Describes 20 instructional activities that can be used in the classroom to enhance students' knowledge of words and spelling within a context of reading and writing. (SR)

Describes how the 16 permanent lists used by a first grade reading teacher (and mother of 6) to manage the household represents the whole range of documents covered in the 3 major types of documents: matrix documents, graphic documents, and locative documents. Suggests class activities to clarify students' understanding of the information in…

Describes a project in which students compiled an anthology of a community "at rest" similar to Edgar Lee Masters'"Spoon River Anthology." (PRA)

Describes two methods used in a college developmental reading class (which heighten awareness of what lies behind a word and encourage active involvement with language) to foster the skills necessary to become independent word learners. (SR)

Offers 20 procedures and practices for an effective literature lesson involving videotape material. Provides four examples for integrating video with critical thinking and other activities. (PRA)

Describes how the jigsaw puzzle may be used as an analogy and a technical aid in a technical writing class to illustrate the importance of several aspects of good writing. (SR)

Presents a cooperative learning activity for history or art classes in which students use knowledge rather than money to bid for important works of art. (SR)

Describes a first exercise in photojournalism and discusses how it can introduce students to such central issues as the rules of composition, the methods of editing, the ethics of dealing with subjects, and the role of the process in politics and culture. (SR)

Describes an assignment in which students arrange for guest speakers on business communication topics. Appends a list of guidelines for students to use in completing the optional assignment. (RS)

Suggests six instructional procedures (concepts and novelty exercises pertaining to word pairs) for vocabulary development, designed to capitalize on intraword redundancy (determining possible word meaning by paying attention to familiar roots and affixes within the unknown word). (SR)

Suggests ways to use ethnic, historical, and sociopolitical slogans printed on tee shirts for literacy instruction. (SR)

Describes an activity in which students and library aides made bookmarks with quotations on them. Notes that students enjoyed looking up quotations and making the bookmarks, and library patrons enjoyed reading through the bookmarks before choosing one. (RS)

Discusses teaching visual literacy by teaching students how to decode advertising images, thus enabling them to move away from being passive receivers of messages to active unravelers. Shows how teachers can use concepts from semiotics to deconstruct advertising messages. (SR)

Describes the sound study habits to be developed by all successful students. Provides a study guide aimed at improving student study skills. Lists and explains numerous skills that can be taught and developed. (HB)

Compares classical literacy (which treats reading and writing as distinct from content subjects) with informational literacy. Discusses seven key informational-literacy teaching practices and class activities that middle grade teachers can use to prepare their students for life in the information age. (SR)