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Tracy L. Coskie; Kristine Nugent-Ohls; M. Michelle Hornof – Middle School Journal, 2025
Writing groups have the potential to be positive academic communities, but often become problematic spaces where students go to get their writing "fixed." In this article, the authors draw on literature from peer response groups as well as social justice pedagogies to explore how teachers might develop these groups as spaces for student…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Writing (Composition), Clubs, Writing Instruction
Andrei, Elena; Ellerbe, Marcie; Kidd, Brenda – TESOL Journal, 2019
This study looks at the reflections on successes and challenges of an English language arts (ELA) veteran teacher on teaching writing to two newcomer English language learners (ELLs). The research questions are as follows: (1) What does the veteran ELA teacher identify as challenges and successes in her reflections on teaching writing to two…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, English Teachers, Writing Instruction, English Language Learners
Svanes, Ingvill Krogstad; Klette, Kirsti – Education Inquiry, 2018
This study examines teachers' instructional practices during seatwork in primary Norwegian Language arts classrooms. Although seatwork is a common activity in classrooms, our knowledge about what teachers actually do during this activity is limited. In this qualitative study, six teachers in third grade primary school were videotaped while pupils…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Arts
Louisiana Department of Education, 2020
ELA Guidebooks is an English language arts curriculum for core instruction. Made by teachers for teachers, the guidebook units ensure all students can read, understand, and express their understanding of complex, grade-level texts, ensuring their readiness for college or a career. Each text collection has a shared idea and contains authentic texts…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Core Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum
Chapman, Thandeka K.; Hobbel, Nikola; Alvarado, Nora V. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
In the English language arts classroom, social justice is a way to increase students' abilities to articulate their experiences, critique their world, and address those identified issues with subsequent action. Teachers who practice social justice education cultivate student voice through class activities, readings, assignments, and assessments…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Class Activities, Language Arts, Personal Narratives
Massey, Lance – English Journal, 2011
As a teacher of Bowling Green State University's English 3810, Grammar and Writing, the author is charged with teaching future language arts teachers how to teach grammar so that it actually helps their students become better writers and communicators. Because such teaching rejects the ineffective but time-honored drill-it-and-kill-it approach, in…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grammar, Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods
Rose, Suzanne M. – Voices from the Middle, 2011
When asked to discuss their middle school language arts classes, talented eighth graders identified concerns and made suggestions for their teachers. Students voiced desire for choices in selecting reading materials, writing topics and genre. They preferred having extended periods of time to engage in reading and writing activities, rather than…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 8, Middle Schools, Middle School Students

Spaulding, Cheryl – Language Arts, 1995
Defines and discusses the concepts of empowerment and motivation, and clarifies the relationship between them. Shows how language arts teachers can take advantage of both in developing more effective classroom practices. Gives examples of motivationally sound practices from the domain of writing instruction that might also be construed as examples…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts

Willinsky, John – Language Arts, 1985
Offers half a dozen methods for "publishing" or sharing students' written work. These include reader's theatre for students' poetry, medieval manuscript illumination, and computer graphics. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
Male, Mary – Writing Notebook, 1989
Outlines the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) program, a sequenced and structured reading/language arts program used by elementary level students at Bracher School in Santa Clara, California. Describes several cooperative reading and writing activities used in this program. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education

Perrin, Robert – Exercise Exchange, 1999
Describes eight assorted activities, all based on the use of almanacs, that offer high-interest activities developing skills which students can use in other, later work--activities that can be interspersed throughout the year during those unplannable days that occur at the ends of units, on days before breaks, or when everyone needs a break from…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts, Secondary Education
Ediger, Marlow – 1992
Writing is a fundamental skill for students to develop. A learning environment should be in evidence which assists students to achieve more optimally in writing. Writing activities should be interesting, purposeful, meaningful, and provide for individual differences. Students need stimulating learning opportunities involving a variety of purposes…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Glover, Mary Kenner – 1999
Written for elementary school teachers who want to help their students delve into poetry, this book grows out of a comparison between gardening and writing poetry. Students at the alternative school founded by the book's author work and play on a plot of land near the school; inside, they work and play with words and imagery. Many examples of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Gardening

Language Arts, 1983
Brief essays discuss (1) a teacher's discovery of the difficulty of the writing process, (2) various methods of writing instruction that are still only a part of the whole, (3) the difference between children's writing at home and at school, (4) a method for teaching poetry, and (5) a fifth-grade book writing project for first-grade students. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Family Environment

Matz, Karl A. – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes class activities for the primary grades based on Margaret W. Brown's book "The Important Book" which connects reading and writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Language Arts, Primary Education, Reading Instruction