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Download full textOregon Univ., Eugene. Oregon Elementary English Project. – 1971
Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, this curriculum unit, intended for grades three and four, introduces students to some of the mechanics of writing and provides some practice in using these mechanics. The unit contains an introduction to writing and seven sections, covering beginning and end punctuation, commas, the apostrophe,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, Grade 3, Grade 4
Crabb, Alfred L., Jr. – Kentucky English Bulletin, 1969
The teacher can stimulate an appreciation of poetry in his students by selecting, reading aloud, and discussing only those poems to which he himself responds strongly. He can also develop students' enjoyment of poetry by encouraging them to bring in their own poetic discoveries and by alerting them to the many possible interpretations of a poem.…
Descriptors: Grammar, Interpretive Reading, Language Patterns, Literature Appreciation
Hockett, M. A. – 2001
This workbook, for grades four through six, offers a humorous slant on the subject of grammar through comical examples of incorrect usage, in addition to exercises with a logic twist. The workbook teaches basic rules of language mechanics and reinforces the rules by showing the logic behind them. The book gives instruction, examples, and practice…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Grammar, Humor, Intermediate Grades
Ettinger, Blanche; Perfetto, Edda – 2001
Using a developmental, hands-on approach, this text/workbook helps students master the basic English skills that are essential to write effective business correspondence, to recognize language errors, and to develop decision-making and problem-solving skills. Its step-by-step focus and industry-specific format encourages students to review,…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Communication Skills, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBarkley, Lawrence; Remler, Nancy Lawson; Waddell, Dave; Mills, Keturah N. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1999
Offers four brief descriptions from composition/writing teachers of class activities that work well for them, addressing using a grocery list to help students understand why audience awareness is important; using group work to help students analyze literature; having students define and describe good writing; and helping students with specified…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Class Activities, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
ALLEN, HAROLD B. – 1963
THE DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE OF LINGUISTICS AND THE SKILL OF WRITTEN COMPOSITION MEET IN THE "SENTENCE," AND THE INFORMATION WHICH LINGUISTICS PROVIDES ON SENTENCE STRUCTURE CAN AID THE TEACHER OF COMPOSITION. ALTHOUGH TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR DOES NOT IMPROVE A STUDENT'S WRITING, CONSTITUENT GRAMMAR AND TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR, BY PRESENTING METHODS OF…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, Paragraph Composition, Punctuation
Marrou, Judith R. – Southwestern Journal of Social Education, 1982
Ideas for incorporating five essential writing skills, identified by the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills, into elementary social studies courses are presented. These include spelling, organizing ideas in writing, a knowledge of standard punctuation and capitalization, ability to control sentence structure, and use of legible handwriting for…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Elementary Education, Handwriting Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Jackson, Virginia; Thiel, Maria – 1984
This book of supplemental exercises is one of a series of books designed to provide educational materials for students in addition to the instructional texts in the Adult Learning Skills Program. Exercises in this basic level book are for the English subject area. Course numbers and exercise topics are: 301 (subjects and predicates, sentence…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adult Basic Education, Adverbs, Capitalization (Alphabetic)
Jacobi, Ernst – 1976
Intended for the adult who needs writing skills for career purposes, this three-part book presents principles rather than mechanical rules for achieving effective communication through writing. The first section of the book offers specific guidelines on communicative attitude, content, perspective, theme, organization, and revision. The middle…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Communication (Thought Transfer), Descriptive Writing
Boloz, Sigmund A., Comp. – 1978
This guide provides an evaluation system by which a teacher or parent can follow a child's progress in sentence structure, usage, punctuation, capitalization, penmanship, and composition from kindergarten through grade eight. Each page lists an objective that is coded so that it is possible to correlate related materials, such as test items,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Melvin, Mary P. – 1980
The effects of sentence combining instruction on student writing skills (punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and syntactic maturity) and reading achievement were studied in eight-, nine-, ten-, and eleven-year-old children. The experimental group, which received instruction in sentence combining, consisted of 20 students from each age group.…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Held, Jeanette R. – 1968
In answer to the need for more effective punctuation instruction, a project, based on the theory that an essential relationship exists between intonation and punctuation, was designed for and executed with two 9th-grade student groups--one experimental, the other control. The experimental group received punctuation instruction through the use of…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 9, Intonation, Language Patterns
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Adapted for whole class use, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 and who need further help with the skills of writing to enable them to achieve Level 4. It focuses on extending pupils' range and control of sentences in writing. The sessions include the proper use of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2001
Developed for use in small groups, this unit of study is aimed at helping children in England who have reached Level 3 in English at Key Stage 2 and who need further help with the skills of writing to enable them to achieve Level 4. It focuses on extending pupils' range and control of sentences in writing. The sessions include the proper use of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Fowler, Elaine D. – 1978
An interest in conditions of practice and feedback led to a study which examined the effect on writing by elementary school students of (1) two types of practice, both similar to "free focused writing"; (2) practice at a frequency greater than once a week; and (3) a procedure by which students measured their own performance and provided themselves…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Feedback, Free Writing
