A revision of an earlier project, this curriculum guide is intended to function as a framework for districts and schools to build language arts curricula for grades kindergarten through 12. The introduction tells how to use the revision and contains a statement of purpose. It also includes instructions for how to use the revision in the school,…

Based on a coordinated aural-oral approach, this language arts curriculum guide was developed to teach Navajo students English as a second language. The design of the curriculum provides for longitudinal and horizontal movements to favor concept formation by inductive experience. The plan gears instruction to three instructional levels: low (the…

Developed for the purpose of providing Oklahoma teachers and administrators with objectives upon which a curriculum could be formed, this guide presents learner outcomes for students of grades one through eight. Each subject discipline is described in terms of its philosophy, learning objectives, and skill areas. Subject areas presented include:…

The contributors to this monograph have combined theatre arts theory and practice into brief suggestions for classroom teachers of language arts. The various sections cover the following areas: basic assumptions about teaching and studying theatre arts; pantomime, improvisation, and characterization; design and technology in theatre, including…

Twelve high school curriculum guides for English grammar, rated superior by a committee of the National Council of Teachers of English, were examined. An effort was made to define the grammatical position of each guide as agreeing with school grammar, scholarly traditional grammar, structural linguistic grammar, or transformational generative…

Designed to help Minnesota teachers implement five-year plans developed by the district Comprehensive Arts Program Planning (CAPP) committees to strengthen and advance arts programs for students, guidelines and worksheets are provided in this nine chapter manual. Chapter 1 provides an overview and outlines methods for using the manual. Chapter 3,…

This document describes the philosophy and courses of the curricular and co-curricular speech-debate-theatre program at Henry Sibley Senior High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The document begins with a brief introduction and background on the school and community, including socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic information, and…

This guide provides junior high school and senior high school educators with descriptions of specific techniques for teaching language arts skills, suggestions for planning units and elective courses in the language arts curriculum, and models for changing the English curriculum. Specific topics discussed in various sections of the guide are (1)…

Introduced by background information on all exceptionalities, the educational guide presents a general curriculum for use with the educable mentally retarded on a beginning and intermediate level. Areas of concern are language arts, arithmetic skills, social skills, and vocational information. The guide presents suggestions for games, specific…

Representing a team effort that included education professionals and community members throughout the state of Louisiana, this curriculum guide updates a previous edition that outlines the language arts skills, levels of instruction, and suggested classroom activities for instruction from kindergarten through grade six. Following a brief…

Designed to improve student achievement in the English language arts by engaging students in literacy standards, this draft document presents content standards and benchmarks that will help prepare North Dakota students for new complexities of work and social life. The document begins with a preface, a list of basic assumptions, and definitions of…

This guide is intended to assist curriculum committees and instructors by defining some existing problems in language arts curricula (K-12) and by offering insights into a few major curricula in use around the country. Sections deal with (1) reasons for and methods of effecting curriculum change, (2) requirements to be made of students, (3) the…

Designed to offer guidance to educators in creating a local curriculum guide (K-12), the four-part organization of this bulletin directs the curriculum planner "from need to intention, from intention to plans, from plans to paper, and from paper to practice." Among the topics covered are the conditions desirable for creating a curriculum guide;…

Prepared to provide direction, help develop instructional units, define skills and concept developments needed for new tasks, coordinate district language arts programs, and disseminate information to other professionals, this guide presents a kindergarten through grade 12 language arts curriculum. A foreword lists the guide's goals, and a…

Intended as a core curriculum that school districts and teachers can build on, this English curriculm guide for grades 7 through 12 has incorporated five curricular strands or expectations for secondary school English classes: (1) reading instruction will continue through the twelfth grade; (2) study and research instruction will connect…