Since science fiction imaginatively explores the future, technology, and the human role in problem solving, it lends itself to the development of a process-oriented curriculum. Students may participate in planning, executing, and evaluating a study of science fiction, while they may learn through process goals to deal intelligently with change--a…

Language arts teachers cannot handle the problems of the disadvantaged children of the ghetto because they cannot understand the language of the children well enough to evaluate the abilities of the children or create activities which would improve the quality of language experience for the child. It is possible to provide language arts teachers…

Suggestions for enriching reading programs are divided into six categories in this booklet. Part 1, describing syllable work, recommends using syllable strips (rather than ordinary jigsaw puzzles), word groups, and student teams to work with unscrambling syllables. Part 2 suggests an activity for working with double consonant words, for example,…

This preliminary investigation grew out of the Project English study of written composition at the University of Georgia from 1963 through 1968. Toward the end of that project, attention was given to possible relationships between the quality of written composition and certain syntactic measures in student writing produced in schools using the…

This report describes the development and implementation of a process-oriented teacher education model for undergraduates in the area of reading/language arts, which stresses understanding of decision making for the classroom teacher. The historical development of the project is discussed, including: (a) conceptualization during the first year,…

The teacher-made materials in this booklet evolved from the needs and experiences of migrant children at the Children's Demonstration School at New York State University College of Arts and Science (Geneseo, New York). The games and visual aids assist students in the skill areas of alphabetic letters, spelling, phonics, punctuation, and word…

One of a series, the guide is concerned with the teaching of literature to gifted students in grades 1 through 3. An introduction discusses cognitive and affective domains, educational objectives, general statements about the gifted, and selected teaching approaches. Literary and interpretive skills are considered in terms of an introductory…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into sections: 1) listening, 2) speaking, 3) writing, and 4) reading. The sections on speaking and writing are further subdivided into units. A final section provides guidelines for evaluation of a local program. The guide is offset…

This handbook has been designed to serve as a resource book to familiarize teachers with the basics of nongrading. The opening chapter provides the general rationale, followed by a concise explanation of the philosophy and theory of nongradedness. Other chapters deal with the need for nongradedness and its implementation, the role of the teacher,…

This teacher-aid book discusses: (1) Setting the Creative Climate; (2) Description; (3) Writing Stories; (4) Writing Poetry; (5) Creative Writing Projects; and (6) Maintaining the Creative Climate. A short bibliography of works that are either folk tales or poetry is given. (DB)

Impressions, observations, and conclusions about the conference on the teaching of English at the University of York in England are given in this brief report. Among the conclusions reached by the British and American participants are: (1) of primary and immediate importance is the construction of a model for organizing effective language-centered…

Discussion in this paper is given to some studies and texts devoted to the study of general semantics, which is defined as the study of language operations in real human contexts with emphasis on the human consequences of these operations. Mentioned are (1) books by S. I. Hayakawa, Wendell Johnson, Irving J. Lee, and Stuart Chase; (2) lesson plans…

To obtain a definition of "listening," open-ended interviews were conducted which began with the question, "What do you do when you listen?" The results were sorted into four contrastive types: indirective vs. directive, unfocused vs. focused, distant vs. intimate, and no-feel vs. feel. From these, four listening personalities were conceptualized…

This book is an annotated list of curriculum guides in the language arts which have been recommended by the Committee on Curriculum Bulletins of the National Council of Teachers of English. The guides are voluntarily submitted to the committee for evaluation and review, and those selected best exemplify good curriculum planning and guide writing…

GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has five main sections; 1) comprehension skills; 2) attitudes and interests; 3) word recognition skills; 4) study skills; and 5) oral expression. Each section has sub-sections giving an overall description of the topic, a list of comprehension…