Describes a three-week "Introduction to Language" unit for seventh graders. Notes that students feel ownership of the unit because of the amount of choice and sharing involved. Describes the unit's mini-lessons: human language; origins and development of language; symbols and words; meaning in context; and growth and change in language. (RS)

Many teachers are creating learning environments where students' uses of reading and writing are inseparable and relevant to their daily lives. These teachers are supported by recent trends in language arts research, professionalizing trends in today's political climate, education programs modeling language unification, and enlightened educational…

The Los Angles County Office of Education developed the Educational Communications Network (ETN) to help implement English curriculum reform mandated by the California State Board of Education in 1987. ETN has become an electronic staff development distribution system using satellite-transmitted live and interactive inservice programing. (MLH)

Language teachers who turn their backs on grade-level designations, readability formulas, and highly controlled curriculum guides unlock the entire range of literature for exploration. These teachers teach strategies, not skills; they give time, not assignments; they illuminate experience instead of ignoring it; they encourage active participation…

Presents a brief annotated bibliography of books, periodicals, and other resources for teachers when incorporating computers into English/language arts courses. (MM)

Examines several factors limiting the implementation of the whole language approach, including mystification of the concept, lack of parent involvement, and overzealous implementation. Discusses ways to avoid these problems. (MM)

Describes how teachers can demonstrate love for their students. Relates anecdotes showing loving interactions between students and teachers. (MM)

Basic concepts and skills which can be included in a K-six career awareness curriculum are outlined, teaching techniques discussed, and examples of learning activities presented. Emphasis is on integrating career awareness into academic coursework. (IAH)

Interviews Joseph Papp, director and founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival. Discusses how to teach Shakespeare to high school students. (MM)

Relates the author's observations of her third- and fourth-grade class as they studied the history of language, inventing primitive languages as part of their study of early man. (MM)

A four-week third-grade class study of the Summer Olympics is described. Activities for studying the host and participating countries were incorporated through map, social studies, art, mathematics, and language arts activities. (CB)

Examines HyperCard materials (computer software used to build structures that create patterns and connections) specifically designed for English and language arts classes. (MM)

Describes an approach that adds literature and related activities to language arts programs. Emphasizes connections--between ideas in a book and ideas in students' heads, between what they are reading and what they are struggling to write, and among topics. (SR)

Identifies eight resources that help educators extend and enrich the literacy experiences of students through the weaving of drama, music, and the visual arts into responses to literature, writing, and other areas of the curriculum. (RS)

Describes the experiences of teachers (n=7) and science-oriented experts (n=20) involved in the Elementary Science Integration Project designed to promote science as central to cross-curricular studies. Results revealed the influence of teachers' scholarly and pedagogical orientations on the way they think about science-language-arts connections.…