The study questions on this one-page guide can be used in the history classroom to help students identify the important features of a historical document. The questions can be used as the basis of class discussion, or they can serve as a preliminary writing assignment before a major essay. (RM)

Expands the usual notion of critical reading from just the judgments readers make about the text to include judgments they make about their "reading" of the text. Describes activities to develop "executive" metacomprehension skills. (HTH)

In this article, the previous four major position papers presented in this journal are evaluated from several vantage points. These include the relationship of concept to process, the study of psychological phenomena with relation to adaptive performance and the problems of measurement of these phenomena. (Author/MA)

Argues that critical reading is educationally and logically distinct from functional reading and a disregard for this distinction and for the sequential primacy of functional reading decreases the efficiency of reading instruction. (Author/RB)

In this lesson plan, middle school students analyze the structure of a postmodern picture book to uncover how authors form relationships between words and illustrations. An online teacher resource explains the intent of the picture book "Black and White" and provides background information and suggestions for classroom discussion. During one…

After reading a novel as a group, students prepare a television talk show that uses the characters from the story as the characters on the show. Students develop interview-style questions and answers for a character in the novel, and then act out the interview in class. During ten to eleven 45-minute lessons, students will: examine a character…

When a class of lethargic college students showed no enthusiasm for their reading assignments in English class, one instructor turned to drama. She assigned a collaborative script, and the students' enthusiasm and motivation relegated her to a "pleasant oblivion." She thought that the novelty of the play genre might enliven the class,…

Research that has focused on ancient Indian rhetoric, a sub-category of Eastern rhetoric, has largely eschewed focus on the narrative paradigm as a theoretical guide. These narratives often enshrine didactic elements, contradictions, and mythic traits that often confound and inspire Western audiences. These archaic religious/philosophical texts…

Author cites philological grammar" as one of three ways of treating language. The other two approaches to language are traditional grammar and linguistic grammar or transformational generative grammar. Philological grammar stresses the art of reading. (DS)

A new theory of literary criticism is required to correct white misunderstanding of black literature. (IR)