This handbook, which complements another handbook designed for reading instruction, focuses on the behavioral objectives in the four language arts skills of spelling, writing, listening, and speaking. The first section of the handbook contains an introductory statement, a diagram of the program design, and a list of the affective objectives. The…

Children will write well only when they speak in their own voices about their own concerns. (DD)

Advocating the whole language philosophy as an approach which makes language learning easy and fun for hearing-impaired children, activities involving reading favorite books, shared reading, and rewriting stories wherein new words and sentence structures are introduced in the context of the whole story or poem. (CB)

Authors take a new look at composition, spelling, and handwriting skills on a nationwide basis in the elementary schools and report on the current situation. (GB)

Address delivered at the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Seminar at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, June 22-26, 1970. (DS)

Suggestions are made for classroom activities to improve children's language skills. (JD)

Encourages teachers to view children's writing positively, to see errors not as deficiencies but as signs of growth. (DD)

Suggests writing activities in eight categories that provide remedial readers with the exposure to language that they need in order to improve their reading. (DD)

Considers ways to use creative dramatics to develop competence in speaking, listening, and--by extension--writing. (DD)

This study reports on an analysis of preservice teachers' dialogue journal entries for evidence of ways in which teachers develop conceptual understanding for writing instruction. Teachers' propositional statements were identified and coded at a specific level for three themes: (1) level of instructional scaffolding, (2) focus of proposed…

The current wave of school reform, with its emphasis on assessment of basic reading, writing, and math skills, has resulted in a diminished role for other core subjects. In the United States, the No Child Left Behind Act calls for the addition of assessments in science, but it seems that social studies will be a core discipline that is left…

Young students are more motivated to write when allowed to use colored felt-tip pens. (JH)