Defends improvisational drama as a means of promoting creative problem solving and describes the author's experience as a creative dramatics teacher at an inner-city school. (DD)

Examines the ways Bruno Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment" may be used to teach children's literature and the effectiveness of Bettelheim's method of psychoanalytical criticism as a means of understanding fairy tales. (DD)

Describes a series of workshops for elementary and secondary teachers which demonstrated the interrelatedness of reading to language processes. (DD)

Examples of drills taken from "Drills to Improve Teaching Transcription" that may be adapted by a teacher using his own subject matter. (TA)

Describes the functions and functioning of a school-based language resources unit which is used to store books and nonbook material, to act as a teaching device, and to serve as a curriculum generator. (JM)

Discusses the production of photo essays (or slide/tape presentations) as a teaching technique with elementary school students. (AA)

Presents techniques for reading and writing poetry with intermediate grade children. (AA)

Specific techniques for encouraging the writing of poetry. (AA)

Suggests ways of studying women's biographies so as to provide young girls with appropriate role models. (DD)

Criticizes the teaching of formal, abstract grammar prior to sixth grade, citing its ineffectiveness in improving composition skills. Proposes the elimination of traditional grammar from the early curriculum, retention of instruction in language usage and spelling and emphasis on student practice in writing. (BF)

The elementary school curriculum should emphasize creative writing, but "creative writing" should include exposition and argumentation. (DD)