This writing exercise book, designed to accompany the Defense Language Institute's Chinese-Mandarin Basic Course, consists of step-by-step illustrations for copying 825 characters in the Chinese writing system. [Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document.] (AMM)

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers ideas on using the daily newspaper to teach vocabulary and writing to students on any level. Suggestions include using a "word of the week" to teach word meanings, uses, and roots as well as how words can be used in a sentence; listing vocabulary words on bulletin…

This is a collection of the best articles in the "DGWS (Division for Girls and Women's Sports) Gymnastics Guide" from 1963 to 1972. Included are the current Federation of International Gymnastics rule interpretations from the 1972-74 Gymnastics Guide. The articles have been edited to conform with the new rules and regulations from the Federation…

Three films were produced to serve as instructional aids in teaching the rhythmic gymnastic skills of performing with clubs, balls, and hoops. The content of the films was determined with the aid of specialists in rhythmic gymnastics. To evaluate the films as aids to instruction, 170 women enrolled in elementary physical education courses were…

This collection of papers presents many practical procedures for improving secondary school instruction in the several content areas. Topics included are principles and procedures in corrective reading, diagnostic techniques, the role of a reading consultant in the content areas, the use of writing to help poor readers, corrective reading in the…

A total of 360 boys and girls from first through sixth grade were randomly selected and tested with an instrument developed in the Tacoma Public Schools to determine: (1) differences in physical skills and fitness performances of pupils who received the services of an elementary physical education specialist and pupils who had not; and (2)…

Guided by the belief that free writing is something that must be learned in order to do it, the teachers and writers who coauthored this book discuss and suggest ways of learning to write and of teaching writing. Interspersed throughout the book are exercises for the reader; they must be done by the reader/teacher who hopes to teach writing.…

An assignment to write a comment in less than fifty words encourages conciseness and precision. (JH)

Discusses a writing exercise in which students are asked to describe a painting and analyze their response to it. (TJ)

Exercises in sketching a scene of words, focusing, describing elemental structure (using comparison, contrast, analogy, and antithesis), and sketching and writing about still-life arrangements can heighten students' awareness of sense impressions and lead to improved writing skills. (TJ)

Describes a writing exercise in which students write letters to a variety of people. (TJ)

Describes an exercise that encourages writing by students. Each student is given a limited amount of time to write about anything that comes to mind, the papers are redistributed and a second student adds to what has been written, a third student adds more, and a fourth student writes a conclusion. (TJ)

A successful coeducational gymnastics course suitable for secondary school students and (with modifications) for younger groups is described. The course is organized for 40 to 50 pupils, with instruction in vaulting, even and uneven parallel bars, horizontal bars, and balance beam. (MJB)

Teaching and testing writing can be structured so that the student progresses through a number of stages involving copying and developing sentences from: nonprint visual stimuli, manipulation of the printed word, visual stimulus by means of word completions, and oral stimuli. Sample exercises and evaluation formula are presented. (SW)