The result of the collaborative efforts of seven writing instructors and based in part on the Bay Area Writing Project, this writing guide is intended for teachers in grades one through six. In the first part, the first of four sections suggests instructional techniques and activities, includes student writing samples, and defines the writing…

A project to develop, produce, and disseminate a multicultural, multi-level curriculum for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners is described and evaluated. The curriculum is designed for thematic instruction at the beginning and intermediate language levels, and addresses four language skill areas (listening, speaking, reading, writing).…

The growing practice of beginning instruction in a modern foreign language in the elementary school has created a need for many classroom teachers to become oriented to a whole new field of foreign-language teaching methodology and materials. Since teachers tend to think of language instruction in terms of the English-language arts, the language…