Outlines the basic elements and classroom applications of "word grammar," a form of sector (tagmemic) analysis to be used in standard English instruction. (RL)

Illustrates opportunities to improve students' English in the course of teaching elementary and intermediate German. Four examples are presented: lie vs lay, who(ever) vs whom(ever), reflexive vs intensives, and plural formation. (EJS)

Guidelines are provided to assist teachers of grade 3 French immersion pupils in developing a concentrated English language arts program which will enable pupils to attain competency in the essential basic skills. The introduction of English language arts into the early French immersion program represents the pupils' first encounter with formal…

Contains a pull out section of ideas, activities, and resources useful to elementary and secondary teachers instructing students on writing for magazines, what to do with the mass media, how to plan field trips, and how to stimulate exercises by presenting sense experiences. (RB)

Teacher materials are provided for a computer-assisted English grammar curriculum for adult basic education students (1-8 grade level). They accompany a software program (diskette) that the student is able to use by himself/herself with the Apple IIc or Apple IIe computer with single or double drive and a monitor or a television with an R.F.…

Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on major instructional, curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). This…

This publication provides a source of practical ideas for teaching Shakespeare, taken from materials in the teaching notebooks of N. Reed Mathis, a Shakespeare specialist. It contains: (1) "As You Like It"--a study guide and composition topics; (2) "Romeo and Juliet"--an objective-type final exam; (3) "Sonnets"--a way…

Suggests resources, activities, and materials for use in teaching poetry, drama, and literature classes. (RB)

Contains suggestions for materials, activities, and resources that will improve the language skills of elementary and secondary school students. (RB)

Just as spoken language is intended to be heard by an audience, written language aims to be read by an audience. In helping kids learn to write, teachers have ignored this crucial fact. The article discusses how a high school English teacher on the Navajo Indian Reservation got the students to do poetry and other creative writing. (Author/NQ)

Discusses the design of a syllabus for the study of fantasy literature. (AA)

Discusses specific stories and approaches for introducing the works of West Indies author Michael Anthony in secondary school literature classes. (HTH)

Describes assignment sequence introducing secondary school students to finding and interpreting quotes from assigned literature by having students (1) respond in journals to a quotation chosen by the teacher, (2) analyze characterization by illustrating character traits with quotations, (3) create a collage or mobile visually interpreting quote,…

Compares and contrasts two adolescent novels, S. E. Hinton's "The Outsiders," and B. Ellis' recent "Less than Zero." Argues for the social relevance and educational worth of both novels, showing that they raise moral and social issues teens need to think about and are already confronting. (JG)

A teacher in the high school drama club recounts the experience of producing a controversial play about teenagers, "Sometimes I Wake Up in the Middle of the Night." Reports initial apprehensions and eventual satisfaction of actors, the drama coach, and audience members. (JG)