Provides a chart to be used with the Dale-Chall Readability Formula to simplify computation of readability level. (MKM)

Suggests standards for hiring reading specialists. (MKM)

Describes the use of a modified maze approach to teach why some words are more appropriate than others in a poem. (MKM)

Encourages the use of dramatization as a way of building vocabulary by showing the meanings of words in the context of experiences associated with them. (DD)

Indicates that the Rix modification of the Lix Readability Formula is easy to calculate, correlates highly with other popular formulas, and is useful for materials for grades 3 through 12. (AEA)

Provides a structured approach to analyzing literature, based on transactional analysis. (DD)

Explains how newspapers published on students' birthdays can be used in the classroom to stimulate reading and suggests 25 learning activities using the newspaper. (KS)

Presents material available for use that ties in reading and television and asks questions about the future of TV in reading instruction. (MKM)

Suggests free or inexpensive resources available for inservice reading programs. (DD)

Contributors suggest ways to improve students' (1) content area reading, (2) notetaking, and (3) book reports. (FL)

Presents a computerized readability scoring system that allows for the calculation and comparison of several formulas with no corresponding increase in teacher effort. (FL)

Suggests classroom activities to prepare students for reading. (DD)

Reviews research and informal experimentation on the use of the cloze procedure as an instructional tool to teach use of context. (MKM)

Describes the development and use of a listening guide to teach middle school students how to take notes. (RB)

Contributors present (1) a tactical approach to paragraph patterns and comprehension that can be used on all grade levels, (2) three objectives of an instructional framework, and (3) a plan consisting of two sequential hour-long lessons that are elaborated. (JK)