of language arts at the elementary school level. The authors argue that creative communication, the goal of the language arts, is attained best when the teacher nurtures each child's creative potential at the same time that he teaches essential linguistic skills. The book…

This teaching guide, which is the framework for the Conrad Area District (Delaware) Language Arts Program, includes for the third and fourth grades the areas of listening, speaking, reading, spelling, and writing. It has priority over the commercial guides due to its highly sequential development, its emphasis on individualization of instruction,…

This teaching guide, which is the framework for the Conrad Area District (Delaware) Language Arts Program, includes for the fifth and sixth grades the areas of listening, speaking, reading, spelling, and writing. It has priority over the commercial guides due to its highly sequential development, its emphasis on individualization of instruction,…

This course will include the study of Greek mythology, philosophy, and drama and analyze their influence on modern man and his ideas. The course outline consists of: I. Performance Objectives; II. Range of Subject Matter; III. Course Content; IV. Teaching Strategies and Learning Activities; V. Student Resources -- a list of books relevant to Greek…

Book 4 of "The Language of Man" series contains articles which deal with semantics, levels of language (including informal, formal and technical language, jargon, and gobbledygook), the hidden persuaders (advertising of merchandise and political candidates), and communications of the future (including the computer and other mass media now being…