TEN SENTENCE PATTERNS ARE DISCUSSED FOR THE 7TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE LEVELS. THE PRIMARY AIM IS TO PERSUADE THE YOUNG WRITER TO EMPHASIZE HIS USE OF TRANSITIVE ACTIVE AND INTRANSITIVE COMPLETE VERB PATTERNS AND TO REGULATE HIS USE OF TRANSITIVE PASSIVE AND LINKING VERBS ACCORDING TO THEIR LIMITED AND HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS. SENTENCE FORM,…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SEARCH THE WRITINGS OF RECOGNIZED LINGUISTS, PARTICULARLY THE STRUCTURAL LINGUISTS, TO DISCOVER WHAT THEY OFFER WHICH CAN BE APPLIED IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING OF THE READING, WRITING, AND GRAMMAR PORTIONS OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM. THREE PROJECT CONFERENCES WERE HELD - TWO WITH…

A LANGUAGE ARTS APPROACH TO BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WAS COMPARED WITH A BASIC READER APPROACH. IN GENERAL, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE LANGUAGE ARTS APPROACH TO BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WAS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD. IT PRODUCED EXCELLENT RESULTS IN READING PERFORMANCE, WORD ATTACK SKILLS, SPELLING, VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION…

THIS IS AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL AIDS WITH BILINGUAL SPANISH-SPEAKING CHILDREN OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE SCHOOL YEARS OF 1959-61 WERE SPENT IN SEEKING THE MEANS OF OVERCOMING THE LANGUAGE HANDICAPS OF BILINGUAL PUPILS BY THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL AIDS. TWELVE GROUPS WERE USED, 6 EXPERIMENTAL AND 6 CONTROL GROUPS. DURING 1/2 HOUR A…

Part of the "Educating Gifted and Talented Students" series, the booklet presents activities specifically for gifted and talented children who are in a self contained classroom situation in kindergarten through sixth grade. Activities are explained to emphasize skills relating to identified characteristics of gifted and talented students--general…

Assembled here are ninth grade English lesson plans designed to teach basic skills in English and to promote awareness of the importance of sex equity to students' personal and vocational aspirations. These one day lessons address: (1) the role of textbooks in sex stereotyping; (2) the changing roles of males and females; (3) the use of male and…

The following papers are collected here: (1) "Bilingual Program Outcomes" by Wayne Holtzman, Jr.; (2) "Implementation of Bilingual Programs" by Domingo Dominguez; (3) "Language Arts in Bilingual Education" by Betty Mace-Matluck; (4) "Introducing Culture in the Classroom" by Margarita Rivas; (5)…

A brief list of questions is offered as a checklist for local school districts who have developed a language arts curriculum plan and who want to appraise their work. The questions elicit information on curriculum design, key components and elements of the curriculum plan, teacher role, continuity, sequence, flexibility, implementation, and…

This annotated list of recommended English language arts curriculum guides is offered to publicize good curriculum planning and guide writing and to provide models for schools who are reviewing their programs and need a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans. The recommended guides are arranged by the year in which they were…

Representing the work of an elementary school staff, this language arts curriculum guide presents a philosophy and definition of language arts, the program development sequence, and a discussion of the purpose and place of language arts in the total elementary curriculum. Within each grade level the outlined educational objectives are grouped…

A practical, low-cost plan that involves teacher workshops and noon-hour workshops for students to encourage creative activity in an elementary school program for kindergarten through grade five is described in this booklet. Included is a sample of a monthly newsletter that suggests activities for creative involvement that are seasonal, centered…

This guide is intended to improve the writing and composition skills of oceanography students but it may be applied to other written scientific compositions. Discussed is the documenting of laboratory and field investigations during the activity. A suggested format for the research report is presented with discussions of each section. A segment is…

A study to check on the efficacy of the teaching methods used in "Language Basics Plus," a basal elementary language arts program published by Harper and Row, involved a pretest, treatment, and mastery test procedure used with more then 3,000 elementary students. Results of the prepublication learner verification study indicated that the…

This booklet is designed for seventh-grade, above-average students to explore energy through poetry. Students will study energy from a literary point of view and will produce an original poem. The series of lessons is for a five-day sequence. A list of free or inexpensive materials and their sources is provided at the end of the booklet.…

This collection of lessons and class activities is designed for presentation during a sequence of five class days. The lessons are intended to emphasize the need for energy conservation by everyone. Seventh grade students will be taught methods for acquainting others of the nature of the energy situation and methods of making their homes more…