Twenty-six lesson plans are presented for creative language activities leading to writing and art work. Each lesson includes a statement of teaching goals, resulting pupil experiences, materials needed, suggested stories, procedures, and extended follow-up activities. (AA)

The 12 model assignments presented in this booklet are designed to help secondary-level students become more skillful and knowledgeable readers and to encourage the appreciation of literature. Each assignment provides a general objective, a product that the student is to create, a list of concepts and skills necessary to complete the assignment, a…

Live specimens are necessary to the teaching of biology because observations of animals during lessons and outside the classroom exert a tremendous influence on a child's developing interest in biology and provide him realistic notions of the animals he studies. Exemplary lessons are provided. (Author/ND)

This is the seventeenth Spanish lesson in a regular series. It contains a passage from the writings of Pio Baroja. The exercises include questions on the passage and its vocabulary, exercises on the syntax of verbs, with emphasis on the subjunctive, translation exercises from English, and other drills. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

A cooperating teacher, drawing from experiences with student teachers whose lesson plans have failed, lists questions teachers should ask themselves to ensure that the learning activities they are preparing are appropriate and interesting. (SJL)

Outlines a type of lesson planning that serves to help teachers evaluate their success through the use of criterion testing for given objectives. Three key components of the system include a diagnostic pretest, a set of lesson plan cards, and a content outline. (JEG)

It is important that students become aware of the enormous impact that man has upon his environment and that they become concerned and participate in activities which will help them develop responsibile attitudes toward the natural world. Presents an ecology lesson and a conservation lesson with suggested teaching guides. (Author/RK)

Too many of our infants are deprived of mental stimulation in their first 5 years and haven't been talked to sufficiently to enable them to use language as a tool for thinking, a means of communication or an avenue of enquiry. Discusses a program designed to meet the language needs of preschool students. (Author/RK)

Presents a lesson plan designed to make students empathize with early twentieth-century native Americans as they draft a provisional statement of goals for the nation's first secular inter-tribal native organization, the Society of American Indians, founded in 1911. (Author/AEM)

Presents an art lesson for grades 4 through 6 based on the wooden sculpture entitled Daruma. Daruma was the founder of religion of Zen Buddhism. The lesson's goals are to introduce student to Buddhist legends and to cultivate respect for a culture different from their own. (BR)

Offers a collection of seven lesson plans and 33 activity ideas for the celebration of the Constitutional bicentennial. The lesson plans and activities span grades K through 12. (JDH)

Discusses an economics teacher's guide developed for North Carolina primary school teachers. Presents a sample lesson for second grade on the division of labor and specialization, which includes (1) teacher background information; (2) a vocabulary list; and (3) six suggested lessons. (GEA)

Describes two approaches--direct explanation and reciprocal teaching--for helping poor readers understand how the reading process works and how to study and learn from a text. Explains how to plan a lesson, and offers two samples. (MM)

Discussing the effects of unethical economic behavior on young people, Schug presents suggestions for teaching about the values that are deeply rooted in our economic system. Highlighting the concepts of private property and individual responsibilities, he includes teaching ideas and a sample lesson that deals with property rights. (GEA)

Describes a "Generic Model for Planning Expository Lessons" for improving the lecture--discussion method used by most history teachers. The model is based on a lesson format developed by John J. Patrick and Richard Remy and uses a five-step procedure employing a variety of approaches to expository teaching. (BSR)