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Davis, James E., Ed.; Davis, Hazel K., Ed. – Focus: Teaching English Language Arts, 1982
The 24 articles in this special journal resulted from the Licking County (Ohio) Writing Project. The articles provide information about the following: (1) how to motivate students and teachers, (2) prewriting activities, (3) lightening the teacher's grading load, (4) the uses of conferences, (5) sustained silent reading, (6) traditional techniques…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Prewriting, Student Motivation
Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1991
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 become acquainted…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
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
Lang, Frederick K. – 1985
The film, "Telling an Old Story" (part of the series "Writers Writing" that was coproduced by WNET and Learning Designs and televised by WNET in 1985), was integrated into college developmental writing classes and proved to be an effective strategy for the improvement of students' writing skills. The film was presented with the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Creative Teaching
