A WRITING SYSTEMS GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHING IN THE EIGHTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THE GUIDE FOR TEACHERS CONTAINS BACKGROUND INFORMATION STRESSING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WRITING AND SPEECH, ORIGINS OF WRITING, AND THE GREEK ALPHABET AS THE SOURCE OF ALL WESTERN ALPHABETS. SUGGESTED METHODS FOR TEACHING THE WRITING SYSTEMS UNIT WERE…

A STUDY GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE IN A SEVENTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT REGIONAL DIALECTS, SOCIAL DIALECTS, AND FUNCTIONAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH WERE INCLUDED WITH RELATED EXERCISES. THE GUIDE ALSO DESCRIBED A UNIT ON USING THE DICTIONARY. REVIEW MATERIALS WERE INCLUDED FOR EACH OF TWO UNITS COVERED BY THE…

A GUIDE FOR TEACHER USE WAS PREPARED FOR A SEVENTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. CONTAINED IN THE GUIDE WERE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, SUGGESTIONS FOR INTRODUCING UNITS ON (1) VARIETIES OF ENGLISH, AND (2) USING THE DICTIONARY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, TEACHING METHOD DESCRIPTIONS, EXERCISES, AND ANSWERS. RELATED ASSIGNMENTS IN SPEECH AND COMPOSITION…

A GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENTS IN THE EIGHTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THE GUIDE CONTAINED INSTRUCTIONS AND EXERCISES APPROPRIATE FOR UNITS ON SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND WRITING SYSTEMS. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ENGLISH SOUNDS (CONSONANT AND VOWEL PHONEMES) WAS PRESENTED. THE UNIT ON WRITING SYSTEMS WAS CONCERNED WITH (1) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN…

APE-X, representing Appropriate Placement in English for X (a variable, the individual goal of each student), is designed to individualize instruction by giving students the material they need at the levels of difficulty most appropriate for them. The entire English curriculum is broken into four and one-half week units in five categories;…

This curriculum guide describes a high school English program structured to meet the needs of the homeless boys of Boys Town, Nebraska. The program is individualized, designed to provide as much tutorial help as possible. The general goals of the program are to improve communication skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The guide…

A language arts program for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades is detailed in this document. Outlines of the scope and sequence of course components and lists of program objectives are given for each grade. Following these program objectives, the document consists of outline sketches for each course topic, including the scope and sequence of…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-12. SUBJECT MATTER: English. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following chapters: 1) "Literature," dimensions of the program, organizing the program, individual reading; 2) "Reading," objectives of a developmental program, planning a developmental program, areas of emphasis; 3) "Grammar and Usage,"…

As an answer to the problems posed by the traditional grade level approach to language arts study, the continuous progress program is centered on specific areas of instruction, with courses or blocks within each area especially designed to provide for students' individual differences. This document consists of an explanation of the program, a…

This eighth-grade language unit stresses developing the student's sensitivity to variations in language, primarily the similarities and differences between spoken and written language. Through sample lectures and discussion questions, the students are helped to form generalizations about language: that speech is the primary form of language; that…