Describes how to use the Sunday edition of a newspaper as the reading material for a remedial reading class. (MKM)

Lists ten reasons for teenagers rejecting reading and suggests materials and instructional alternatives to aid in overcoming their reluctance. (MKM)

Discusses several junior/young adult books which deal with teenagers' problems and have strong appeal to young readers. (MKM)

Describes staff development and program development possibilities for secondary remedial reading programs. (MKM)

Discusses the minimum competency movement and suggests standards for constructing and implementing exit competency requirements. (MKM)

Activities based on newspapers can help students to develop four reading-thinking skills--remembering, inferring, evaluating, and appreciating. (JM)

Discusses various facets of student/teacher conferences, as seen in materials available in the ERIC system. (JM)

Provides suggestions for using transactional theory, which stresses the importance of interacting with text, in teaching literature at the secondary level. Lists seven principles for teaching that are inherent in transactional theory. (SKC)

Recounts in an amusing style that a colleague of the author has served as his "muse" by sending him materials on reading instruction that might be of interest, and that she often was not amused at how he used her input in his columns. (SKC)

Suggests ways in which folklore can be used in reading and language arts classes. (SRT)

Offers suggestions for (1) teaching college study skills, (2) using magazine and newspaper reports, and (3) outlining topics. (HOD)

Reviews six books that English teachers may find useful: "Shakespeare's First Words,""Adapted Classics for Advanced Readers,""The Hand that Fed Him Kicked the Bucket: The Literary Uses of the Mixed Metaphor,""Whatta We Gotta Do That For?,""The Turner's Book of Fitness," and "The Computer Tutor." (DF)

Explores a few of the trends contributing to the apparent decline in substantive literature instruction and suggests some teaching methods that can help restore the human element to literature. (HOD)

Reviews the research on the relationship of metacognition to fluent reading and offers techniques for developing knowledge of and fluency in reading. (AEA)

Describes various teaching models that have proven effective in teaching argumentation. (HOD)