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Tracy, Kelly N.; Menickelli, Kristin; Scales, Roya Q. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2017
This article describes how one teacher immersed her sixth graders in an intensive three-week thematic text set unit centered on courage. Her aim was to help students discover and take action on issues that mattered to them as they learned important literacy skills and strategies. Students engaged in significant reading, writing, and discussion as…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Change, Moral Values, Literacy Education
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Anderson, Alida; Berry, Katherine – Preventing School Failure, 2015
Teacher language and students' on-task behavior were examined in language arts lessons with and without classroom drama in two self-contained third grade classrooms for students with learning disabilities and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Language arts lessons that integrated classroom drama were associated with significantly higher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Task Analysis