This book contains royalty-free material on bicentennial themes for presentation by schools and amateur groups. The first section, Plays and Pageants, contains "Our Great Declaration,""A Star for Old Glory,""Sing, America, Sing,""Washington Marches On,""When Freedom Was News," and "A Dish of…

English is made up of literature (the art of letters) and its essential component, language. Media adaptations may make literary works superficially more vivid, but since all such adaptations are divorced from the form of the original, they all differ from the original in important respects. While teachers must point out the significant…

The selections contained in this annotated bibliography were chosen with the assumption that primary-level children often prefer having read to them more complex books than the picture books with simple text that they are able to read themselves. Books listed which are suitable for reading aloud to children contain, to some extent, an element of…

To determine if whispered reading practice affects stuttering adaptation, and if practice in reading aloud is superior to whispered reading in promoting adaptation, eight adult stutterers read aloud for five trials (control condition) or aloud for two and whispered for three trials (experimental condition). (Author/CL)

Suggests that poor readers gain self esteem and reading skills by learning to read to children. Discusses ways in which to get young adults interested, to train them, and to arrange for real practice in local grade schools. (JM)

Explores the problem of how children react to stories read to them in the classroom and discusses the comments of a ten-year-old boy about six novels read aloud to him. (JM)

Stresses single pupil-teacher interaction as an important aspect of the individualized reading program and lists pointers which can guide teachers in assessing a student's oral reading patterns and strategies. (JM)

Discusses a study of school attitudes about parent involvement in home-based educational activities. Found that support for parental involvement in teaching reading stopped short of helping parents hear their own children read at home. (JOW)

The effect of social facilitation, particularly the impact of perceived evaluation and relative competence of handicapped learners, was tested for efficacy in predicting 26 learning disabled elementary children's oral reading performance. Results revealed that children who read with similar-ability peers performed significantly better than with…

Five elementary-aged mentally retarded students participated in a study of two previewing procedures' effects on oral reading and listening. Results indicated that systematic previewing procedures were related to higher performance levels than was baseline (no previewing). The listening procedure was generally related to higher rates of words read…

Two studies which extend previous research describing differences in teacher instructional behavior with high- and low-progress beginning readers are reported. In both studies inter- and intra-individual differences over time showed that higher reader accuracy was associated with less direct support. (Author)

Delineates arguments for and against oral reading instruction in developmental reading programs. The need for systematic research into the effects and potential benefits of various forms of oral reading instruction is stressed. (CM)

An intensive reading clinic used the Massive Oral Decoding (MOD) technique to help 10 reading disabled students (grades 7 and 8) increase independent reading skills. MOD stresses large amounts of reading practice at the student's independent level. (CL)

Presents a technique for use with large groups of children to provide them with practice in fluent reading. (FL)