Presents responses from 22 teachers on activities used to increase student awareness of language usage and language patterns and to heighten student appreciation for specific works of literature. (RL)

Offers advice to prospective teachers on what to expect from students and how to maintain discipline in the classroom. (RL)

Describes ways in which English teachers can capitalize on the natural response of teens to music. (RL)

Compares instructions for taking a ninth-grade achievement test to the reality of the conditions in which the test was actually taken. (NKA)

Reports the highlights of the first year of the National Study of Secondary School Writing, which provides new information about secondary school writing instruction. (RL)

Games and dramatic activities can help students explore their personal responses to literary works.

Looks at Shakespeare's tragedy through the eyes and words of an English teacher's secondary school students. (NKA)

Describes a method of peer group teaching that stresses group responsibility and awareness of goals. (JL)

Describes a junior high class activity called the "International Language Census," in which international students learned each other's equivalents of "good morning" and "thank you." Notes that non-American students who were socially isolated grew less shy and became occasional centers of attention. (JG)

Advocates the effective use of videotapes of classic novels in the English classroom to stimulate interest, motivate learning, and enrich curriculum. Since only a limited number of full-length novels can be read in a survey course, some can be viewed instead, and the number of novels studied can be increased in this way. (NKA)