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Andrews, Richard – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Imaginative and attractive, cutting edge in its conception, this text explicates a model for the integration of language arts and literacy education based on the notion of framing. The act of framing--not frames in themselves--provides a creative and critical approach to English as a subject. "Re-framing Literacy" breaks new ground in the language…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Literacy, Language Arts, English Instruction
Silverman, N. Paul – 1979
An arts-in-education approach to teaching can be a vital and effective motivating force in a language arts classroom. One teaching strategy based on this approach is to design classroom activities that students can simply enjoy. Several activities that students have found enjoyable include building "happiness machines" based on Ray Bradbury's…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Art, Creative Teaching
Soderquist, Alisa – 2002
This lesson plan presents activities designed to enrich students' understanding of a literary work through careful reading and analysis of selected key scenes; to have students recognize how arts media can be integrated into literature studies; to acquaint students with masterpieces of world art; and to reinforce learning through the use of…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Expression, Class Activities
Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, MD. – 2001
Based on Grimm's fairy tales, this lesson plan presents activities designed to help students understand that fairy tales connect them to earlier generations, help them think about present situations, that magic figures prominently in fairy tales, and that fairy tales can inspire readers to create original works of art. The main activity in the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, English Instruction
Shuman, R. Baird; Wolfe, Denny – 1990
Maintaining that the arts are composing activities and--like talking and writing--powerful ways of making meaning, this book discusses teaching English through the arts. The book provides a brief theoretical and historical basis for its fundamental approach and presents 29 instructional strategies that classroom teachers who do not have special…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Class Activities, Creative Activities
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1984
Emphasizing an aesthetic approach to language arts, this focused journal issue brings together ideas for literature and writing instruction that capitalize upon opportunities provided by all the fine arts. In general, the articles describe how field trips to art museums and theaters, film showings, in-class use of slides and pictures, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Class Activities
Lee, Ronald T., Ed. – 1988
One of eight guides in the Arts and Learning series, this guide, which was originally developed through the arts in education program of Homer Central School, New York, contains 25 classroom strategies (prototype units or prototype instructional strategies) that can be used by teachers to infuse the arts into their teaching of language…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Community Resources, Creative Development