Examines interactive reading as a technique for applying the findings of recent brain research to the reading process. Describes a method of interactive reading that requires students to relate their concepts, knowledge, and experiences to print and to practice language arts skills while creating an individual and personal picture book to share…

Discusses the interacitonal function of language. (FL)

Attempts to demonstrate that, in children's writing, emotion is communicated more effectively when it is expressed through words signifying a person's attitude towards some specific object or external situation, than it is by verbal reports on either his own internal feelings or his empathic identifications with the feelings of others. (Author/RK)

By applying futures research approaches educators are able to reject demands and/or claims based upon simplistic visions. They can, therefore, make more realistic curriculum revisions in planning communication skills programs that will benefit students in the future. (Author/RK)

To land a new position 3,000 miles away, Janet developed a special type of resume that was focused on her skills and not on former job titles. (Author)

The large increases in journalism school enrollments are reported and accompanying problems in student writing ability examined. Faculty members who would like to polish writing styles are being misused in spending time correctly basic errors in syntax and spelling. (Author/LBH)

Discusses the competency-based writing program developed at Harper College. Each student proceeds at his/her own pace utilizing slide-tape shows, rhetoric texts, and supplementary materials to learn composition skills. (DC)

The purpose of the High School Graduation Qualifying Examination (HSGQE) is to determine student competency in the areas of reading, English, and mathematics. The HSGQE provides this information in the form of test scores that reflect the essential skills that students should know as a result of their public school experience. The requirement to…

This study investigates the impact of America's Choice on student writing performance in Georgia. The analyses in this study focus on the change that occurred during the first year of implementation, the 2001-2002 school year. Two research questions guided these analyses: (1) What effect did Georgia's Choice have on the writing scores from the…

Intended for primary teachers, this resource guide provides explanations of the theory underlying successful writing workshops, plus practical help for putting the ideas to work. With the guide, teachers can see how to implement writing workshop; how to recognize and teach target skills such as organization and revision; and how to enhance writing…

This paper aims to refute the idea that the best means of helping students learn to write is by "correcting" every error in their writing. The paper provides a guide to an alternative that works and that can relieve teachers of the burden of paper-grading. It hopes that the strategies outlined may make teaching composition "fun and exciting." The…

In this article, I focus on a review of the existing research pertaining to the use of word processors in K-6 writing classrooms and the effects of technologies on students' writing ability. As integrated as technology appears to be in today's curriculum, the effects of using word processors for writing enhancement, instruction and practice…

In this unit of work, the children will continue to learn about the features of playscripts, through reading and analyzing a play and writing a play based on a narrative. In the course of learning how to interpret and write stage directions, the children will apply their knowledge of adverbs. In the discrete work on vocabulary and spelling, the…

This issue addresses the linguistic equalization of men and women in Switzerland. It features articles in four languages (French, German, Italian, and Raeto-Roman), providing an overview over Switzerland's four linguistic regions, new perspectives, and work in progress. The articles include issues such as the "masculinization of the German…

To write cohesively means doing many things at once--wrestling with ideas, balancing form and function, pushing words this way and that, attending to syntax and diction, and employing imagery and metaphor until a coherent message emerges. Though full of promise, student writing typically lacks cohesion, and the question is whether the fault lies…