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Drama Activities that Promote and Extend Your Students' Vocabulary Proficiency.
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Alber, Sheila R.; Foil, Carolyn R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2003
This article suggests using drama activities to teach target vocabulary words to students with limited vocabulary development. It presents specific drama activities to implement when introducing new vocabulary, conducting guided practice, facilitating cooperative learning groups, and assigning independent practice. Suggestions are also offered for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dramatics, Elementary Education, Language Impairments
Fun and Effective Ways To Build Your Students' Vocabulary.
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Foil, Carolyn R.; Alber, Sheila R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2002
This article provides teachers of middle and high school students with strategies and recommended activities for vocabulary instruction. Specifically, it discusses teaching vocabulary through drama, semantic mapping, video technology, the Keyword Method, and active student responding activities. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Dramatics, High School Students, High Schools
The Write Way: Tips for Teaching the Writing Process to Resistant Writers.
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Marchisan, Marti L.; Alber, Sheila R. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2001
This article presents practical and specific strategies for helping students with writing difficulties become successful in each of the following stages of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. Recommendations include using visual images, modeling prewriting procedures, providing word banks, providing a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Peer Teaching, Proofreading
Recruit It or Lose It!: Training Students to Recruit Positive Teacher Attention.
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Alber, Sheila R.; Heward, William L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1997
Discusses the power of teacher praise and attention on training students with disabilities to recruit teacher attention. Describes types of students who could benefit from recruitment training, along with the skills and behaviors that can be taught. Provides strategies are provided for teaching recruiting skills. (CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Positive Reinforcement
"GOTCHA!" Twenty-Five Behavior Traps Guaranteed to Extend Your Students' Academic and Social Skills.
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Alber, Sheila R.; Heward, William L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1996
The principle of "behavior traps" to change student behavior is explained, and examples of 25 such "traps" are suggested. The "traps" lure the child into a "success circle" of increasing positive knowledge and skills. Examples include incorporating student interests in heroes, special interests, and clubs into curricular activities; utilizing…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education