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Graves, Michael F.; Liang, Lauren Aimonette – Middle School Journal (J3), 2008
In the past five years, at least a half dozen major reports have focused on adolescent literacy and providing adolescents with age-appropriate instruction. What is age-appropriate instruction for middle school students? As recent reports on adolescent literacy, such as those of the Carnegie Corporation and the ACT make clear, age-appropriate…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reader Response, Adolescents
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Suhor, Charles – English Journal, 1991
Argues the importance of the relationships among silence and literature, the arts, and other experiences that point toward transcendence. Suggests that English teachers can expand the repertoire of classroom activities and teaching techniques that make use of silence. (KEH)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, English Curriculum, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Rouse, John – College English, 1983
Argues that the teaching method instructors use to present poetry--direct/indirect, analytic/subjective, or reader focused/text focused--is influenced by the kind of relationship they wish to establish with the students. (MM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Literary Criticism
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Glazer, Susan M. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
This article reviews literature supporting the relationship of emotional factors and success in reading and writing activities, outlines physical and language behaviors that indicate emotional involvement with success or lack of success in comprehension, and presents strategies that help children understand what they need to do to read and write…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Learning Strategies