In the course "Designs for English," high school students, working individually and in small groups, practice basic English skills as they explore universal themes. The course is built around 15 units that deal with a wide range of topics, including conflict resolution, communication, values, identity, and love. This paper describes how the course…

This yearbook analyzes present concerns and controversies in the teaching of English and summarizes what has been learned during the three decades of curriculum reform, since the last yearbook that dealt with the teaching of English. Separately authored chapters discuss language and the nature of learning, developing power and expressiveness in…

Designed to assist teachers in small schools with the improvement of curriculum and instruction and to help smaller districts without curriculum personnel to comply with Washington's Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law, this guide contains language arts curriculum materials for grades 9-12. Learning objectives are correlated to the Goals for…

The materials in this manual include the activities and creative writing samples from a summer inservice writing skills workshop conducted for 32 teachers from seven school districts. The outlined writing activities cover a variety of topics that involve describing real and imaginary objects, naming objects in a newly created world, writing poetry…

The Richfield, Minnesota, High School Language Arts Department studied the composition skills of 24 classes in grades 10, 11, and 12 to assess (1) improvement in writing skills from each grade level to the next as an indication of the effectiveness of a composition curriculum which emphasized expository writing, a d (2) the effects of lay readers…

This curriculum guide for grades 7-12 divides the language arts into five areas: (1) language; (2) literature; (3) skills involved in reading, in studying, and in using the library; (4) speaking, listening, and mass media; and (5) written composition. An introductory section discusses the rationale behind the total plan, offers "perspectives" on…

Suggested materials and activities for three grade levels are presented in this language arts guide. The elementary and junior high programs are designed to satisfy the child's basic need for language and to help him reach higher levels of development; the senior high program, broad enough to include the extremes of academic ability, emphasizes…

One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into ten categories: teaching principles and practice, source books and course books, writing and rhetoric, reading and books for the slower reader, language and oral work, prose, poetry,…

The 45 language arts courses described in this curriculum guide combine traditional teaching modes and content for English instruction with mass media, linguistic geography, and performance based evaluations. Course descriptions are classified under five major categories: language; composition; literature; media, speech, and drama; and…

In this collection, numerous professional writers who have worked with students in public school classrooms offer ideas for helping students learn to write creatively. The ideas are grouped into six major sections: "Teaching Writing,""Writing Ideas" (gimmicks, letters and dialogues, writing from observation, writing and literature), "Drama, Film,…

In an experiment designed to involve reluctant learners in a creative learning experience, a class of youngsters assumed the role of a Sahara Desert tribe and talked about their perplexity in finding a chair washed up on the beach. Using this incident as the focal point for a project, the teacher divided the children into small groups to compose…

The conception of English as something socially learned and of central importance to the development of the individual has obvious implications for the teacher who hopes to develop in his pupils good speaking, writing, listening, and reading. The teacher must cooperate with the child's growth by providing a climate for maturation, an enriching of…

Describes how a community college has adapted an instructional computer network originally developed to teach hearing impaired individuals to write. It is now used as an integral part of three different writing courses. Discusses how the system works, providing examples of student work, and a description of the software used. (TW)

This publication explains how to teach students to produce well written and analytic work, offering essays, lesson plans, and a collection of student writing, all rooted in a focus on language arts teaching for social justice. The eight chapters look at: (1) "Building Community out of Chaos" (e.g., inviting students' lives into the…

Presents a thematic unit for middle schools on editorial writing, or persuasive writing, based on the Pathways Model for information skills lessons. Includes assessing other editorials; student research process journals; information literacy and process skills; and two lesson plans that involve library media specialists as well as teachers. (LRW)