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Brown, Lee Ann – Teachers & Writers, 1999
Describes a 10-week workshop at an alternative high school in New York City that explored how words come into a language and that involved students in writing their own reference books of words not yet in any dictionary (their "personal dictionaries"). Contains a 22-item annotated dictionary source list. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dictionaries, High Schools, Language Usage
Kiester, Jane Bell – 1993
This teaching guide is built around a method (called the "Caught'ya" method) of teaching grammar and mechanics with humor. The guide contains story ideas and three sets of 100 Caught'ya sentences, as well as a chapter which discusses specific ways to use the Caught'ya at home. Following an introduction, the guide is divided into the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar
Peer reviewedSneed, Don – Journalism Educator, 1985
Describes a journalism writing assignment in which students compile a specialized style manual with computer and business terms. (HTH)
Descriptors: Business, Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCarpenter, Carol – College English, 1981
Offers research topics and three class activities designed to explore the implications of sexism while building reading and writing skills. (RL)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, College English, College Freshmen
Markus, Sharyn – 1981
Designed with junior high school students in mind, the activities in this booklet are offered as ways to stimulate interest in writing using as little as ten minutes of class time. The activities are arranged in six sections: (1) developing observation skills and paying attention to details; (2) word play, descriptive words, and word collections…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Convergent Thinking, Creative Writing
Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1992
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of writing and literature. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities in which students write family newspapers…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1990
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities where students improvise dialogue…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1989
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration by helping students learn to tell stories from pictures,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1988
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration with such activities as designing and carrying out…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Cortland, NY. – 1980
Designed for use within language arts programs as well as in the content areas, this handbook provides a continuum of activities for developing writing skills in grades five through twelve. The activities, arranged according to a diagnostic grid sheet provided for evaluation of student progress, offer practice in perception of task (point of view…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1993
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of literature and writing. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities in which students choose their favorite…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Educational Games
Watson, Dorothy J., Ed. – 1987
Intended to provide elementary school language arts teachers with new and interesting teaching activities, this book contains over 100 teacher-tested classroom activities that are based on the whole language approach to learning. Chapters discuss the following: (1) a world of language in use; (2) literature points the way (including themes and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education
