In order to document the self-directed, spontaneous growth in literary output of a six-year-old child, her writings during a one month period were collected and compiled. It was discovered that the child used writing to organize knowledge about the environment and the operations of print, to maintain personal relations, to establish impersonal or…

The first of two volumes, this English curriculum guide for grades 7-12 is part of a comprehensive curriculum plan for grades K-12. It describes the cognitive content that should receive instructional emphasis at each grade through a scope and sequence chart and a statement of student outcomes--descriptions of skills and concepts that students…

The second of two volumes, this English curriculum guide for honors and elective courses for grades 10-12 is part of a comprehensive curriculum plan for grades K-12. The courses include honors English, grades 10 and 12; a college preparatory grade 12 class taught in conjunction with a community college; journalism, grades 10-12; basic composition,…

To provide a framework for secondary English program planning, the first half of this book defines the rationale and nature of an English curriculum, outlines content in language, literature, composition, reading, and speaking and listening on five levels, and offers procedural suggestions for developing a local English program. The last half of…

Information about the Riverside Instructional Support System (RISS)--a program designed to help elementary and middle school teachers and principals monitor basic skills in reading, language, and mathematics--is provided in this handbook. The first part of the handbook identifies the components of RISS, including primary, intermediate, and middle…

Designed to provide teachers with a listing of sequentially ordered objectives in specific language arts areas, this teaching guide for grades seven through nine was developed in Rochester, Minnesota, and is keyed to specific composition, language, and literature textbook materials. The guide is organized by grade according to a scope and sequence…

Curriculum projects in nine elementary schools, 12 secondary schools, and seven combined elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States are reported to illustrate the breadth and depth of English curriculum development at the local level. Information provided on each project includes project title, sponsoring agency or institution,…

The 1963 language arts project in Wagon Mound, New Mexico, was designed to make administrators and teachers aware of and concerned about the problems of teaching English to Spanish-speaking children in grades 1-12. General and specific objectives and instructional techniques stressed improvement of oral and written communication. An analysis of…

Concerned with the selection, organization, and expression of ideas, this sequential composition guide for elementary students places emphasis on "doing" and on "using" language in speaking and writing. Introductory materials include basic assumptions about composition, an overview of skills to be mastered, and a glossary of composition terms. The…

In this collection of articles, the results of recent research in handwriting and spelling are reported and evaluated in the perspective of studies done over the past 50 years. The articles included are "Handwriting and Spelling: Their Current Status in the Language Arts Curriculum,""Handwriting Research" ("Movement and Quality" and "Style and…

In the fall of 1972 the Research Foundation of the National Council of Teachers of English decided to fund the Research Instruments Project (TRIP), a project designed to collect and evaluate measurement instruments in reading, language development, teacher competency, standard English as a second language or dialect, literature, writing,…

This study examined selected procedures chosen by the Commission on English of the CEEB for improving secondary school English teaching. The purpose was to evaluate the outcomes of such procedures by means of criteria derived from general principles in curriculum development. Specific questions of the study involved the Commission's objectives,…

The purpose of this document is to provide ninth grade English teachers with a set of language arts skills objectives. Included are a domain chart, terminal objectives with supportive evidence information, and log sheets for recording coverage of objectives. Skills objectives cover nonverbal language, listening, speaking, literature/reading,…

This publication is one in a series being developed for the English language arts curriculum, prekindergarten through the twelfth grade. The series is in five strands: reading, literature, speech, composition, and language. Although treated separately for purposes of clear and systematic development, in classroom practice the strands are…

A set of articles presenting a broad base for displaying the thinking of outstanding researchers and scholars on the subjects of English and Reading is given. These articles were drawn from papers read at a series of institutes cosponsored by the University of Illinois and the National Council of Teachers of English. Each paper reflects elements…