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Download full textMinnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
The major purpose of this seventh-grade teaching unit on language is to expand the students' understanding of language as central to human activity. The purposes, methods, and commonalities of such disciplines as anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and rhetoric are defined within the framework of language study to suggest the scope of…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Communication Problems, Cultural Context, Curriculum Guides
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
This unit for the eighth grade is intended to develop, through an inductive approach, the students' understanding of the reasons for the irregularities and difficulties of English spelling. Exercises and lectures on historical background are provided to help students realize that our spelling system is based on late Middle English spelling, that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Diachronic Linguistics, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Mason, Geoffrey P. – 1968
This report is a discussion of British Columbia 10th-grade English "resource courses" designed to allow some freedom to teachers in the selection of texts and other instructional materials. Items discussed are the concept of the resource course and its application to English literature, the evaluation of achievement in literature,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Evaluation, Educational Objectives, English Instruction
Hoetker, James – 1969
This review of current uses of drama in the teaching of literature deals with drama that is "concerned with experience by the participants, irrespective of any function of communication to an audience." Chapters are devoted to (1) the British-influenced Dartmouth Seminar proposals emphasizing drama and oral language, (2) American…
Descriptors: Acting, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Drama
National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL. Commission on the English Curriculum. – 1968
Curriculum projects in nine elementary schools, 12 secondary schools, and seven combined elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States are reported to illustrate the breadth and depth of English curriculum development at the local level. Information provided on each project includes project title, sponsoring agency or institution,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum, English Curriculum, English Instruction
CASSIDY, FREDERIC G. – 1963
THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD "LANGUAGE" CAN BE LIMITED TO MEAN "A VOCAL AND AUDITORY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, WHICH WORKS BY THE SYMBOLIC PROCESS, WHICH HAS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE, AND WHICH IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SO LONG AS IT REMAINS IN USE." THERE ARE SIX IMPLICATIONS OF THIS DEFINITION--(1) ALTHOUGH LANGUAGE IS PRIMARILY AUDITORY AND VOCAL, IT CAN…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialects, English Instruction, Expressive Language
BARNES, DOUGLAS, ED. – 1968
THIS DISCUSSION OF DRAMA, DRAWN FROM PAPERS AND IDEAS PRESENTED AT THE DARTMOUTH ANGLO-AMERICAN SEMINAR ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH, EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR DRAMATIC ACTIVITIES AND PRESENTS METHODS OF EFFECTIVELY TEACHING DRAMA IN THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM. THE FIRST CHAPTER EXPLORES THE TYPE OF EDUCATION MOST EFFECTIVE FOR A STUDENT LIVING IN A…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Democratic Values, Drama, Dramatics
DAGHLIAN, PHILIP B., ED.; JENKINSON, EDWARD B., ED. – 1968
A COMPANION VOLUME TO THE COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, "ON TEACHING LITERATURE" (TE 000 393), THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TEACHER OF ENGLISH IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. IN NINE SECTIONS, EACH BY A DIFFERENT AUTHOR, IT DESCRIBES AND SUMMARIZES THE CONTENTS OF WHAT THE WRITERS HAVE JUDGED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE AND…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biographies, Drama, English
Stryker, William G. – California English Journal, 1968
Three elementary demonstration-classes at San Fernando Valley State College were taught to perform a variety of sentence-building exercises demanding work with kernel sentences and their transforms. The primary class--a disadvantaged group--learned to manipulate questions, adjectives, and coordinating transformations. The third-fourth grade…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Aural Learning, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
San Diego City Schools, CA. – 1967
Approximately 230 books, articles, and resource materials are cited in this annotated bibliography of materials for English as a second language classes. Specific materials listed are: elementary reading materials; kits for elementary students on language, science and math, and songs and music; stories; Spanish texts; and English grammar texts and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Glassner, Leonard E. – 1967
The program teaches comtemporary English grammar through principles of linguistic science to 12,000 students in Pittsburgh. Structural grammar is presented to eighth and ninth grade students, and transformational grammar to tenth graders. In 1966-67, the effectiveness of the program was evaluated by data processing of final examination results.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Content Analysis, Course Evaluation, Descriptive Linguistics
NATE Bulletin, 1965
In the lead article of this issue, the editor of the "NATE Bulletin," Andrew Wilkinson, defines "oracy" as "the ability to use the oral skills of speaking and listening," and maintains that instruction in these skills must be incorporated into the curriculum--not as a subject but as an important "condition of learning." Following are five articles…
Descriptors: Colleges, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Schools
Sohn, David A. – 1968
Despite skepticism and differing opinions within the teaching profession about the value of screen education, instructional and "experiential" films can be made effective in English classes in a variety of ways. They can be used in comparisons of the strengths of various media; in the development of units on specific topics or themes; or simply as…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction, Film Production
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. – 1966
This cumulative writing program for grades 7-12 of the Arlington County Public Schools presents a basic philosophy of composition which assumes that the process of writing consists of "probing deeply into a subject, ordering thought, and placing those thoughts on paper in such a way as to assure meaning." Following the discussions of the three…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing
Clover Park School District 400, Lakewood Center, WA.
Concerned with the selection, organization, and expression of ideas, this sequential composition guide for elementary students places emphasis on "doing" and on "using" language in speaking and writing. Introductory materials include basic assumptions about composition, an overview of skills to be mastered, and a glossary of composition terms. The…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides
