Describes an assignment to "write Hamlet's letter to Gertrude." (DD)

Teachers can increase students' involvement in literature and improve their skills in research and literary analysis by assigning each student to report on an author born the same day the student was. (DD)

Speed reading does not permit the deliberation needed to savor and appreciate literary craftsmanship. (DD)

Many students assessed as being weak in reading comprehension have no reading disability, but are being asked to read material above their language and conceptual levels of competence. (DD)

Describes how a group of ninth graders cooperated to produce a 28-minute sound-slide show based on Alan Paton's "Cry the Beloved Country." (DD)

Reviews research on how students' response to literature is influenced by teachers' questioning patterns and by students' personalities, cultural backgrounds, cognition, and growth and development. (DD)

Presents the results of a national survey of materials and activities used by high school English teachers. (DD)

Lists basic skills which high school teachers should acquire in literature, language, composition, non-print media, and the general English curriculum. (DD)

Suggests that democratic principles regarding competence, independence, cooperation, and rational authority should guide English teachers' work. (DD)

Discusses how stages of adult development might affect the attitudes and performance of teachers. (DD)

Suggests ways high school English teachers can improve communication with their students' parents. (DD)

Presents twenty techniques for individualizing and personalizing student writing. (DD)

Describes fourteen innovative high school English units dealing with such subjects as literature (e.g., "Nobel Prize Winning World Literature,""The Eskimo and His Literature," and "Women's Literature"), the mass media, and Greek mythology. (DD)

Vincent Wixon and Pat Stone suggest ways to adapt the Talk-Write approach to the teaching of writing so that it can be used in the middle school or junior high. (DD)