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Smith, Ronald E. – English Journal, 1985
Uses complaints leveled against English teachers in l912 to support three points about the crisis in literacy: (1) the "writing crisis" is not new, (2) teaching basics will not solve crisis, and (3) solution to problem should be based on what is known about history and theory of composition instruction and about successful and unsuccessful methods…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education

Rosch, Sue-Ann – English Journal, 1986
Describes a three-week unit with disadvantaged students in an alternative school called "Outsiders: Literature and Life," which focused on experiences of alienation, involved reading "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton, and culminated in the production of a magazine of student-written oral histories. (EL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Activities, Economically Disadvantaged, English Instruction