This collection of articles discusses various ways of teaching English to college, high school, and elementary students. The contents include: -Values in Today's Society: A Non-Lecture Composition Course," which discusses ways that college students are encouraged to participate in and direct class discussions; "Gambits: A Teacher Centered Language Game," which suggests activities teachers can use to teach semantics, grammar-syntax, creative thinking, and spelling in an individualized manner; "Immediate Steps to Open Up a Traditional Classroom," which looks at ways to implement an open classroom approach; "Somewhere Over the Rainbow, or Humanities: Another Alternative," which discusses the development of a freshman and sophomore high school humanities program; "The Hardy Boys' Magic Device or the Secret Advantures of Tom and Paul," which discusses dramatic activities used with fifth grade students; "An Open Door in the Primary," which relates the experience of a teacher in individualizing teaching within the framework of a traditional classroom structure; "Getting to Know You," which suggests ways teachers can provide students opportunities to select their own topics for writing; "Oracy? That Sounds Like a Disease," which discusses the teaching of oracy; and "Trial of Hansel and Gretel: A Language Arts Experience," which suggests ways to use the inquiry technique with old tales. (WR)