ERIC_NO:
ED308468
TITLE:
Language Arts Activities for the Classroom. Second Edition.
AUTHOR:
Tiedt, Sidney W.; Tiedt, Iris M.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1987
ABSTRACT:
This second edition of a text has been organized into a sequence that reflects how students learn language--from listening and speaking to reading
and writing. The book begins with an overview of the language arts and
the teacher's role in planning instruction. Chapters 2 and 3, "Listening
to Learn" and "Developing Oral Language," initiate the language arts program
because they begin at the students' level and give strategies that help
students become actively involved in their own learning. Chapter 4, "Words
and More Words," focuses on vocabulary development through direct instruction
and contextual reinforcement. The fifth chapter, "Reading, Literature,
and Children," reflects the recent model of reading as a meaning-making
process. Chapter 6, "Putting Words to Use," focuses on words again but
from the perspective of preparing students for writing. Chapter 7, "Children
Can Write," presents the various states of the writing process, with an
emphasis on getting ready to write. Accompanying the writing chapter is
Chapter 8, "Teaching Poetry." Chapter 9, "Language Arts in the Content
Areas," includes an argument for implementing all the components of a
language arts program. The last chapter provides a selection of resources,
including books and audiovisual materials. (MS)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Class Activities; Integrated Curriculum; Language Arts; Learning Activities; Oral Language; Vocabulary Development;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Classroom Environment; Elementary Education; Listening; Poetry; Reading Instruction; Reading Writing Relationship; Resource Materials; Teaching Methods; Writing Instruction;
IDENTIFIERS:
Content Area Teaching
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
010; 052