Provides an overview of "A Language for Life," the Bullock Report, and discusses some of its more important features that have implications for American language arts teaching. (DD)

Describes the contents of three books which resulted from the University of London's Writing Across the Curriculum Project: "Understanding Children Writing,""Understanding Children Talking," and "Writing and Learning Across the Curriculum 11-16." (DD)

Describes a technique for stimulating student interest in poetry by having each student use multisensory approaches to show classmates the value of a favorite poet. (DD)

Illustrates how writing exercises involving epitaphs may be used to teach brevity, restraint, and lucidity. (DD)

Suggests several strategies for developing students' social awareness and moral thinking by encouraging sensitivity to audience in their writing. (DD)

Discusses the impact of television and the other mass media in terms of the relationship between figure and ground and the relationship between the hemispheres of the brain. (DD)

A defense of the study of the humanities in light of the back-to-basics movement. (DD)

A rationale for expanding the interdisciplinary study of scientific principles in the English classroom. (DD)

Suggests ways to develop English courses dealing with the effects of science. (DD)

Includes a description of an American studies course for grade eleven and a world history/English program for grade nine. (DD)

Describes a course incorporating the study of science and literature. (DD)

Presents activities designed to bridge the gulf between scientific culture and literary culture. (DD)

Describes a program of half-hour, lunch period, dramatic productions staged by high school students. (DD)