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ERIC Number: ED018410
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1968-Jan
Pages: 457
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS IN WISCONSIN, A SEQUENTIAL GROWTH CURRICULUM IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS FOR THE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWELVE.
POOLEY, ROBERT C.
THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE PRESENTS, IN REVISED AND CORRECTED FORM, THREE GUIDES PUBLISHED EARLIER AS EXPERIMENTAL EDITIONS--"TEACHING LITERATURE IN WISCONSIN" (1965), "TEACHING SPEAKING AND WRITING IN WISCONSIN" (1966), AND "TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN WISCONSIN" (1967). THREE MAIN DIVISIONS OF THE GUIDE PRESENT THE LITERATURE, SPEAKING AND WRITING, AND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS SECTIONS FOR THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH LEVELS. ELEMENTARY- AND SECONDARY-LEVEL BIBLIOGRAPHIES ARE INCLUDED FOR EACH SUBJECT DIVISION, AND AN INTRODUCTION AND TEACHING ILLUSTRATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH GRADE-LEVEL SECTION. THE LITERATURE DIVISION CONTAINS BASIC AND COLLATERAL READING LISTS FOR EACH OF THE FOUR GRADE LEVELS, AND MATERIALS CONCERNING THE USE OF THE LIBRARY IN THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE. THE DIVISION DEVOTED TO SPEAKING AND WRITING INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF MECHANICS AND OF SPEECH AND WRITING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS. SECTIONS FOR THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH LEVELS INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS OF SPEECH IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITTEN EXPRESSION, SPELLING AND MECHANICS, AND STUDENT AND TEACHER EVALUATION OF WRITTEN EXPRESSION. IN PRESENTING THE LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THE GUIDE PROVIDES DISCUSSIONS OF CONCEPTS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLASSROOM DIALECT, LANGUAGE PATTERNS, VOCABULARY, AND SEMANTICS FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS. THE JUNIOR HIGH LANGUAGE SECTION ALSO DEALS WITH LANGUAGE ORIGIN AND GRAMMAR, AND INCLUDES MATERIALS OF SPECIAL INTEREST AT THIS LEVEL. THE SENIOR HIGH SECTION ADDS USAGE, DIALECT STUDY, THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH, AND MATERIALS OF SPECIAL INTEREST. (THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR $1.75 FROM PUBLICATION ORDER DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 126 LANGDON STREET, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53702.) (RD)
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Authoring Institution: Wisconsin English Language Arts Curriculum Project, Madison.; Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison.
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