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Peer reviewedMilner, Joseph O. – Clearing House, 1997
Describes the three-year development of the Standards Project for English Language Arts. Discusses the context-centered framework, "bad news" from the Department of Education, funding from the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, working with a more linear structure, and uncertainties in the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedWhite, Brian; Johnson, Tara Star – Clearing House, 2001
Describes how using prereading opinionnaires enhances students' understanding of literature while satisfying many of the demands of Standard #3 of the Standards for the English Language Arts. Offers examples of such opinionnaires, and shows how one was used in a 9th-grade English class to promote students' understanding of the novel "The Giver,"…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction, Language Arts
