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Perrin, Robert – English Journal, 2007
Robert Perrin emphasizes the active and playful power that can be discovered from specificity of language. Students observe the impact carefully chosen words have in their daily lives by examining names of products and colors used for particular contexts and audiences, as well as names given to inventions, highlighting the vibrancy of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Vocabulary, Semantics
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Crovitz, Darren; Miller, Jessica A. – English Journal, 2008
To "help students think carefully about specific words and their uses," Darren Crovitz and Jessica A. Miller conceive a diagram that visually expresses the spaces and ties between words. Students eagerly explore contextual connotations and defend subtle shifts in word meaning, discovering how time, use, and circumstance all influence meaning.…
Descriptors: Semantics, Concept Mapping, Instructional Materials, Cues
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Probst, Robert E. – English Journal, 1972
Correlation of a film to a work of literature helps students develop greater sensitivity to each, and a sharper awareness of the relationship between the two. (Author)
Descriptors: Films, Repetitive Film Showings, Semantics, Skill Development
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Figgins, Margo A.; Johnson, Jenny – English Journal, 2007
Students' relationships with language are likely to change when they are permitted to play with it, but teachers must construct multiple classroom situations for experimentation, and thus change, to take place. Margo A. Figgins and Jenny Johnson give several ideas for how to foster wordplay among students, describing use of eponyms, word…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Educational Games, Play, Teaching Methods
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Hassett, Dawnene D.; Schieble, Melissa B. – English Journal, 2007
Dawnene D. Hassett and Melissa B. Schieble contend that literacy instruction must include attention to the multiple ways in which print and visual images work together. They propose ways to update accepted reading strategies "with visual texts and new literacies in mind." Using examples from picture books and graphic novels, they expand our…
Descriptors: Semantics, Novels, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Strategies
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Nathan, Norman; Berger, Allen – English Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Poetry
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Wisniewski, Jeanine G. – English Journal, 1990
Argues that students must be attuned to the fact that language serves those who are in power and excludes those who are not. Describes an exercise demonstrating this arrangement that uses a simple "degrees of meaning" list. Notes that students realize that linguistic rules are only as strong as those who impose them. (RS)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Secondary Education
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Roen, Duane H. – English Journal, 1978
Describes how to use the "Make a Wish" television series to stimulate student interest in the art of playing with language; includes a sample of student writing based on study of the series. (DD)
Descriptors: Commercial Television, Course Content, Creative Writing, English Instruction
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Burroughs, Robert S. – English Journal, 1982
Offers examples of texts and assignments that reinforce an appreciation for the importance of context in the study of vocabulary. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, English Instruction, High Schools
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Caccia, Paul – English Journal, 1991
Describes the use of language analysis and speech-act categories (declarations, assertives, directives, commissives, and expressives) to deal with meaningful classroom concerns, thereby enabling the teacher and students to work more effectively together. (KEH)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Language Patterns
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Nelson, G. Lynn – English Journal, 1974
English teachers do not take their subject--language--seriously enough; command of language is what students need to find themselves and cope with the forces of society. (JH)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language Ability, Language Instruction