Reviews and recommends 12 resources to help teachers identify and provide quality literature for their students. Discusses ideas for planning and organizing instruction around literature and ideas for classroom activities that can enhance students' responses to and understanding of literature. (MG)

Shares one approach to literature instruction in which students gain insights into the motivations of fictional characters in representative modern short stories by applying principles of a counseling technique called body sculpture. (MG)

Second-language texts and writing exercises based on the theme of request and refusal are presented and discussed. Texts vary widely, including a traditional fable, a worldwide plea to the major industrial powers for third-world debt reduction, and a United Nations statement concerning affairs in the Middle East. (MSE)

A discussion of methods for exploiting oral recordings for classroom language instruction first presents general guidelines, then offers specific activities for using any oral document, and finally examines, in greater depth, the role of oral discourse in the development of foreign language communication skills. (MSE)

Describes how to conduct a collaborative group story-writing session with preschool children and encourage the creativity of the group. (MM)

Suggests an activity which encourages students to read with expression while reading aloud. (MG)

Presents two techniques for enhancing the presentation of stories shared in the classroom: the World of Stories Map and the Story Tree. (MG)

Describes a class activity in which students analyze an annual report in terms of audiences and purposes of various sections of the report and the classifications, content, and physical attributes of the report. Notes that students report experiencing less anxiety when examining materials containing statistical and financial data after completing…

Describes "Project History in the Making" in which students in the class of 1990 read letters written by members of the classes of 1940 and 1965 and write letters to the class of 2015. Notes some of the questions asked by the class of 1990 to invited guests from the classes of 1940 and 1965. (RS)

Reviews eight 1988 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults in which literacy contributes to identity building and daily functioning of the characters. Presents discussion, writing, speaking, and listening techniques to enhance students' engagement in literacy through reading these books. (RS)

Describes ELVES (Excite, Listen, Visualize, Extend, Savor), a read-aloud strategy designed to develop listening comprehension and maintain elementary school students' initial excitement about reading. (MM)

Discusses the role of computers in the drama classroom, considering advantages and disadvantages. Suggests possible computer applications to achieve goals in three areas: thinking skills, creativity, and drama. (SR)

Presents teacher strategies and student activities for stimulating interest in geography in the classroom, the school, and in the community. Offers suggestions for National Geography Week activities and for involving other school personnel in geography instruction. (LS)

Traces the importance of authorship in literacy development, and shows how authorship can become one focus of a whole language classroom. (MM)

Outlines a series of activities using story writing to teach first grade students about story structure. (MM)