From a special report, "What's New in Curriculum.

Paper presented at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (Milwaukee, Wis., November 28-30, 1968).

As an annotated list of recommended English language arts curriculum guides, this booklet is designed to facilitate sound curriculum planning and provide models for schools that are reviewing their programs and need a variety of sample frameworks, units, and lesson plans. The first section presents the guides, arranged by the year in which they…

Intended to help school districts develop their own language arts (kindergarten through grade twelve) curriculum guide, this handbook outlines a four-step process for curriculum planning: (1) organizing the curriculum committee; (2) identifying and assessing current philosophies and practices (includes certain standards for accreditation of…

The standards of learning objectives for English, reading, and language arts that are presented in this paper are intended as a basis for planning language arts curriculum and instruction. A list of objectives is presented for each instructional level from kindergarten through grade twelve. The objectives reflect concern for developing the…

The purpose of this publication is to encourage and assist high schools in designing elective English courses and programs for grades 10 through 12. After pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of using electives, the discussion shifts to salient questions concerning the planning, construction, and implementation of elective courses and…

THESE THREE TESTS--"ORIENTATION,""TRADITIONAL BALLAD," AND "THE LITERARY BALLAD"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A SEVENTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 135 AND ED 010 136. (MM)

THESE TWO TESTS--"SHORT STORY" AND "FABLES, PROVERBS, AND PARABLES"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A SEVENTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 137 AND ED 010 138. (MM)

THESE THREE TESTS--"REORIENTATION,""TRAVEL LITERATURE," AND "NARRATIVE POETRY"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR AN EIGHTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 141 AND ED 010 142. (MM)

THOUGH THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TWO- AND FOUR-YEAR ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN ARE SIMILAR, THE TWO-YEAR CHAIRMAN MUST FACE SOME CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES WHICH ARE UNIQUELY HIS. BECAUSE OF HEAVIER FACULTY LOADS AND THE LACK OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS, THE TWO-YEAR CHAIRMAN'S PRIME ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO HIS STAFF ARE TO DECREASE…

THIS REPORT OF A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ENGLISH PROGRAMS IN 2-YEAR COLLEGES IS BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM 239 INSTITUTIONAL SOURCES, 187 DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN, AND 292 TEACHERS. ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO (1) THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING SCOPE, TEACHING LOAD, CLASS SIZE, STATUS OF DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN, AND RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS, (2) ENGLISH…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT WRITING PROFICIENCY IMPROVES AS WRITING FREQUENCY INCREASES. THE SECONDARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO ESTABLISH A CORRELATION BETWEEN GRAMMATICAL AND MECHANICAL ACCURACY AND THE ABILITY TO WRITE WELL. TO THIS END, 6 EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE FRESHMAN SECTIONS WERE ESTABLISHED, EACH 2 SECTIONS WRITING 20, 8,…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE DIRECTORS AND ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN (31) MET DURING A 3-DAY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. THREE BASIC AREAS WERE APPROACHED--(1) THE PRESENT STATUS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING, (2) THE PROMOTION OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION BY ENGLISH TEACHERS, AND (3) THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE…