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Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, Ca. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1980
One of a series of activity guides, this publication offers a variety of learning activities and resource materials to help teachers and students celebrate special days and events in autumn. The activities and resources are especially designed to develop communications skills of students in grades 4-8; however, they are easily transferable to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
White, Carolyn Beach – 1982
A modern language or communicative approach to teaching Latin on the secondary level is described. The traditional content of grammar and reading from classical literature is taught, but the aspect of Latin as a medium of communication is emphasized throughout the five levels of Latin instruction. On the elementary levels, each day's lesson is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Conversational Language Courses, Latin
Renaud, Marie-Paule – Francais dans le Monde, 1987
In a French course offered in a German university, students were required to develop, structure, write, rehearse, and present brief plays as a group language-learning activity. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Students, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Diven, William A. – 1993
This instructional text is intended as an alternate motivational guide to teaching English composition. It consists of the use of the question-and-answer, open discussion approach--resembling to some extent, the Socratic method. None of the program's units contain techniques for teaching the grammatical aspects of writing, but every unit…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. – 1998
Developed by classroom teachers during the development phase of Minnesota's Graduation Standards, this performance package is made up of locally designed assignments that, taken together, show whether a student has learned and can apply the knowledge and skills related to writing and speaking for a variety of academic and technical purposes. It…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Academic Standards, Class Activities, Communication Skills
Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Bakersfield, Ca. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1980
One of a series of activity guides, this publication offers a variety of learning activities and resource materials to enhance student recognition of American history, citizenship, and famous Americans through the observance of special days and events in the winter months. Lesson plans are provided to develop communications skills. The guide…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Intermediate Grades
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1991
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities where students become acquainted…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Battle, Mary Vroman – 1986
A study examined the effectiveness of a set of instructional activities designed to improve communication of university freshmen in standard-level, first-semester English through teaching interrelatedly the reading of prose literature and the writing of expository essays. Subjects, 24 typical first-semester freshmen, participated in the course,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cloze Procedure, College English, College Freshmen
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1993
Contributed by English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of literature and writing. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration and include activities in which students choose their favorite…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Educational Games
