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Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: A Literacy Practices Approach for 6-12 Classrooms
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Beach, Richard; Thein, Amanda Haertling; Webb, Allen – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
As the new English Language Arts Common Core State Standards take hold across the United States, the need grows for pre-service and in-service teachers to be ready to develop curriculum and instruction that addresses their requirements. This timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive text directly meets this need. It delineates a literacy practices and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Curriculum Development, Language Arts, State Standards
Speaking Aids Through the Grades.
Carlson, Ruth Kearney – 1975
This book contains a selection of activities, techniques, and sources to be used by those who are concerned with oral communication experiences of children and youth. Chapter topics are as follows: (1) multi-sensory awareness: speaking and acting for kindergarten through third grade; (2) kinesics and drama for primary children; (3) imaginative…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, Multisensory Learning
Improving Speaking and Listening Skills. New Directions for College Learning Assistance, Number 12.
Rubin, Rebecca B., Ed. – 1983
Providing insight into how learning assistance practitioners can effect positive change in the ability of their students to speak and to listen, this book presents the experiences of communication professionals who have succeeded in improving students' skills. The first five chapters describe a variety of instructional methods useful in teaching…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Microcomputers and the Language Arts. English, Language, and Education Series.
Robinson, Brent – 1985
Designed to reveal some of the strengths and weaknesses of microtechnology in the language arts, this book suggests how and where microcomputers might have applications or implications in the language arts curriculum. The first chapter of the book discusses practical problems facing language arts teachers in developing classroom computer programs,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Language Acquisition
Teaching Languages in Today's Schools.
Smith, D. G., Ed. – 1981
Information for second language teachers in Great Britain, also applicable to the situation in the United States, is presented. The material is organized as a response to the availability of second language instruction to students across all ability levels. In addition, issues related to new developments in theory-into-practice (such as the…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Successful Mainstreaming: Proven Ways To Detect and Correct Special Needs.
Choate, Joyce S., Ed. – 1993
This book of 16 chapters by various contributors is intended to assist teachers to translate theory into practical classroom strategies for mainstreaming children with disabilities. It includes guidelines for the detection of 101 special needs and more than 1000 corrective strategies. Chapters have the following titles and authors: "Teaching All…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Teaching, Disabilities
Readings on English as a Second Language for Teachers and Teacher Trainees. Second Edition
Croft, Kenneth, Ed. – 1980
Thirty-five articles on teaching English as a second language are presented under the following headings: (1) "Trends and Practices," (2) "The Matter of Errors," (3) "Second Language Acquisition," (4) "Speaking and Understanding," (5) "Reading and Writing," (6) "Vocabulary," (7) "Testing," and (8) "The Matter of Culture." Authors include Clifford…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Adult Students, Affective Behavior