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Hockett, M. A. – 2002
Written for the third- and fourth-grade levels, this workbook gives students practice in using context clues and reading comprehension to apply punctuation rules, as well as in carefully reading and following directions. Noting that the activities are based on the idea that punctuation is necessary to make written communication clear, the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Punctuation
Lauer, Rachel M. – 1986
This article reflects one session of a course in thinking and communicating for Pace University (New York) faculty. The purpose of the course was to heighten awareness that language can seriously misrepresent events which it describes, thus affecting students' ability to perceive, evaluate, and make day-to-day decisions. Beginning with a concrete…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Hockett, M. A. – 2002
Written for the fifth- and sixth-grade levels, this workbook gives students practice in using context clues and reading comprehension to apply punctuation rules, as well as in carefully reading and following directions. Noting that the activities are based on the idea that punctuation is necessary to make written communication clear, the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Context Clues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Hockett, M. A. – 2002
Written for the seventh- and eighth-grade levels, this workbook gives students practice in using context clues and reading comprehension to apply punctuation rules, as well as in carefully reading and following directions. Noting that the activities are based on the idea that punctuation is necessary to make written communication clear, the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Context Clues, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Download full textLiteracy Assistance Center, New York, NY. – 2001
This collection of lesson plans for teaching English as a Second Language includes the following: "You Scratched Me!" which has students examine verbs in three forms (base, past, and progressive) together with questions, accelerating the memorization and understanding of verb forms and tenses; "Getting Acquainted/Inferential Thinking," which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Body Language, Career Choice, Communication Skills
