Describes a brief creative writing course in which students can teach themselves how to write and includes sample instructional materials and exercises. (RB)

Argues that some rock poetry is deserving of analysis and study in high school. (RB)

Argues that compositions teachers need to develop an epistemology--as pragmatic as is possible--which asks how the composing process is an act of knowing. (R B)

Argues that the movie review is a useful pedagogical device in the freshman English class because it offers familiar and interesting subject matterin a brief and entertaining form. (R B)

Presents the results of a survey of the freshman composition requirements in two- and four-year Texas colleges, and examines the implications of the results. (R B)

Discusses the advantages of using talking about writing as a method for improving writing skills.

Contains suggestions for materials, activities, and resources for use in teaching literature--especially plays and novels--to elementary school students. (RB)

Argues that the discipline of English needs to become a truly interdisciplinary study, adding history, philosophy, psychology, ethics, and politics as areas of concern. (RB)

This English textbook aims to foster and guide children's natural interests. The material is organized in three divisions, designed for use in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, respectively. The offering for the fourth year is greater in amount than that for the fifth and sixth years, in the expectation that some of it, if not adapted to the…

This textbook is an elementary English course based upon two fundamental facts in regard to language: (1) the purpose of language is communication of thought; and (2) the use of language is an art. The book also provides a complete and progressive course of instruction in the use of the dictionary as an aid to both oral and written language.

This textbook aims to enable pupils to master writing good English rather than teach theory of style and criticism. It is divided into four parts. Part I introduces the scholar to the construction and combination of sentences and provides a variety of practical exercises. Part II covers the structure and phraseology of sentences. Part III is an…

Speech presented at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Boston University School of Education, May 4, 1968, and based on the author's doctoral dissertation (Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1968).

Article based on a speech delivered at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 29, 1968.