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Peer reviewedRosenberg, Ruth – Exercise Exchange, 1984
Discusses word games and activities that encourage students to use dictionaries and alternate forms in their writing. (HTH)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Enrichment
Kiester, Jane Bell – 1993
This teaching guide is built around a method (called the "Caught'ya" method) of teaching grammar and mechanics with humor. The guide contains story ideas and three sets of 100 Caught'ya sentences, as well as a chapter which discusses specific ways to use the Caught'ya at home. Following an introduction, the guide is divided into the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar
Steffey, Marda Nicholson – ABCA Bulletin, 1984
Presents a writing assignment that requires lawyers in a technical writing class to address the needs of a client who is unhappy with a lawyer and with the language used by the lawyer in a legal document. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Language Usage
Van Dongen, Richard – Insights into Open Education, 1984
A child's literary experience may be "stretched" through extension activities such as reading aloud, discussion, writing, art, music, and drama. While any planned activity can be overused and work against the intent of furthering the child's literary growth, there are many valid ways of offering the child opportunities for savoring and reflecting…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Language Patterns
Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1992
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of writing and literature. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities in which students write family newspapers…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1990
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities where students improvise dialogue…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1989
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration by helping students learn to tell stories from pictures,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
Contributed by high school English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Activities described in the first section of the booklet focus on language exploration--specifically examining variations in pronunciation, definition, and…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
Contributed by high school English teachers from across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Activities described in the first section of the booklet focus on language exploration and include familiarizing students with dictionary information,…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1988
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration with such activities as designing and carrying out…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1983
Focusing on ways to teach language intelligently and enjoyably, this journal issue contains 23 articles dealing with a variety of topics. Article titles and authors are (1) "An Experiment: Immersing Students in Language" (S. C. Kirby); (2) "The Art of Storytaking" (J. Charnock); (3) "Getting Poems from the A-poetic" (J. W. Broaddus); (4) "Using…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English, English Instruction
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1993
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of literature and writing. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities in which students choose their favorite…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Educational Games
Kaufmann, Felice A., Ed. – 1987
Contributed by high school English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration with such activities as examining the…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English Instruction
