Suggestions and specific teaching techniques for language growth adaptable to the classroom. Lists activities stressing language skills to encourage communication. (DR)

To become an integral part of the school program, local resources must be identified, documented, and cataloged at the school or district level. A form for collecting data and sample activities and ideas for using these community resources in interdisciplinary social studies/language arts courses in the elementary grades are presented. (RM)

Examines the various roles which grammatical consciousness can assume in the planning stages of a language teaching syllabus. Gives examples of learning activities that can engender unconscious awareness of crucial aspects of language organization. (EKN)

Describes the technique of death visualization, used in teaching death and dying to university students and hospice workers. Visualization helps increase sensitivity to the states of mind of the terminally ill and their families. Group discussion is suggested as a follow-up to the experience. (JAC)

Argues that the use of brainstorming sessions in a journalism public relations course can help to stimulate creative ideas. (HOD)

Reports on the use of a campus newspaper column to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the writing of journalism majors. (HOD)

Encourages the incorporation of nutrition education in the preschool by offering a conceptual framework, increasing awareness of current classroom practices, and providing suggestions for nutrition activities within major curriculum areas. (MP)

Describes an instructional technique for expanding children's vocabulary that embodies the principle that learning involves relating new experiences to what is already known. (FL)

Writing can be a fun and rewarding form of self-expression for gifted students. Some specific writing activities which can provide enrichment include recording, in detail, visual observations; making observations about a specific topic (such as television shows or some other subject the students have experience with); and recording personal…

Describes the activities used by a teacher of English as a second language in Japan, including summarization and storytelling. (HTH)

Suggests sources of information, including books, maps, and slides, and teaching methods and activities to use in teaching ancient Roman history to secondary students. (Author/CK)

Considers how elementary school classroom teachers can employ exploration methods (gathering, evaluation, and synthesis of data related to a specific topic) to help students develop readiness for intellectually complex problem solving. (Author/DB)