Seven values activities to promote a child-oriented examination of death and growing old, as well as appreciation of life. (MM)

Recounts the diverse reactions elicited by a college writing teacher when he asked his students to compose using his copy of Keats' life-mask as a resource. Discusses how the life-mask acted as a stimulus, turning in-class writing into an exciting and useful composition experience. (NKA)

By introducing students to the idea of inventing their own celebrations, teachers encourage creativity and help them sort out values and make decisions. Students can savor a sense of community as they share discoveries with classmates. Examples of several invented celebrations are recounted. (MT)

A language arts unit on the shape "round" is described. Useful materials, references, and activities are suggested. (MT)

Ways in which childrens' literature may be used to help students become better spellers are discussed and suggestions are made for innovative class activities involving spelling skills. (JD)

Suggestions are made for creative class activities that help students become more familiar with punctuation marks and their use. (JD)

Encourages the use of sign language to improve classroom discipline among elementary school students. Explains steps for introducing signing instruction in class among hearing students. (CBC)

Three software programs which encourage children to learn geography and have fun are reviewed. Complementary activities are suggested. (MT)

Teachers can help students increase their memory skills through activities in visualization, memory, and sequencing. (CL)

A classroom activity for gifted students is described that encourages students to make connections between previously unrelated elements and synthesize them into something unified and meaningful. Students combine phrases from newspapers to suggest new contexts and meanings. (CL)

Describes a hands-on laboratory to use with simulated archaeology sites for teaching data collection and interpretation to college students. Students play the role of professional archaeologist in analyzing artifacts and ecofacts and in writing a "site report" based on their excavation and analysis. (KH)

Most of the 11,108 sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) between 1947 and 1966 were explained by the Air Force as astronomical phenomena, aircraft, or balloons. The document from the National Archives produced here for use in secondary classes is typical of those sighting reports. Classroom activities are suggested. (RM)

Uses Susan Cooper's book, "The Silver Cow," to illustrate how teachers can move from story drama to more complex improvisation. (PD)

This paper identifies the origins of the concept of feedback and its entry into the interpersonal communication literature as a social science variable. It touches on why feedback might be important in interpersonal relations, what it consists of, some of the relevant research, and some possible dangers or misuses. It speaks to how the process of…