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Denby, Robert V. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBenton, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1999
Provides results from surveys with secondary school teachers conducted in 1982 and 1998 at the same Local Education Authority. Reports on the teachers' attitudes to poetry, specifically the reading, writing, and discussion of poetry. States that the second survey follows considerable change in the teaching of English and poetry. (CMK)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Literature
Blackie, John – 1969
This book was written with the intention of helping non-specialist teachers of English in the middle school range. Part One: The Teacher's Resources contains chapters on: (1) The Linguistic Resources; (2) The Literary Resources; and (3) The Resources of Craftsmanship. Part Two: The Teacher's Art deals with (4) Some Preliminary Considerations; (5)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English Instruction, Language Acquisition, Linguistics
Download full textScannell, William J., Ed. – 1970
This publication, compiled by the NCTE Committee on Curriculum Bulletins, provides informative and evaluative annotations for 33 elementary and secondary curriculum guides. These guides, reviewed and recommended in 1966-1970, are presented to provide models for schools and agencies in developing curricula and in writing guides. The annotations…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Criteria, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Mattam, Donald – 1973
A comment on the teaching of English to students between the ages of 8 and 15, this book contains sections which revolve around the "vital approach"--the introduction of a central theme through the children's own interests, local events, or the creation of a situation that will call for practice of the English skills. Sections are given to an…
Descriptors: Drama, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Junior High Schools
Whitehead, Frank – 1966
Based on the assumption that English should be central to the school curriculum, this book indicates that the main purpose of the English teacher is not to instruct, but to provide a relaxed, friendly atmosphere in which children can use and improve their language skills. The discussion covers current teaching practices in reading, literature,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Drama, Dramatics, English Instruction
Hughes, Theone, Ed.; Malmstrom, Jean, Ed. – 1968
This teacher's manual is designed to help the elementary school teacher understand and teach modern linguistics successfully in the classroom. Instructional materials deal with linguistic approaches to (1) building sentences, with an emphasis on subject-verb agreement, the functions of the adjective in the sentence, and the insertion of new…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, English Instruction
NESPER, OSANNA – 1965
THIS COURSE DESCRIPTION RECOUNTS A FOURTH-GRADE TEACHERS EXPERIENCE OF MOTIVATING AND ASSISTING INNER-CITY SLUM CHILDREN TO DEVELOP COMPOSITION SKILLS AND INCLUDES THE THREE UNITS SHE TAUGHT--(1) "LEARNING TO BE SPECIFIC" AND "LEARNING TO DESCRIBE SENSE IMPRESSIONS," (2) "LEARNING TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE," AND (3)…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Research, Descriptive Writing
Gordon, Edward J., Ed. – 1965
The 18 essays in this volume originated as talks given at the Yale Conferences on the Teaching of English. The first nine discuss where and how to begin writing, the subject matter and organization of student compositions, the relation of writing to reading and grammar, methods used to mark papers, and the evaluation and function of both…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Critical Reading, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Direct linkNational Council of Teachers of English, 2004
This issue of "Classroom Notes Plus" contains descriptions of original, unpublished teaching practices, and of adapted ideas. Under the "Ideas from the Classroom" section, the August 2003 issue (v21 n1) contains the following materials: Reading Poetry with Wright's "Black Boy" (David Fuder); Finding Poetry Lost in Translation (James Penha); "Lord…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Poetry, African American Literature
