Ways to follow-up science activities based on picture storybooks are discussed. The term "literature web" is used to name the method detailed for integrating science with fiction books. The web is seen as a resource guide for future use that helps resolve time dilemmas for science instruction. (MP)

Describes how students can be encouraged to draw upon their imaginations and upon their observations of and speculations about the outside world to write their own short fiction. (AEA)

Examines significant factors in the teaching-learning process which appear in Arthur Conan Doyle's fiction about Sherlock Holmes. These processes include deduction, memory, specialized knowledge, perception, emotional control, and divergent thinking. (Author/KC)

Discusses the works by six contemporary American novelists that illustrate the current state of "physics fiction." The discussed examples of physics fiction ranged from the fluent and frequent inclusion of the casual, to the elaborate systems of physics metaphors. (GA)

Concludes that too often secondary school and public librarians merely accumulate works of fiction as they appear on the market rather than develop fiction collections. Librarians should use bibliographic aids, patron suggestions, and critical reviews to identify and purchase books to truly develop a collection. (RAA)

Reflects on a number of topics relating to science fiction, including the power of good science fiction to spark imaginations and provoke serious thought, the role of women in science fiction, childhood experiences that stimulated the author's thought processes, and the author's experiences as a science fiction writer. (ET)

Explains why the American views of optimism and progress are impediments to the teaching of literature. Tells how the teaching of tragic fiction can help students deal with important philosophical and aesthetic issues. (RL)

Lists Korean works of fiction and autobiography, as well as resource books for students and teachers. (JT)

An annotated bibliography of children's books dealing with Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovakian-Americans. (HOD)

Describes the best short films produced since September 1979. Groups the films under the headings family life, fiction, energy and environment, sports and leisure, and health and sickness. (RL)

Some 60 activities in language arts for use in the out-of-doors are described. Categories for these middle school activities include oral activities, factual writing, fictional writing, and poetry. (JC)

Describes a ten-week elective English course for seniors. (DD)

Describes a three-week minicourse designed to help students think about projected changes in human life over the next twenty-five years. (DD)

Describes one element of the reading act as it operates in time--how "good-enough" readers of complex fiction strike a personal balance between the need for momentum and the need for accountability to the text. Draws from protocols provided by 33 readers, from eighth grade to Ph.D. level, following two readings of a novel. (PA)

Argues against the common-sense view that children's literature dealing with the Jews in Nazi Germany is necessarily useful as an aid to studying the Holocaust. Finds a number of significant issues overlooked in the classroom. Discusses the novel "Friedrich" by H.P. Richter. (PA)