Presents dictionary definitions of "plagiarizing" and "copyright" and discusses the difference between plagiarizing and paraphrasing, giving illustrations of each. (TJ)

The article discusses motivating gifted children to take greater enjoyment and interest in literature and composition through inspiration from in person and mixed media exposure to authors of children's books. Focus is mainly on the "Profiles in Literature" series of videotaped interviews with authors, distributed by Temple University. (DLS)

Discusses the approaches college students often take in writing literary interpretation essays for introductory courses in literature, and suggests more profitable approaches students might take. (DD)

Reviews developments in composition in light of the current lack of attention to contexts for writing, proposes a conversational model for the interplay of reading and writing, and explores the implications of the model for teaching. (DD)

Suggests the value to modern students of paraphrasing and describes exercises in paraphrasing. (DD)

Encourages writing teachers to use a grading system that employs checkmarks rather than letter grades to indicate whether a student paper has met the criteria established for the course. (DD)

Describes how to teach college composition through individual conferences with students. (DD)

Suggests that certain kinds of writing assignments encourage children to engage in writing at a higher than usual level of syntactic complexity. (DD)

Numerous definitions of literacy have been advanced by policy-makers, politicians, academics, teachers and others over the years. It is not always easy, however, to know how one definition might relate to another or differ from it. This paper offers a framework, based on the work of the educational philosopher Israel Scheffler, for identifying and…

Presented here is an overview of Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM)--a standardized process of obtaining data regarding a student's acquisition of skills in reading, writing, math, and spelling. A review of research that has utilized CBM in its efforts to define effective teaching strategies also is offered. Overall, the goal of this discussion is…

This report offers California college faculty a closer look at contextualized teaching and learning (CTL) as a promising set of strategies and practices that can be expanded through the state's Basic Skills Initiative. The report is relevant to a range of instructional and counseling faculty, including academic and career and technical education…

Suggestions are offered for teaching composition to brain-injured, brain-damaged, neurologically impaired students. Teachers are cautioned to choose a limited topic based on students' concrete experiences, concentrate on setting up generalizations and theses, and help students consider ways to expand and organize the topic. For creative writing,…

Involving children with meaningful occasions such as journal writing may be one way to communicae the importance of writing, not only as a fundamental communication skill but also as a means for personal learning and development. Journal writing focuses on the process rather than the product. (CL)

Seven remedial exercises designed to integrate reading and writing skills for learning disabled students are presented. The exercises, part of a model communicative writing program, focus on copying, automatic writing, restoring deleted words, outlining, paraphrasing, projection, and correspondence. Examples of student writing are included. (CL)

Learning disabled students can perform tasks to understand seven "metagrammars," organizational structures in writing: (1) narration, (2) chronology, (3) location, (4) analogy, (5) origin, (6) taxonomy, and (7) description. Charts can sensitize students to the various types of organizations. (CL)