Shows how writing business letters to companies can produce results and spur classroom interest in writing as well. (EL)

Suggests that by using the three approaches to writing the first poem--breath-grouping, prosepoetry, and the repeater--students will conceptualize and practice some of the possible forms of contemporary poetry. (EL)

Explains that guiding students to identify connotations of names chosen for fragrances can have a two-fold purpose: first, students may become more discriminating consumers; second, they may experience the sheer joy of language play, which produces a genuine and continuing interest in the operation of language. (EL)

Reviews Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die," pointing out the values of a courageous display of duty to others and to tasks at hand, and a vision that appreciates the natural order of life. (EL)

Describes experiences teaching advanced reading and writing at a school for juvenile offenders. (EL)

Shows how dwelling on a great poem will continually deepen one's sense of delight. (EL)

Conveys personal response to poetry. Ponders the mystery of learning and the relationship of literature to life. (EL)

Explains an approach to teaching American literature that begins by using regional materials to interest students in reading and then expands to include classical works. (EL)

Recommends writing about education for local newspapers in order to gain experience in finding a voice, meeting deadlines, and becoming aware of the community as an audience. (EL)

Explains how to interpret signals students send and how to deal with discipline problems by counteracting the harmful and predictable games that students play. (EL)

Presents a bibliography of fiction that may be used to discuss issues connected to emerging technologies. Themes explored are the meaning of progress, the political dimensions of technology, the relationship between technology and power, the relationship between technology and competition, and individualism, conformity, and anonymity in a…

Discusses problems with teaching English and advocates teachng descriptive grammar and linguistics, teaching the best use of language available, emphasizing vocabulary instruction, and selecting excellent poetry to study. (EL)

Reviews books of fantasy and science fiction for young adults. Points out that fantasy exercises the imagination, helps readers clarify genuine problems, and allows for escape from everyday reality at the same time that it generates hope. (EL)

Recalls childhood experiences with teachers and attempts to identify teacher characteristics that bring out the best in children. (EL)

Reviews science fiction films used in a science fiction class. Discusses feature films, short science fiction films, short story adaptations, original science fiction pieces and factual science films that enrich literature. (EL)