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Bryan, Mary Anna; Agee, W. Hugh – 1979
Results of a survey of 165 high school students' responses to 100 poems were analyzed and compared to the poetry preferences of elementary school students in a similar study conducted by Ann Terry in 1974. The results showed that humorous and narrative poems appealed to a wide age range. Four of the five most popular poems in the high school…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students
Download full textPrice, A. Rae, Ed. – AAWCJC Journal, 1980
A collection of essays, book reviews, conference reports, poetry, and prose is presented. The collection first provides excerpts from articles and poetry presented at the Rural American Women (RAW) conference. Among other topics, these articles consider a vocational training program for economically disadvantaged women in eastern Tennessee; a…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Programs, Feminism, Financial Support
Fisher, Carol J.; Natarella, Margaret A. – 1979
Fifteen classes of first, second, and third grade students in five Clarke County, Georgia, schools listened to poems and rated them on a three-point scale. Five of these 15 classes also participated in the study's second phase, which measured responses to the same poems after some poetry and related extension activities. Analysis revealed that the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, English Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Listening Habits
Stanford, Gene; And Others – 1978
This publication includes 27 essays by English teachers on the central theme of activating passive students. Each essay describes a specific successful classroom strategy for involving students in doing English rather than in simply absorbing it. While the approaches are diverse, several concepts appear frequently, such as asking students to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Arts
McCracken, Marlene J.; McCracken, Robert A. – 1980
An approach to teaching reading and writing through the use of children's books, poetry, and songs are described. It is suggested that reading be taught by presenting in chart form the words that already have been remembered orally in song, rhyme, or story, such as "Polly Put the Kettle On" or sections from the "Little Red…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Language Acquisition, Language Arts
SMITH, MARGUERITE – 1968
THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO SPANISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS IS A CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX TASK. IN ORDER TO PLAN AN ADEQUATE CURRICULUM, THERE MUST BE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL OBJECTIVES TO BE MET. FOUR FACTORS WILL INFLUENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OBJECTIVES--THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, THE SCHOOL, AND THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Cultural Interrelationships, Curriculum
Peer reviewedLong, Maxine M., Ed.; McCleary, William J., Ed. – The English Record, 1981
The seven major articles in this journal issue are devoted to literature and to literary analysis. The articles deal with the following topics: (1) collapse and regeneration in Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself," (2) freedom and identity in "Invisible Man," (3) the character of St. John Rivers in "Jane Eyre," (4) integrating poetry study and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Drama, English Instruction, Literary Criticism
Barker, Muhammad Abd-Al-Rahman; And Others – 1977
This is the second of three volumes intended to be used as pedagogical materials in advanced Urdu courses at Western colleges and universities. An optional set of tape recordings and an optional set of 35mm slides accompany the three-volume work. Volume II includes the translation and commentaries (where needed) of all the verses presented in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Barker, Muhammad Abd-Al-Rahman; And Others – 1977
This is the first of three volumes intended to be used as pedagogical materials in advanced Urdu courses at Western colleges and universities. An optional set of tape recordings and an optional set of 35mm slides accompany the three-volume work. Volume I contains the Urdu texts of the selections, plus a section of exercises. The work of 34 poets…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Ullmann, Rebecca – 1973
A resource kit for French instruction at the advanced secondary level is represented by a teacher's guide. A specific area of French-Canadian "pop" music is introduced to students of French as a second language. In order to acquaint students with aspects of this type of music, four French-Canadian "chansonniers" are discussed:…
Descriptors: Biographies, French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Shapiro, Jon E., Ed. – 1979
The purpose of this publication is to present methods designed to develop a greater awareness of the affective domain and to examine the way children's literature and poetry is used at school and at home. The 12 articles provide information about the following topics: developing an awareness of attitudes, examining approach-avoidance behaviors in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bureau of Curriculum Development. – 1968
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OVER 350 SUGGESTED READINGS IN THE LITERATURES OF AFRICA, CHINA, INDIA, AND JAPAN WAS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE USE OF NON-WESTERN LITERATURE IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. WORKS WERE SELECTED FOR BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTRY, FOR HAVING LITERARY MERIT ACCORDING TO THE CANONS OF THE COUNTRY, AND FOR HAVING…
Descriptors: African Culture, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Biographies
Schullstrom, Faith Z. – 1974
This pamphlet includes a variety of suggestions and activities to stimulate language and thereby increase students' control over their environment and their lives. Although many of these activities can be used with elementary students, the emphasis in this collection is on language stimulation among secondary school children. The first section…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Educational Games, English Instruction
Lynnfield Public Schools, MA. – 1967
The two volumes of this sourcebook are designed for elementary teachers to help encourage children's creativity. The volumes offer activities and suggestions for language arts teachers who are interested in a variety of approaches to helping children appreciate poetry; do elaborative thinking; understand generic and specific words; understand…
Descriptors: Child Language, Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Educational Games
CANLIT, Toronto (Ontario). – 1975
As a result of a study of the situation of Canadian literature in Canadian high schools and universities, this course was developed to provide teachers with useful information about Canadian literature. Included in this kit are sections on Canadian literature (the great debate about the importance of Canadian content), history and sources…
Descriptors: Canadian Literature, Drama, Fiction, Higher Education
