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Schewe, Annette; Froese, Victor – 1986
Focusing on variables linking fourth graders' reading comprehension and writing ability, a study investigated the (1) relationship between both free recall and comprehension probe scores in reading and analytical scale scores in writing, (2) effects of reading and writing competence on the production of story grammar categories in writing, (3)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Roskos, K. – 1988
This paper describes a procedure used to locate pretend play episodes in streams of play activity of 4- and 5-year-olds. A story grammar was used to compare pretend play episode activity with story construction. Participants were five girls and three boys attending the same preschool. Pretend play schemes and episodes were defined in terms of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Educational Anthropology
Kersting, Frank; Ferguson, Janice – 1988
A case study examined the whole-part application of the language experience approach to reading as used for students whose reading development is severely delayed. The subject, a third-grade female student reading on the first-grade level as determined by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised (Woodcock, 1987), participated in a reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Area Reading, Language Experience Approach, Language Skills

Freedman, Aviva – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
Analysis of the development of realization of story structure in the written productions of fifth-, eighth-, and twelfth-graders revealed development by age in the degree of realization of an "ideal form" of story schema, with the development rate depending on whether stories are true or invented. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education

Connelly, F. Michael; Clandinin, D. Jean – Educational Researcher, 1990
Surveys forms of narrative inquiry in educational studies. Outlines certain criteria, methods, and writing forms. Describes them in terms of beginning the story, living the story, and selecting stories to construct and reconstruct narrative plots. Describes two-part research agenda for curriculum and studies flowing from stories of experience and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories, Interviews

McAuliffe, Sheila – Reading Teacher, 1994
Describes a year-long study in a whole-language classroom of second-grade students' use of gendered language during informal interactions in writers' workshop. Points out the importance of intent in the process of communication. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Discourse Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Fuller, Renee – 1991
This paper offers a description of the Ball-Stick-Bird reading system which has been used successfully to teach students with IQs as low as 20 to read with comprehension. A summary of research findings on this approach is presented as well as a discussion of these findings within a neurological/behavioral/evolutionary framework. A new theory of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Alphabets, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading
Conle, Carola – 1990
Folk models have been called unspecified programs that are passed on and learned experientially. Through a narrative reconstruction of a participant observer's fieldnotes on an eighth-grade teacher's professional activity, the researcher sensed two folk models at work: (1) knowledge as corpus, hierarchically organized; and (2) knowledge in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collegiality, Discourse Analysis, Folk Culture
Harris, David P. – 1983
The writing patterns of adult native speakers of English was compared to that of students of English as a second language (ESL). Both groups wrote brief narrative accounts of a story they had seen on film. The writings revealed three basic organizational patterns, one pattern covering the six critical elements that made up the short story and two…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Department for Education and Skills, London (England). – 2002
Third in a series of booklets designed to assist Year 6 teachers with planning instruction to meet objectives of the National Literacy Strategy, this booklet contains Summer Term planning exemplification for three "revision" units (Narrative, Poetry and Non-fiction) prior to the Key Stage 2 tests and one unit after the tests (Extended…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Characterization, Creative Writing, Grade 6
Block, Cheryl; Beckwith, Carrie; Hockett, Margaret; White, David – 2001
Part of a series, the purpose of this low-readability/high interest book is to use higher order thinking to develop students' reading comprehension skills. The reading skills addressed in the book are based on state reading standards and assessment tests for grades five and six. The goal of the series of books is to teach students how to analyze…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Critical Reading, Fiction, Grade 5
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to creating, interpreting, and evaluating a variety of artistic expressions. It…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acting, Characterization, Childrens Literature
Cazaux, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1996
A teacher/storyteller recommends story creation by students to encourage creativity and pleasure in developing language skills. Suggested exercises include combining random nouns (e.g., "le fer et le bois") and creating a proverb about them, creating a story using names of consumer products, and developing a story using only body-language idioms…
Descriptors: Body Language, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creativity
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1991
Provides fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units. Highlights include elementary school activities for reading and language arts (using the "World Almanac," identifying a story's sequence of events, and using autobiographies); science (causes of wind and learning about…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Gersten, Russell – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Reviews recent applied instructional research for students with learning disabilities for the purpose of providing educators and counselors with the background and logic behind the development of current instructional practices. Topics include procedural prompts, scaffolds, cognitive strategies, story grammar, think sheets, anchored instruction,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cues, Educational Practices, Educational Research