This book is an annotated list of curriculum guides in the language arts which have been recommended by the Committee on Curriculum Bulletins of the National Council of Teachers of English. The guides are voluntarily submitted to the committee for evaluation and review, and those selected best exemplify good curriculum planning and guide writing…

Analysis of 38 curriculum guides suggests the pace of change in English classrooms is slow and undramatic. (JH)

PRESENTED HERE WAS A STUDY GUIDE FOR STUDENT USE IN A SEVENTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. BACKGROUND INFORMATION, QUESTIONS, AND ACTIVITIES WERE INCLUDED FOR UNITS ON ORIENTATION TO LITERATURE, TRADITIONAL BALLADS, AND LITERARY BALLADS. A BOOK OF BALLADS REFERENCE WAS INCLUDED ALSO. AN ACCOMPANYING GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHER USE (ED 010 136).…

Suggests that a problem with the use of materials and methods devised for use with John Dixon's growth English'' is the temptation, under the stress of large classes and overcrowded timetables, to use it for class lessons along traditional lines. (Author)

As an annotated list of recommended English language arts curriculum guides, this booklet is designed to facilitate sound curriculum planning and provide models for schools that are reviewing their programs and need a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans. The first section presents the guides, arranged by the year in which they…

Curriculum guides reviewed and recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Curriculum Bulletins during 1974, 1975, and 1976 are listed and briefly annotated. The list seeks to publicize good curriculum planning and guide writing in order to provide models for schools which are revising their own programs. In addition to…

Designed as a practical reference for curriculum developers, education faculty, and veteran and student teachers, this book provides basic information on the background of language arts curriculum as well as current information on publications, standards, and special materials for the K-12 English/language arts. The first part of the book…

The first half of this booklet presents an annotated list of curriculum guides recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Committee to Evaluate Curriculum Guidelines and Competency Requirements. The curriculum guides represent a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans intended for reference use by schools and…

The first half of this booklet presents an annotated list of curriculum guides recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee to Evaluate Curriculum Guidelines and Competency Requirements. The curriculum guides cited in the booklet represent a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans intended for reference use by…

This annotated list of recommended English language arts curriculum guides is offered to publicize good curriculum planning and guide writing and to provide models for schools who are reviewing their programs and need a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans. The recommended guides are arranged by the year in which they were…

This document contains an annotated list of curriculum guides which may serve as models for schools revising their programs and seeking a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans. The guides are taken from those sent to the National Council of Teachers of English during the past three years. Most of them are available for purchase…

Teachers of composition and other subjects, if properly trained professionally, will not need centrally designed curriculum guides, except for illustrating techniques which worked with previous groups; a paper presented at annual Conference on English Education (7th, Syracuse, N.Y., March 28, 1969). (SW)

This guide, growing out of the annual evaluation by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) of English Language Arts curriculum documents (K-12), presents exemplary curriculum documents from the years 1986-1989. The guide presents documents which were commended by the NCTE reviewers and which demonstrate substantive, procedural, or…

Developed as a result of a Pennsylvania State Board of Education mandate that all junior high school students should receive one planned course that would improve reading instruction, promote student reading achievement, and advance positive attitudes toward reading to the extent that students would be equipped with wholesome and productive…