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Peer reviewedMacklis, Kathi – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes a student-created "rap" that emphasizes fifth graders' recall of basic English elements, using textual information from "Building English Skills." (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Grade 5
Peer reviewedPeterson, Scott – Michigan Reading Journal, 2003
Describes how Michigan's English Language Arts Assessment (ELA) takes parts of the old fifth-grade writing assessment and fourth-grade reading tests, adds new elements, and wraps everything around a theme. Presents a seven-step activity to help prepare fourth graders for the ELA. Concludes that the overall impact on scores is not known. (SG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, English Instruction, Grade 4
Peer reviewedKaminski, Robert – Emergency Librarian, 1991
Describes two classroom activities that were developed to promote a whole language approach to listening, speaking, reading, and writing. One involved fifth grade students who wrote legends that other students paid to read and evaluate, and the other involved an eighth grade English class who gave free poetry readings in a coffee house setting.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
