Presents four ready-to-use fables by Arnold Lobel, plus classroom activities and insights from the author. (Editor/SJL)

This article presents a rationale and technique for stimulating students' interest in literature. An example, featuring author Donald Crews, is provided. A list of authors of books suitable for primary and middle grades is included together with an author information resource guide. (IAH)

Describes a course in "Images of the Male in Women's Writing" and the contribution a man can make in teaching such a course. (DD)

Discusses specific stories and approaches for introducing the works of West Indies author Michael Anthony in secondary school literature classes. (HTH)

Describes social work case illustrations as teaching tools and information-sharing techniques. Presents suggestions for writing case illustrations, discussing information to be included (order of presentation, pseudonyms, efforts of other professionals, and practitioner orientation) or excluded (exclusively masculine pronouns, theory exposition,…

Encourages composition teachers to write and to use their writing in their teaching as a way to model writing processes, products, and attitudes for their students. (JL)

Describes a teaching experiment for the study of literature in which students focus on "special authors" and use is made of such teaching strategies as group work, full class discussion, wide reading, and individual research. (HOD)

Designed to be planned jointly by teachers and school library media specialists, the 60 units of study described in this book suggest ideas for sharing literature that may be used in developing a scope and sequence of literature experiences for children in grades K-5. For primary grades K-2, the activities are primarily arranged through sharing…

Describes the planning and preparation involved in an authors' week, where authors of children's books took part in school discussion groups. (MKM)

Relates how a conference call to Ernest Hemingway's son, Gregory, resolved questions and brought understanding and excitement to a group of Iowa high school students enrolled in a 12-week Hemingway seminar. (FL)

Describes a first grade classroom in which children learn the concept of "author" by writing their own books, which are then shared with the rest of the class. (HTH)

Argues that educators need to demystify the writing process so that students can approach the world of literature realistically. Suggests that exposure to how writers work and to the kinds of situations from which they draw inspiration can provide insights into what is required of a would-be writer. (FL)

Great writers can help students find their own stories and style. The article includes one activity that can teach younger students to incorporate their own experiences into their writing and another activity to help seventh- and eighth-grade students recognize the elements that contribute to an author's style. (SM)

The ability to question and the desire to be exact can be nourished by students' reading and writing responses to Thoreau's works. (RL)

The articles in this journal issue explore the use of literature in instruction and, particularly, the characterization of women in literature. The titles of the articles and their authors are as follows: (1) "George Orwell and the Politics of Misogyny" (Robert Keith Miller); (2) "Women and Huckleberry Finn: A Literary Criticism" (Linda Roehrig…