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…

This paper describes a mini-modular program for the tenth grade. The program operates within a year-long course of study which covers all four of the language arts and groups students in classes heterogeneously so that skills and concepts can be taught to all students and special needs and interests handled as they arise and are identified.…

This product development report is one of 21 such reports, each dealing with the developmental history of a recent educational product. The product discussed in this report is the Hawaii English Program, which focuses on the English language as a set of skills, a system of communication, and a medium of art. The grade level for which this product…

GRADES OR AGES: 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Language Arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: A general introductory breakdown of objectives and philosophy of the subject taught is presented. The remainder of the document is devoted to outlines for the teaching of language arts at each grade level. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The objectives are given…

This teaching guide concerns a course that should lead the student to realize the importance of language to the individual and to the culture by exploring the possible origins of language, the causes and patterns of change, and the process through which language is learned. The guide contains the following: I. Performance Objectives; II. Course…

The articles collected in this issue are devoted to the topic of film in the English and language arts classroom. Titles include "Film Study: Some Problems and Approaches" (Judd Chesler), "The New Basic Skill: Film" (Harold M. Foster), "Caveat Viewer: Developing Viewing Perceptions" (Edward S. Dermon), "Shreds and Patches: Improvised Textbook"…

Fairy tales and folk stories which deal with transformations are valuable elements in the language arts curriculum. (DD)

This framework addresses reading, writing, speaking, listening, and written and oral English-language conventions for the full range of learners across all grade levels. Each grade level contains sections on Standards and Instruction, Curricular and Instructional Profile, and English-Language Arts Content Standards. The standards give special…

Providing a description of what Mississippi students should know and do in English, language arts, and reading classrooms from kindergarten through twelfth grade, this curriculum framework addresses the interrelatedness of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing with the intent to raise expectations for student performance in the…

Reports on an effort to teach poetry and not simply expose the student to it. (Editor)

The Pilgrim's Progress, apart from its hortatory religious nature, has imaginative, creative power to command the attention of English teachers at the college level and is discussed in terms of the classroom. (Editor)

Author tackles the basic problem of justifying instruction in a level of language usage that is regarded as elitist. (Editor/CB)

Presents a thirteen floor theoretical model which takes the youngster from a media centered experience in the lower grades to experiences relative to the human condition in the upper grades. Reasons for employing various teaching aids and methods are discussed. (AF)

Contains representative selections from issues of "The Elementary English Review," a precursor to "Language Arts," during its second decade of publication. Includes articles, editorials, and ads reflecting contemporary concerns of English education still relevant today, such as integrating the language arts and school closings.…