Describes lesson plans in life drawing for gifted students of upper high school and college age. The sequence of seven activities includes drawing and then both contour and life drawing from a posed model. The goal was to help students understand the relationship between line and form. (CS)

Ways that elementary teachers with no background in computers can begin to deal with them are detailed. High school mathematics teachers and parents who work with computers are viewed as invaluable resource people. Samples of activity cards that introduce computers to students and/or teachers are included. (Author/MP)

Presents five individual lesson plans to help elementary students progress through the writing process, from establishing a climate for writing through observing to rewriting, polishing, and mechanics. Each lesson includes a reproducible letter to involve parents in their child's writing. Part two of this article will appear in February 1982.…

The head of the English department at a senior high school explains the organizational and curricular adaptations that have made their practice of mixed-ability teaching a success. Sample English lessons are described. (SJL)

Describes various possible lesson plans for French teaching. Various types of exercises are described and their practicality justified. Hints on method are given, and criteria for judging various categories of texts are explained. (IFS/WGA)

The author suggests that body movements natural to children can be an effective vehicle to help them develop an awareness of form, rhythm, tone color, tempo, and dynamics. She outlines two sets of such movement activities with songs, one for grades K-4, the other for grades 5-8. (Author/SJL)

Citing a lack of teacher preparation and available curriculum materials for art appreciation, the author proposes an art criticism/art history approach for the secondary grades. He outlines a sequence of operations modeled after Bruner's stages of perceptual decision making and presents a sample lesson plan. (SJL)

Significant difference in the types of activities planned and implemented in the development and culmination phases of lessons were found. Also, elementary and secondary student teachers differed significantly in the types of activities planned and implemented in the developmental phase of lessons. (Author/RL)

Presents a three-day unit designed to help adolescents identify their life-time goals, analyze how people show commitment to goals, and determine their personal commitment to their own long-term goals. (LRA)

Presents a variety of approaches to help students develop understanding and positive attitudes toward the complexities of electronic sounds. (Part of a theme issue on aspects of contemporary music.) (Author/SJL)

Completed projects, student essays, and teaching assignments provide valuable information about teaching performance. (Author/MLF)

A lesson plan for use in a college history course utilizes writings of Thomas Jefferson to teach students about historical perspective and credibility of evidence. (Author/DB)

This art lesson was planned with the intent of creating a secure environment by beginning with specific, stereotyped-directions for the whole class. From this directed introduction it was possible to produce very creditable and successfully creative individual results in an art class of 7- and 8-year-old deaf and brain damaged youngsters.…

Describing an outdoor oriented reading program designed for children (grade 5) with reading difficulties, this article presents 8 sample reading lessons for an alternative reading program. (JC)