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Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P. – Journal of Reading, 1977
Presents twelve activities designed to convince the student that reading can be fun and not boring. (JM)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Reading Instruction, Recreational Reading, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEpstein, Ira D. – Journal of Reading, 1977
Explains how newspapers published on students' birthdays can be used in the classroom to stimulate reading and suggests 25 learning activities using the newspaper. (KS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Newspapers, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNoyce, Ruth M. – Journal of Reading, 1981
Offers suggestions for differentiation of reading instruction based on Joseph Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model, which provides for general exploratory activities, group training activities, and individual investigations of real problems. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrichment, Gifted, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedDegler, Lois Sauer – Journal of Reading, 1978
Activities based on newspapers can help students to develop four reading-thinking skills--remembering, inferring, evaluating, and appreciating. (JM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning Activities, Newspapers, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1984
Contributors suggest ways to improve students' (1) content area reading, (2) notetaking, and (3) book reports. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Notetaking
Peer reviewedDavis, Susan J. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Describes a game using synonyms designed to build students' vocabulary by developing concepts for new words and by repeating exposure to the new words. (RS)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedNichols, James N. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Offers five suggestions for differing the format of the traditional book report. (MKM)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1982
Offers suggestions for ways to motivate reluctant readers, assign reading autobiographies, and prepare students for the SAT. (AEA)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Classroom Environment, Learning Activities, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedTaylor, Marilyn J. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Describes a self-instructional photo-study learning center on comprehension skills for remedial readers. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedGoldstein, Bobbye S. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Considers the use of cartoons for vocabulary development. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Comics (Publications), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedHaggard, Martha Rapp – Journal of Reading, 1982
Describes an integrated, holistic approach to vocabulary development. (AEA)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Learning Activities, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1990
Discusses the teacher's role, teaching strategies, and the use of newspapers when working with at-risk learners. Presents four techniques (involving three to five minutes of structured thinking about a topic) that help motivate at-risk learners and focus their thinking. (RS)
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Learning Activities, Newspapers, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMiller, Edith F. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes Book Dialogues, a teacher-student activity intended to help students learn to summarize, interpret, and evaluate materials they have read. (SR)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Rhonda Holt; Longman, Debbie Guice – Journal of Reading, 1985
Sniglets, a word game popularized by comedian Rich Hall, provide teachers and students with a break from the monotony of vocabulary drill by allowing students to make words of their own, practice inferential skills in developing and identifying the meanings, and learn how words are created and made a part of language. (HOD)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Postsecondary Education, Reading Games, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1982
Suggests a number of lesson strategies that can be used with junior high, senior high, and adult students including the use of coupons, file cards, reading games, and newspapers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Learning Activities, Newspapers, Reading Difficulties
