Provides background information on characteristics common to all insects, activities, and student materials (ready-to-copy games, puzzles, coloring pages, worksheets, and/or mazes) which describe: how insects are classified; how they are different from other animals; and the main insect characteristics. Activities include recommended age levels,…

Presents background information and activities that focus on how birds are classified, how they are different from other animals, and the main characteristics of the class "Aves." Activities include an objective, recommended age level(s), subject area(s), list of materials needed, and procedures. Two ready-to-copy pages with bird illustrations are…

Describes a college reading program designed to increase interest in recreational reading. Students write expressive responses to individually selected articles and discuss them in small groups thus transforming reading from a private to a social act. (SRT)

Describes experiences teaching advanced reading and writing at a school for juvenile offenders. (EL)

Using data from 14 weeks of participant observation, this study examines three kindergartners' behaviors during common beginning literacy activities (i.e., copying and free composition). Results focus on the children's understanding of how written symbols and orally read messages are related and have implications for the use of teaching…

Describes how sixth graders of Kings Park, Long Island discovered their town and its natural history and ecology then produced a book. (ERB)

A learning disabled teenager with vision and language impairments learned to read in a summer session using microcomputers in creative writing. The teacher emphasized his interests in selecting reading materials and stressed the ability to relate concepts verbally. (CL)

Interviews Ron Padgett, editor and writer, about his attitude toward editing, his views on allowing students to edit writing, and his experiences with having his own writing edited. (DF)

Notes that poetry writing can be a natural and interesting part of the language arts curriculum. Offers an approach to teaching poetry to intermediate grade students that leads them to accept and like poetry. (FL)

Describes students' discovery that it was easier to reveal painful or private feelings when using a poetic persona. (MM)

Describes students' assumptions about the nature of literature and presents teaching strategies to counter these assumptions and engage students in creative and analytical writing appropriate to a range of literature courses. (MM)

It's small and inexpensive but complete. A prime-time attraction for your TV-oriented students. (Editor)

Proposes a technique for guiding French language students in creative writing exercises. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Provided are 33 ideas for incorporating science topics into a creative writing class. (SL)