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Direct linkPhilippakos, Zoi A., Ed.; Graham, Steve, Ed. – Guilford Press, 2022
Writing skills are essential for success in the 21st-century school and workplace, but most classrooms devote far more time to reading instruction, with writing often addressed in isolation or excluded. In this insightful professional development resource and text, leading researchers discuss why and how to integrate writing and reading…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Jetton, Tamara L., Ed.; Shanahan, Cynthia, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2012
From leading authorities in both adolescent literacy and content-area teaching, this book addresses the particular challenges of literacy learning in each of the major academic disciplines. Chapters focus on how to help students successfully engage with texts and ideas in English/literature, science, math, history, and arts classrooms. The book…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Download full textPinnell, Gay Su, Ed. – 1980
Based on an examination of research on the language acquisition of children, the articles in this book are organized into three interrelated sections. Section one, "Language and the Young Language Learner," focuses on what and how children learn as they begin to acquire their language. The topic of language differences is also explored. Articles…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
Cullinan, Bernice E., Ed. – 1993
Based on the premise that teachers are the chief condition in the literate classroom, and that one of the most important things children do is to observe the way adults think and learn, this book presents five essays suggesting methods of inviting children into the adult world of reading and writing. After a foreword by Donald Graves and an…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Approach
Gruber, Sibylle, Ed. – 2000
With sections on using the Web to plan and structure courses, conduct research, and publish student work, as well as a reference essay that reviews Web sites for educators and students, this book reveals the rich variety of ways in which this technology can be used by English and language arts teachers at all levels. The 20 essays in the book…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Baines, Lawrence, Ed.; Kunkel, Anthony J., Ed. – 2000
This collection of 45 lesson plans contributed by English language arts scholars and practitioners provides activities that have been tested and proven effective with all levels of learners in middle school and high school classrooms. The activities in the collection advocate using unconventional strategies, competitive games, art and multimedia,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Creative Writing, Instructional Effectiveness
Christenbury, Leila, Ed.; Bomer, Randy, Ed.; Smagorinsky, Peter, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2009
The first comprehensive research handbook of its kind, this volume showcases innovative approaches to understanding adolescent literacy learning in a variety of settings. Distinguished contributors examine how well adolescents are served by current instructional practices and highlight ways to translate research findings more effectively into…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, Visual Arts, Adolescents, Ability Grouping
Archibald, Georgia, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Drawing on the experiences of teachers of writing in elementary through junior high schools, the teaching strategies presented in this collection are grouped into four sections: prewriting, drafting, editing and publishing, and systems. Topics covered in the prewriting section include listening skills; thinking, speaking, and writing;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Writing, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education
Thaiss, Christopher J., Ed.; Suhor, Charles, Ed. – 1984
To translate the recent research in writing and oral communication into useful suggestions for classroom practice, to focus on ways teachers can help their students grow as writers and speakers, and to stress activities that do not isolate the language arts into units and sever skills from content learning, the articles in this book were prepared…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Practices
Ediger, Marlow – 1986
Discussing various aspects of the language arts curriculum, this guide contains the following essays: (1) "Listening and the Child in the Language Arts Curriculum," which details a philosophy for teaching and learning in the language arts; (2) "Creative Writing in the Curriculum," which outlines ways teachers can help students achieve creatively;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Content Area Reading, Creative Writing
