This practitioner inquiry study investigates learning from the stories of emergent bilingual students as they complete project based learning units. This method of instruction created the space to have one-on-one conversations, listen in culturally responsive ways, and develop asset-based literacy curriculum. I argue that relationships formed…

In this article Deidre Faughey shares an experimental classroom project that she developed with a diverse group of students in three ninth-grade English Language Arts (ELA) classes. Podcasts provide a unique opportunity for students to embrace experimentation and to take risks with their own voices, explore the school building and community, and…

The authors, pioneers in detracking and in shrinking achievement gaps, pose a question: Is it possible to have all students in a large high school successfully complete a challenging curriculum that gives them practice in the habits and skills necessary for success in college? The answer, they say, "is a resounding yes." This article…

The paper examined expert literature teachers' coping with a novel textbook, integrating literature with visual arts, which is a particular interdisciplinary case of text-image relations in textbooks. Examination was performed within the framework of teachers' responses to curricular changes and of theory regarding strategies of interdisciplinary…

NINTH GRADE STUDENTS REFUSED TO READ THEIR LITERATURE ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE THEY CONSIDERED THEM TO BE "PHONEY." AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHER, THE CHILDREN ESTABLISHED SOME LITERARY CRITERIA--"PHONINESS" REFERRED TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS, UNBELIEVABLE SITUATIONS AND DIALOGUE. THE CHILDREN WERE PERMITTED TO EVALUATE NEW…

Project Mobilization was a program designed to discover relevant materials and procedures for stimulating interest and motivation in educationally disadvantaged suburban youth. In the Union County Regional High School District No. 1, New Jersey, 15 percent of students were found to be "educationally disadvantaged." Preliminary steps in…

The third of seven related guides, this curriculum guide for ninth grade English outlines opportunities for students to use the skills they have acquired previously, to be involved in well-planned educational experiences in critical thinking and in oral and written expression, and to develop an understanding of others. The first half of the guide…

This language arts curriculum guide for Grades 7-12 was developed by teachers as part of a 3-year career education project in South Portland, Maine. The process involved in revision of the English curriculum is described, and the sequential phases of the program for the junior high grades are given along with the goals for the career development…

"The Now and the Future," a unit that integrates career development into existing eighth and ninth grade language arts programs, was revised to reduce sex-role stereotyping in career exploration experiences and was implemented in 24 schools. This project performance report describes the major activities involved in revising the…

A practicum was designed (for grades 7-9) which implemented a speech, drama, and communications course (18 students) at a nonpublic Christian school. The goals of positive student self-image and peer acceptance were emphasized through teacher-made and religious-oriented materials as well as through written and oral student presentations evidencing…

Phase III of a five-phase project which has implications for the improvement of instructional programs in Mississippi's elementary and secondary schools is described. In phase III, specifically stated objectives or competencies in language arts, designed to accomplish the educational objectives stated in phase II, are cataloged. Fourteen sections…

The guide is intended for use by Alberta's (Canada) local school authorities developing a language arts program in a language other than English or French. In these partial immersion programs, instruction is provided in a language other than English or French for 25-50% of the school day. The first section describes the development of the…