Examines the influence of teachers, age, sex, and race on the reading preferences of third, fourth, and fifth grade pupils. Concludes that the tested variables do explain differences, but that there are more similarities than differences. (RS)

Describes ten practical ideas for classroom teaching at the elementary level, including "roulette" writing, story map raps, and theme cubes. (MM)

Describes Fiction Finder, a microcomputer program which retrieves children's fiction by subject, reading level, interest level, sex of protagonist, length, and a brief annotation. Programming issues described include editing of entries, adding new titles, arranging output alphabetically by author, individualizing the system, simultaneous operation…

Discusses the role of the English teacher in teaching reading. Concludes that successful instruction is comprised of interaction between students and the teacher, sound methods, and appropriate materials. (FL)

Argues that by introducing young children to books that portray parents in positive images, teachers can provide a source from which children can view the world positively. Includes suggestions for selecting books that portray parents. (HOD)

Explores some of the issues raised when teachers are committed to giving students choice over the literature they encounter and over the ways they respond to it. (HOD)

Examines how Alan Durban's rewriting of Shakespeare's plays changes the meanings and beauty of the original works. (CRH)

Discusses how fantasy books can be used in the classroom to provide exercises for the imagination, to allow students to see themselves more clearly, to allow them to escape, and to generate hope. (CRH)

Discusses the appeal of adolescent novels and the debate over whether to include them in the curriculum. (CRH)

Describes a program designed to build a literate environment to meet the strengths and needs of Job Corps trainees. (AEA)

There is nothing in the theory of language teaching which prescribes that communication skills need be acquired through any specialised context in order to be used in that context. In the teaching of scientific English, not only scientific topics but a whole range of motivational stimuli can be tapped. (Author/CFM)

Describes a study conducted to determine college student preferences for reading in the study of French. Recommendations are made on the premise that individual interests should be taken into consideration in selection of reading materials. (AM)

The students of the targeted sixth grade class exhibited low standardized test scores in reading. Despite many efforts, this problem reached a crisis point in the fall of 2001, when the school as a whole placed at the bottom of the district on the state standards test, which was taken by this group of students in the spring of their fifth-grade…

Common reading programs are becoming a ubiquitous component of first-year experience initiatives. Sometimes controversial, these programs are designed to provide students an introduction to the intellectual expectations of college in an often-informal gathering of college faculty and peers. Yet, truly dynamic and successful programs move beyond…

This book offers a framework called Learner Support to help teachers, grades 1-6, identify and support children who need extra help in their reading development. During 15-minute, one-on-one sessions using real literature, teachers learn to help struggling readers use reading strategies, incorporate sight word review, complete cloze procedures,…