Presents annotations of 12 items from the ERIC database which demonstrate that journal writing can be an effective tool for teaching reading and writing at elementary and secondary levels. (RS)

Discusses ERIC materials that deal with the relationship between reading and writing and offer suggestions for ways to integrate the two activities. (FL)

Focuses on keys to managing a mastery learning model of instruction. (AEA)

Addresses theoretical and instructional aspects of the reading- writing relationship at the middle school, high school, and college levels. Presents annotations of 14 journal articles, books, workshops, and other material (published between 1991 and 1994) from the ERIC database on the topic. (RS)

Although reading and writing exist only in relation to each other, writing plays little or no role in the usual instructional approaches to reading. Mostly, reading is taught as a sequence of discrete skills, which is ineffective since it accommodates the analytic reading style to the exclusion of global, kinesthetic, and auditory styles. Reading…

Discusses a number of issues pertaining to handwriting instruction, including how it is taught, when it is taught, and whether special paper and pencils should be used with beginning writers. (FL)

Provides an annotated bibliography of seven recent reports and conference papers concerned with the role of literature-based learning and instruction in reading and writing. (MG)

Presents annotations of eight journal articles (published in 1995 or 1996) on making the reading-writing connection in the classroom. (RS)

Provides a brief review of research concerning the relationship between reading and writing, and of instructional strategies suggested by that research. (AEA)

Reviews materials from the ERIC system and other sources on providing natural learning situations in which reading, writing, speaking, and listening can be developed together for real purposes and real audiences in the self-contained elementary classroom. (HTH)

Discusses the concept of emergent literacy, summarizing several theories and studies on children's early experiences with reading and writing. Examines the implications of this research for beginning reading and writing instruction. (MM)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 12 research articles, all related to reader response theory and its applications to the English classroom. (HB)

This annotated bibliography contains 30 references and provides resources to understand the theoretical foundations of reader response--a literary theory that is currently gaining increasing attention in literature instruction. The bibliography ranges from 1982 to 1989 and is divided into four sections. The first section, "Teaching of…

This guide takes an eclectic approach to literacy training, that is, it allows the instructor to select those materials and methods that best fit the needs of individual learners. It includes a definition of the target population which will include adults who are nonliterate, preliterate, semiliterate, and those who are literate in a non-Roman…

Examines ERIC materials that discuss the integration of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills. (FL)