THIS TEST--"MYTH"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A SEVENTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY THE CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 139 AND ED 010 140. (MM)

THESE TWO TESTS--"FINDING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS, PARTS 1, 2, 3, AND 4" AND "FINDING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS, PARTS 5, 6, 7 AND 8"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR AN EIGHTH-GRADE RHETORIC CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY THE CURRICULUM UNIT AVAILABLE AS ED 010 134. (MM)

THIS TEST--"ONE DAY, ONE TIME, ONE PLACE (EMPHASIS) AND IT'S ALL IN KNOWING HOW (PROCESS)"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A NINTH-GRADE RHETORIC CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 803 AND ED 010 804. (MM)

THIS TEST--"LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A NINTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 813 AND ED 010 814. (MM)

THIS TEST--"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A NINTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 815 AND ED 010 816. (MM)

THIS TEST--"THE ODYSSEY"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY THE CURRICULUM UNIT AVAILABLE AS ED 010 828. (MM)

BRIEF CHARACTER SKETCHES ARE GIVEN OF FIVE TYPES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SEE THE VALUE OF ENGLISH COURSES AND THEREFORE ARE DIFFICULT TO TEACH. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING ENGLISH INSTRUCTION INCLUDE BETTER STUDENT MOTIVATION, ABILITY GROUPING, MORE EXPOSITORY WRITING, AND MORE INTENSIVE LITERATURE COURSES. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN…

Providing a rationale for the involvement of college English departments in interdisciplinary work, the papers in this collection discuss the difficulties surrounding the introduction of interdisciplinary courses and programs that make special demands on the time and energy of individual faculty members and on limited departmental resources.…

Overview of the approach and detailed discussion of a specific theme used in a course for full-time secretarial students. (AA)

Describes a twelfth grade English course designed to meet the needs of students entering the community after high school. (DD)

Discusses the design of a syllabus for the study of fantasy literature. (AA)

Describes the English program and the role it plays at Doane College, Nebraska. (JK)

Provides an interim report on the present state of the undergraduate English curriculum and the English major. (SRT)

Considers some recent British criticism of the traditional senior secondary school English literature-examination dominated curriculum and suggests that these criticisms have relevance to the curriculum in Canada and other English-speaking nations. (FL)

Discusses the positive and negative reactions to Her Majesty's Inspectorate's report, "English from 5 to 16." Argues that, in general, the response was positive, promoting the stance of the report and promoting a view of English as useful, functional, and purposeful. (SRT)