Intended for secondary English teachers, the materials and ideas presented here suggest ways to use media in the classroom in teaching visual and auditory discrimination while enlivening classes and motivating students. Contents include "Media Specialists Need Not Apply," which discusses the need for preparation of media educators with interdisciplinary backgrounds; "States of Creative Development," which provides as a model the five distinct levels of originality; "Audio-Visual Projects and Literature"; "The Medium and Message of Jazz and Poetry"; "Heads Together," which stresses the importance of interdisciplinary programs; "An IMC to Visit...For Ideas," which describes an instructional materials center built on imagination; "Using Media Creatively in the English Classroom";"Visually Speaking: Slide-Tape Production in the Elementary Grades"; and "Report from Nantucket H.S.," which describes the use of media as both a complement and a supplement to the English curriculum. (RB)