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Conklin, Hilary G.; Daigle, Elizabeth – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2012
This research examines the preparation of middle grades social studies teachers by investigating opportunities for learning in 2 social studies methods courses in distinctive teacher education pathways: a specialized middle grades program and a secondary social studies program. The findings suggest that, although both methods course instructors…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Social Studies

Richardson, Judy S. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Presents an excerpt from Katherine Neville's best-selling novel "The Eight," and discusses how the excerpt could be used in a mathematics class. Includes possible class activities and reading and writing assignments. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Fiction, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Aloud to Others

Tensen, Tracy Anderson; And Others – English Journal, 1996
Presents three brief essays that discuss approaching traditional literature (Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," Mark Twain "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales") in imaginative ways in high school English and vocational/technical classrooms. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, English Instruction, Novels
Marshall, Jody; O'Flahavan, Leslie – 1995
Inviting students to look, explore, and think, this booklet offers practical ways for teachers to use museums--in particular, the artworks, artifacts, collections, and other materials they contain--as a basis for secondary students' writing. If taking students on field trips is not feasible, educators can adapt most of the activities in the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Museums, Secondary Education, Teacher Role
Pressnall, Bob – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1995
Describes one teacher's difficulty in getting his eighth-grade students to revise their writing. Discusses his successful use of writing "skeletons" to help define what revision is and to teach a structure for one type of revision. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education, Writing Assignments
Melton, Rob – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1998
Offers an overview of advertising as it relates to student publications. Discusses what advertising is; what the consumer wants; the buyer and seller; creating a selling strategy; basic building blocks; advertising art; and text. Describes basic guidelines for designing an ad, outlines some assignments for students, and notes a few things not to…
Descriptors: Advertising, Assignments, Class Activities, Journalism
Collom, Jack – Teachers & Writers, 1999
Describes two word games useful in secondary writing classrooms: "illot-mollo," in which freewriters announce words they just wrote which the other members must use in their subsequent freewriting; and "secret" in which students each write a secret (usually made-up) and then put them into a hat--students then pull out a secret and write about it.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Free Writing, Secondary Education

Lambert, Michele – Exercise Exchange, 1999
Describes a writing assignment in which students read only the first two paragraphs of Charles Dickens's novel "A Tale of Two Cities" and then, after some brainstorming and prewriting, write a paragraph or two modeled on those, explaining the confusion and turmoil of the present day. Notes how Dickens's expressions become more familiar…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Literature Appreciation

Beidler, Peter G. – Exercise Exchange, 2000
Describes three assignments the author uses when teaching Chaucer (suitable for college or college prep high school classes) in which students learn what iambic pentameter is by writing two rhyming couplets, a ten-line conversation in rhyming couplets, and a creative project of at least 25 rhyming couplets, all in iambic pentameter. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation

Mitchell, Diana; Ross, Amy; Reissman, Rose – English Journal, 1997
Presents three brief articles written by teachers that 1) describe a collection of approaches that utilize newspapers and magazines as the "excellent teaching tools they are"; (2) plunge students into critical analysis through the use of advertisements in magazines; (3) present ideas on how to teach students to create writing prompts…
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, Newspapers, Periodicals

Morrow, Susan R. – Exercise Exchange, 1997
Provides an assignment for a business communication or a public speaking course from junior high to college level. States a minimum of three oral presentations are necessary for the assignment encompassing an announcement of the awards competition, the voting process and incentives for winning an award, and the ceremony held on the last day of…
Descriptors: Assignments, Business Communication, Class Activities, Higher Education
Kearns, Nancy J. – Indiana English, 1994
Describes Ken Macrorie's I-Search paper system as an alternative to the traditional research paper. Explains the process of creating an I-Search paper step by step. Emphasizes the importance of the editing process. Concludes with a list of steps to become a writer, and the importance of acknowledging that an I-Search paper is a team effort. (PA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Higher Education, Research Papers (Students), Research Skills

Rhoades, Lynn – Clearing House, 1994
Discusses 10 brief lessons using the daily newspaper that can add a variety of interesting and worthwhile activities to the English classroom. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Newspapers, Secondary Education

Hewitt Julia – Exercise Exchange, 2000
Describes how the author and her high school English students begin their study of Thoreau's "Walden" by mining the text for quotations to inspire their own writing and discussion on the topic, "How does Thoreau speak to you or how could he speak to someone you know?" (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Reading Writing Relationship

Parks, Ruth – English Journal, 1987
Describes a two-week English project in which ninth graders read "La Boheme" in translation, studied it as a drama, listened to arias, and finally watched a videotaped performance of the opera. (JG)
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, English Instruction