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Hubbard, Ruth Shagoury, Ed.; Ernst, Karen, Ed. – 1996
Noting that making images is as natural as speaking, this book presents 13 essays by teachers from elementary school through college that show how writing, art, and reading can be combined in different ways in various subject areas. Essays in the book share ways that teachers connect the visual arts to literacy instruction as well as to their own…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Activities, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Gold, Rananah – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1997
K-W-L, a strategy for active reading appropriate for secondary education, models the thinking needed when reading expository texts in all content areas. Using a chart, students recall what they know (K), decide what they want to learn (W), and identify what they have learned (L). Steps in teacher preparation, classroom presentation, and class…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction
Download full textMorrow, Lesley Mandel – 1996
An 8-month study tracked 166 second graders of various ethnic backgrounds in an urban setting while they were being motivated to read through a literature-based reading and writing program. The classrooms in which the research was conducted used basal readers and did not have well-designed literacy centers. Collaboration was not an integral part…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment
McArthur, Janice; McGuire, Barbara E. – 1998
Designed as an integrated package for thematic instruction, this book helps librarians and teachers select appropriate reading materials to use in specific areas of study and promote reading to students in primary grades. Sixteen chapters include such popular themes as: (1) "Risky Reading: Adventure Stories"; (2) "Old MacDonald's Place: Farm…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Awards, Books, Childrens Literature
McAllister, Elizabeth A. – 1995
Designed to tap the rich collection of instructional techniques in the ERIC database, this compilation of lesson plans focuses on helping elementary-school students to work together as they learn to read, write, and communicate. The 48 lesson plans in the book cover writing to communicate, reading for information, responding to literature,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedLevine, Martin G. – Social Studies Review, 1995
Maintains that California and the nation's school districts have been challenged by growing numbers of limited English proficient students in grades 6 through 12. Presents a series of social studies classroom activities designed to improve students' reading and writing skills. Includes graphic organizers and activity objectives. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Cultural Pluralism
