During the years 1968-1971, the Computer-Assisted Instruction Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin has developed and implemented three major program designs for use in teaching English punctuation and usage. The initial design was a frame-by-frame approach in which each instruction was prepared by the author and coded separately. The…

Designed (1) to create an interest in the study of language, (2) to help students understand something about the characteristics of language, and (3) to show students that language is a system, Unit I of the Oregon Elementary English Project offers the following six lessons: "Are Animals Like Humans? compares human and animal communication;…

Addressed more to the working creative writer than to the literary student, this book is intended to be a collection of "hints, tips, provocations, and scoldings--all of it intended as tonic." The author, who writes from personal experience as a creative writer, attempts to share some of his speculative insights about the writing process and the…

This curriculum guide in language teaching for kindergarten through grade twelve is the final "strand" of a five part project in the English language arts. It was preceded by guides devoted to reading, composition, listening and speaking, and literature. The guide is designed to assist elementary and secondary school teachers in improving the…

Some problems of writing scripts for radio and/or television are discussed, with examples provided to illustrate the rules. Writing both fictional scripts and documentaries are considered. Notes are also included to help the freelance writer who wishes to sell his work. (RH)

Poetry is an important ingredient in the elementary school curriculum both for its intrinsic qualities and as a vehicle for other subject matter. Rhythm, rhyme, word choice and relationships are best seen and felt by children listening to poetry and, in later elementary school, reading poetry themselves. Children can be motivated to write too,…

To help teachers plan instruction in spelling, this book focuses upon spelling as a refinement of writing. The eight chapters of the books are: I. Spelling Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; II. What Words Should We Teach?; III. Techniques for Directing Effective Learning of Spelling; IV. Using a Spelling Textbook or Workbook; V. Spelling Games and…

GRADES OR AGES: 11-15. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are 12 sections: 1) introduction, including background material, key concepts, and overall objectives; 2) detailed program objectives; 3) speech; 4) listening; 5) writing; 6) reading; 7) viewing; 8) language; 9) sample units with background…

The Objective-Item Bank presented covers 16 sections of four subject areas in each of four grade levels. The four areas are: Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science. The four grade levels are: Primary, Intermediate, Junior High, and High School. The Objective-Item Bank provides school administrators with an initial starting point for…

Curriculum guides reviewed and recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Curriculum Bulletins during 1974, 1975, and 1976 are listed and briefly annotated. The list seeks to publicize good curriculum planning and guide writing in order to provide models for schools which are revising their own programs. In addition to…

The university professor who participates in inservice training may be either a stimulator, who conducts a particular type of program proposed and planned rather fully by someone else, or a consultant, who provides training in the processes of problem identification and solution within a general area. The former role demands extensive preplanning…

This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. This ecology unit has been designed to be used as an individualized reading program, the duration of which is about three weeks. The purpose is to help intermediate grade elementary school pupils become more aware of their natural world and their…

The chapters in this volume report new research evidence, review new concepts, and acquaint classroom teachers at the elementary level with the ideas of those most active in the field of linguistics. Discussion, which focuses on the relationships between linguistics and language arts, reading, spelling instruction, and the teaching of grammar and…

Describes unstructured assignments that spark student interest and creativity, and develop skills necessary for coping with the ambiguities of life. (RB)