Designed primarily for the use of language arts teachers in the secondary schools, this inservice resource booklet provides a consistent emphasis on developing and strengthening skills in functional and creative writing. Following an introduction, the booklet presents a brief guide for the inservice leader, and a self-corrective test for teachers…

Based upon the concept that each step in the development of an educational program for students is directed toward a known goal, this detailed curriculum guide provides program goals, grade and course level objectives, and learning outcomes in language arts for kindergarten through grade 12. The prefatory section of the document briefly presents…

This kit contains 16 comprehensive activity modules that elementary and secondary teachers can use to introduce students to a wide range of population trends. The modules may also be used to introduce these trends to citizens in the community. Each module includes: (1) recommended educational level; (2) curriculum area (science, social studies,…

The teaching activities presented in this paper introduce elementary pupils to illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, and, in doing so, integrate art and language and also provoke interest in history. The paper provides references, tells how to produce an illuminated calendar page (including getting background information on the history of…

Described is Project Possible, presented as a part of a six week science and language arts course for eighth grade students and designed to investigate new or underdeveloped alternatives to present energy use. (PEB)

In response to increased violence, bullying, and anti-social behavior among young people in our schools and on our streets (Akiba, M., LeTendre, G., Baker, D., & Goesling, B., 2002; Leming, 1996; Males, 2001; Pellegrini & Bartini, 2000; Smagorinsky, 2002; Tendero, 2000), advocates of character education have proposed and instituted a…

For Spanish-speaking children, simple stories in Spanish, told in a natural language suitable for their age, are not only entertaining, but a means of developing vocabulary and concepts. Non-Spanish-speaking children, too, need exposure to more language than they can understand word for word. However, the simple stories for the Spanish speaker…

In this publication the programs described serve local school districts, neglected and delinquent children in state institutions, schools for the handicapped, and the children of migratory agricultural workers and migratory fishermen. Most Title I programs were operated in elementary schools. Reading, mathematics, and language arts were the most…

Young children use poetic language naturally in that they express themselves through metaphors, colorful images, and unique word choice. Since this ability has often been repressed by the time children reach the middle grades, this article suggests classroom activities intended to stimulate children's natural poetic expression. These activities,…

This guide was developed to help students achieve the goal of the English language arts program of Kanawha County (West Virginia) schools--proficiency in language--through a continuous curriculum focusing on the skills of listening, speaking, reading, handwriting, spelling, observation, and composition. At the elementary level, the program begins…

This catalogue describes thirty-two education programs developed by the State Department of Education of New Jersey. They include programs that improve basic skills in mathematics and language arts, offer career education and guidance, enrich curricula, enhance classrooms, school, and district administration, and are designed to raise the levels…

This paper presents a case study of English-program articulation from kindergarten through college level, emphasizing David Krathwohl's taxonomy of educational objectives and inservice education programs developed jointly by departments of education and school districts. Using Krathwohl's sequence--receiving, responding, valuing, forming a value…

Part of the Grade Teacher Special report, "Linguistics and the Language Arts.

Intended for the language arts teacher, this book focuses on how to develop children's language skills. The opening chapter of the book presents a brief overview of child language acquisition, children's language abilities at a particular age, and how these abilities develop. The second chapter, on the importance of children's literature, is based…

The term "direct instruction" is often used by researchers and educators as if there were consensus regarding its meaning, when in fact, it covers a variety of qualitative differences. To test this hypothesis, two second grade teachers, each categorized as a proponent of direct instruction, were studied using descriptive techniques. The…