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Cahill, Mike – 1994
An analysis of story telling in Konni, a language spoken in Ghana, focused on how the climax of a story is characterized. The texts studied are six oral folk tales; two are appended, and portions of all are used as illustrations in the text of the report. First, the definition and characteristics of "peak," or climax of a story are…
Descriptors: African Languages, Discourse Analysis, Folk Culture, Form Classes (Languages)
Pappas, Christine C. – 1986
To better understand the early stages of literacy, a study investigated how young children learn about the registers of the written story genre. Subjects, 47 kindergraten children, were individually read to and then asked to "pretend-read" one or two selected picture storybooks on three consecutive days; their readings were audiotaped…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Anderson, Gordon S. – 1985
An example of reader, writer, and text transaction and interaction may be seen in a study that examined story grammar and applied propositional analysis, cohesive analysis, and miscue analysis to one reader and one text to determine comprehension. A third grade boy read and then retold the story "The Accident." The miscues were marked,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
Wason-Ellam, Linda – Highway One, 1986
Describes and provides examples of how storytelling can help develop children's language ability. Argues that the goal is not to teach children language but to create an environment that will allow language learning to occur naturally. (SRT)
Descriptors: Child Development, Dramatic Play, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach
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Lalleman, Josine A. – Language Learning, 1987
Dutch native children and Turkish immigrant children, born and reared in the Netherlands, were asked to tell a story from a series of pictures, at age six and again at age eight. The Turkish children exhibited about the same level of narrative proficiency in Dutch as their Dutch peers. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dutch
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Creech, Nancy; Bhavnagri, Navaz – Childhood Education, 2002
Describes using drama to provide constant scaffolding as children learn to write stories. The 5-week process begins with collaboratively setting the stage, proceeds with scaffolding for reviewing the elements of stories (punctuation, the sequence of events, characterization, the plot problem and solution), and concludes with independent projects…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Dramatics
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Strickland, Dorothy S.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Reading Teacher, 1990
Encourages teachers to share appropriate information about books and reading with parents in order to influence storybook reading in their students' homes. (MG)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
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Astleitner, Hermann – E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 2004
There are theoretical models concerning Multimedia and cognitive and motivational processes. However, such models are missing for emotional processes. In order to develop such a model, studies from literary text research were analyzed. Literary text research was chosen as a starting point because Multimedia environments often contain texts (or…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Models, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Processes
Tarlow, Ellen – 1998
This book helps teachers introduce story elements to children in the primary grades. The book's lessons and activities complement the learning goals teachers have for their classes. The book is divided into sections on character, plot, setting, and theme. It has an introduction at the beginning of each section to bring the learning goals for that…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities
Silberstein, Sandra – 1983
The textbuilding conventions of courtship narratives told by older women of contrasting ethnic minorities are examined. Listener responses to the stories indicate that storytelling conventions are not shared or understood by all listeners. It is proposed that membership in different speech communities based on factors such as age, sex, ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)
Block, Cheryl; Broz, Christine; Hockett, Margaret; White, David – 2002
Part of a series, the purpose of this low-readability/high interest book is to provide instruction and practice in using higher order thinking to develop students' reading comprehension skills. The comprehension skills addressed in the book meet state standards for secondary students grades six and up, and the reading level is fourth and fifth…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Context Clues, Critical Reading, Fiction
Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1996
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 answering questions using information gathered through direct observations,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Activities, Content Analysis, Critical Reading
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 interpret and evaluate complex works of music, dance, theater, visual arts,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Anthologies, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis
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White, Lydia; And Others – Language Learning, 1997
Studies on second-language acquisition of reflexives have experienced difficulties assessing learners' knowledge of the binding principles because of problems associated with ambiguous sentences where there is more than one antecedent for a reflexive. In this study, English-as-a-Second-Language students were tested using a variety of sentence…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ambiguity, Context Clues, English (Second Language)
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Robertson, Judy; Good, Judith – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2005
Playing computer games is an extremely popular leisure activity for children. In fact, the computer games market in the UK is now double that of the video rental market, and substantially larger than cinema box office sales, and under people under the age of 18 make up 38% of these game players. Based on the popularity and strong motivational…
Descriptors: Games, Computers, Foreign Countries, Student Motivation
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