Grounded in the best current knowledge, this book shows how to implement response to intervention (RTI) in middle and high school contexts. Detailed guidelines are presented for teaching reading comprehension, vocabulary, and other aspects of literacy across the content areas, and for providing effective interventions for students who require…

This teacher-friendly guide is packed with motivating lessons designed to improve the content learning and literacy skills of English language learners (ELLs) in K-8. Offering research-supported strategies that teachers can implement immediately, the book explains how to use content-area texts to support ELLs' growth in five crucial areas:…

"The Science of Everyday Life" provides the foundation for an introductory course for pupils from 12-16 years of age. It presents information about a large number of physical phenomena that the authors consider most important for boys and girls, whether they continue in school or drop out to enter the several vocations. It is organized…

This article offers a guide to introduce Shakespeare's plays and his life. All it takes are five days in the library media center; some student handouts; plenty of resources, both print and online; some word processing software; plus a little patience and flexibility. Students complete a timeline, a paper and a cover sheet, all of which can be…

Suggests a way to introduce abstract art to junior high school students who, more than students of any other age, emphasize realism both in their artwork and in their appreciation of works of art. (Author/SJL)

Maintains that students between 12 and 18 are capable of discussing great works of philosophy and explains how a teacher ought to lead seminars on these works. (JM)

Describes a simulation game suitable for junior and senior high school students in history classes. The objective of the game, entitled "War or Peace," is to help students understand that similar events can be interpreted differently by different people. An exercise in writing history follows introduction of the game, explanation of rules, and…

Maintains that students need certain basic data about Africa if they are to appreciate and understand developments there in the present and future. Suggests, with this objective in mind, some cognitive ideas that might be reasonably expected to be understood and retained by middle schoolers. (Author/DB)

Outlines a drama lesson, based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, designed to develop characterization through the use of role playing. (PRA)

This junior high school level curriculum guide on drug education is a revision of a 1981 guide. It is one of nine sequential guides for elementary and secondary teachers and administrators designed to prevent drug misuse and abuse through combined cognitive and affective development. The affective model upon which this curriculum is based has…

This textbook is third in a series of three volumes presenting a mathematics course for junior high school and six-year high schools. This volume covers college-preparatory algebra, trigonometry, and demonstrative geometry. [For Book I, see ED623224. For Book II, see ED623225.]

This document presents a series of vignettes (or mini-case studies) which describe specific media-related activities which have been implemented with primary, intermediate, and junior high school students. The vignettes are, for the most part, presented in the teachers' own words, and provide ideas for using both print and nonprint materials to…

The author describes how character wheels can be used to produce writing and literary analysis exercises for adolescents. The character wheel describes a character, an object, or a concept six ways: (1) physical description, (2) thoughts, (3) behavior, (4) speech, (5) setting, and (6) reaction of others. (CH)

Directions are given for making comprehension guides to help students comprehend word problems. Samples for two problems are given, and uses are discussed. (MNS)

Activities are proposed which are designed to aid the development of formal reasoning processes in middle and junior high school pupils. It is felt the materials presented can be easily adapted by an instructor to many audience levels. The puzzle format is designed to increase student motivation for participation. (MP)