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Wardrip, Jon P. – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1991
Presents a seven-step do-it-yourself guide for high school journalism teachers and publication advisers on how to become knowledgeable about the field of advertising through selected readings. (SR)
Descriptors: Advertising, High Schools, Independent Reading, Independent Study
Peer reviewedHughes, Billie J. – English Journal, 1981
Reports on a survey of high school students, who listed books they recommended for study in class, and for independent, recreational reading. Lists 84 books that were recommended. (RL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Fiction, High Schools
Peer reviewedDiaz-Rubin, C. – Reading Improvement, 1996
Investigates the reading genre preferences of 254 male and female high school students in Pennsylvania. Draws comparisons with similar research done 10 years earlier. Finds a substantial change in reading interests. Notes the top 10 areas of interest are adventure, horror, mysteries, humor, murder, love, fantasy, crime, sports, and movies. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, High School Students, High Schools, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedCox, Mitch – English Journal, 1991
Describes how one teacher provides minimally structured lessons that encourage senior high school students to carry their learning beyond the classroom. Describes units on business communication, research, British literature, and independent reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Business Education, Classroom Environment, English Instruction, English Literature
Peer reviewedWilder, Ann, Ed.; Teasley, Alan B., Ed. – ALAN Review, 1998
Discusses three ways that high school English teachers can use young adult books: as books for whole-class study, as read-alouds, and as "classroom library" books to recommend to students for independent reading. Presents criteria for selecting novels for classroom study and for reading aloud. Mentions 53 young adult novels to consider for these…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Instruction, High Schools, Independent Reading
Gaillard, Lee – Independent School, 1979
Describes a summer reading program that requires each high school student to read one carefully chosen background work, not a textbook, for each course to be taken in the fall. Sample titles in mathematics, science, and art are provided. (SJL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Enrichment, High Schools, Independent Reading
Peer reviewedHarding, Judy – English Journal, 1983
Describes the origin and evolution of a course to meet the needs of gifted independent readers. (JL)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High Schools, Independent Reading, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedPelletier, Christine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1999
To encourage the students in her French class to read books in French, a teacher implemented a project involving literary journals. Students recorded their reflections on their reading, first of a novel chosen by the teacher, then of individually chosen novels. Appropriate evaluation of the journals posed a particular dilemma. (JLR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, French Literature, Grade 11
