Offers a model of the spelling process and suggests a framework for diagnosis and for grouping of words. (DD)

Presents a public service advertisement by the International Paper Company on how to write a business letter and discusses the ad campaign to improve students' literacy. (DD)

Encourages language arts teachers to give students more opportunities to write in order to develop both their reading and their writing skills. (DD)

A humorous account of errors in existing basal readers and workbooks. (DD)

Summarizes results of studies showing that students studying Latin perform significantly better in language arts than equivalent groups of students not given instruction in Latin. (NCR)

A unit on poetry for gifted students is presented. Five activities focus on distinguishing poetry from prose, poetry from mere rhyme, and examining characteristics of poetry. Excerpts of poems and questions for students are included. (CL)

Creative writing should be a spontaneous experience in which primary-age children are free to express their ideas in their own unique ways, unhampered by having to conform to "correct" standards. (NQ)

Suggests ways that speaking and listening, reading and writing can be brought together in the learner's mind. (DD)

Urges the conscious study of personal and professional gestures in elementary school so that children can become fully effective communicators and interpreters of communication. (DD)

Describes how a purposeful, creative use of show and tell can help develop students' speaking, listening, and thinking skills. (DD)

Attacks the theory that there is a hierarchy of language skills wherein the learner starts with the simplest elements and builds to the complex. (DD)

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas and resources. (Editor)

Reviews trends in the types of research submitted to receive the National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award. (DD)

Presents an in-depth interview with Ken and Yetta Goodman, awarded the second National Council of Teachers of English award for outstanding educator in the language arts. (SR)

Reviews "Learning from the Market: Integrating 'The Stock Market Game' across the Curriculum" guide for teachers in grades 4 to 12. Believes the guide suffers from errors of fact and omission. Suggests corrections and alternative activities that enable instructors to continue to use the material. (JEH)