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| Voices from the Middle | 7 |
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| Gullingsrud, Miles | 1 |
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| Smith, Virginia | 1 |
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Peer reviewedAnzul, John – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Argues that students are capable of discovering a great deal about a poem simply by exploring their thoughts, ideas, and feelings instead of worrying about whether their analysis matches that of the teacher. Presents a "lively and insightful" discussion with a group of sixth graders on Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." (SR)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedMcCracken, Nancy Mellin; And Others – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Describes the classrooms of two middle-school science teachers, reporting what they have noted regarding gender issues in the classroom, and describing strategies they find to be effective in helping girls--and boys--resist the negative effects of gender-binding in the middle school years. Discusses gender issues in language arts and what can be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Females, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBishop, Marion – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Examines the pressures girls in classrooms face as they reach adolescence and experience cultural norms that encourage the silencing of a young woman's voice as she grows into adulthood. Looks that the journal's potential to save that voice. Explores how classroom journals can be structured to help girls nurture and grow their voices. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Class Activities, Females, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedShenk, Keaton – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Talks about the "writing from the heart" practiced in one sixth-grade classroom by students and teacher, for many different purposes. Describes instructional approaches that encourage such writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Attitudes
Peer reviewedSmith, Virginia – Voices from the Middle, 1994
Describes how one teacher worked with a learning-disabled sixth grader, who benefited from the opportunity to write about what he knew and cared about. (SR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 6, High Risk Students, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGullingsrud, Miles – Voices from the Middle, 1998
Discusses how a teacher of sixth- and seventh-grade primarily Mexican immigrants: (1) models being a second-language learner by working at Spanish; (2) provides an enjoyable school experience; (3) learns about students' culture and gives it respect; (4) seeks a detailed picture of where each English learner is academically; and (5) cultivates a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, Grade 6, Grade 7
Peer reviewedBarbieri, Maureen – Voices from the Middle, 1998
Describes how the author used writers' notebooks with her students (grades 6-8), all Chinese immigrants, to find and express their memories and dreams, to find meaning in their experiences of change and loss; develop voice and a sense of audience; develop fluency in English; and find a growing sense of control over their new language and their new…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Intermediate Grades
