Explains the use of the personal anthology to stimulate wide reading and hold students accountable for what they read. Identifies strategies for and results of using the personal anthology in English instruction. (MS)

A Reading Buddy Program where high school and university students help junior high students who are having difficulty in reading is a method of improving reading skills and the students' self concepts. (JH)

Presents 21 student comments on the the one-semester individualized reading course in the Iowa, City, Iowa, public schools. (SW)

Reviews five books that help high school students select and gain entrance into a college. (ARH)

Maintains that free reading and film study constitute a powerful arsenal against the barriers reluctant student learners erect. Describes the successful use of both techniques with a class of seniors who had all failed junior English. (SR)

Discusses the difficulties connected with preparing students to read "the classics" for pleasure. (EL)

Presents the annual list of reading choices of approximately 350 tenth through twelfth graders from among newly published books. Shows that the most popular category for reading was contemporary realism. (EL)