The teacher's task is to plan for alternatives. (JH)

Letting students create poems out of random collections of words involves and interests them.

Describes a junior high school program offering drama as a course elective. Cites fairy tales, and Western or melodramatic plays as most effective for student involvement; recommends avoiding those about teenagers. Notes educational advantages of this program for handicapped, special education, disruptive, and low reading skills students. (JG)

Discusses pedagogical differences among educators as to what an English curriculum should be and suggests that educators don't really know. (Author)

Focuses on the survival of a humanistic English curriculum. (Author/RB)

Author presents three examples of successful English units given as high school electives, notes the positive aspects of the elective program, and discusses accountability in terms of communication of objectives in English. (SP)

The author describes the outline and content for an English course entitled Man's Search for Utopia." (LF)

After a brief explanation as to the rise of interest in literature from the Southwest the author discusses several areas of study about the area. For each area mentioned, he lists books and articles which he feels both teachers and students would benefit from reading. (LF)

The article discusses and describes a program for English teachers that will enable them to give more interesting and creative assignments to their students. (Author/LF)

A paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor)

Reveals the ways college curricula influence secondary school reading lists, and examines how and why definitions of "classic" literature change. (JL)