Describes an end-of-year assignment in which students, working in groups of three, prepare a program of literature for oral interpretation. (SR)

Investigates factors contributing to instructional planning decisions of 274 randomly selected Alabama secondary school teachers. Draws conclusions from Teacher Planning Questionnaire responses and testing of null hypotheses. Experienced teachers were influenced more than inexperienced teachers by facilitating student learning factor. Teacher…

Experienced elementary classroom teachers and substitutes discuss planning ahead for a substitute teacher, suggesting a substitute folder which includes any information to be relayed and a substitute activity bag containing lessons and activities. Games and activities that can be adapted for any grade level are described. (SM)

Describes an in-house instructional development process designed to enhance curriculum documentation. Highlights include front end analysis; establishing a Curriculum Review Advisory Board that includes an instructional systems designer, management personnel, and subject matter experts; use of the objective worksheet; use of the lesson plan form;…

Describes Instructor's Plan (IP), a computer-based expert system that was developed for preservice and inservice school teachers to use for creating effective lesson plans more quickly and easily. Components of the system include instructional design principles, instructional strategies based on specific learning conditions, and eight levels of…

Describes the structure and activities of a thematic, episodic creative drama for third through fifth graders, which was part of a schoolwide project to celebrate Hispanic culture through the arts. Presents objectives, procedures, and materials needed for all nine sessions of the activity. (SR)

Presents five interdisciplinary lesson plans for kindergarten and grades two, four, five, and eight, along with evaluation procedures. Shows how drama can be integrated into the regular academic curriculum, successfully meeting not only Illinois Fine Arts Goals, but also state goals in the sciences, language, arts and social studies curricula. (SR)

Describes a 14-day activity which has proved successful with both beginning and advanced theater arts groups. Emphasizes coordination of music and action, problem solving, decision making, cooperative work with other students, and the ability to aesthetically mold music and movement into one theatrical experience. (PRA)

Provides a curriculum unit using the novel "Fahrenheit 451" to provide student-centered activities based on solid pedagogical methodology. Emphasizes value-centered analysis of the novel, comparison of alternative arguments, and integration of cooperative learning activities. (PRA)

Discusses the salience imbalance hypothesis as a description of the nature of metaphorical comprehension. Presents the Salient Characteristic Analysis Technique (SCAT), an instructional technique to assist students in comprehending metaphorical text. Offers a sample lesson. (SR)

Discusses a five-day Holocaust lesson based around Robert O. Fisch's memoir "Light from the Yellow Star: A Lesson of Love from the Holocaust." Describes class activities as students responded to Fisch's artwork, to his narrative text, living history, living prejudice, and genocide. Concludes that the memoir is an invaluable testimony and…

Presents an activity exploring the process by which satellite imagery is produced. (MKR)

Describes an assignment in which students sharpen their punctuation skills by arranging poems without punctuation in a prose form with appropriate punctuation. Suggests using the poetry of a fictional character from Don Marqui's "archy and mehitabel." (TB)

Offers a series of related approaches to teaching poetry and helping students to overcome their phobia of it. Suggests that students gain from discussion of vocabulary, the poem's speaker and his or her perspective, and word choices in the poem. (TB)