CALIFORNIA Lakeport Teaching the Language Arts in Lake County. Part II, Grades Tells how course was developed. Outlines interests and growth characteristics of youth. Includes interest inventories. Suggests speaking, writing, and listening experiences for pupil growth and lists out-of-school uses for language. Oakland The Language Arts Guide, Third Progress Report. Grades Seven Includes material on child growth and development, planning a unit, and "helps" for teaching reading, speaking, listening, and writing. Has section on learning aids, inexpensive materials, and use of community resources. Suggests ways to improve reading interests and appreciation. Outlines ways for identifying and teaching fast and slow learners. Describes how the guide was planned and developed. Pasadena Scope and Language Arts Goals for Children and Youth. This Scope and Sequence Chart lists goals by grade level for these areas: speaking, listening, handwriting, spelling, grammar, written expression, developmental reading and literature. San Francisco Classroom Practices in the Teaching of English. Prepared by the English Curriculum Committee 1950-52, San Francisco Unified School District, 93 Grove Street, San Francisco 2. 1952. (Out of print). Discusses goals in English for Grades 7-12, needs and interests of youth, resource and teaching units, centers of interest, communication skills, and evaluation. Chapters on usage and grammar and use of resource materials COLORADO Denver A Program in English. A Guide for Teaching the LANGUAGE ARTS Unit Contains a statement of philosophy, followed by a fully-developed sample resource unit for each grade and a list of unit topics for each grade. aims and activities are based on needs, characteristics, and interests of young people at different ages as well as on their language development. Includes chapters on spelling, handwriting, appraisal, common errors, and library services for reference purposes. Extremely helpful for those wishing to develop resource units based on interests and needs. FLORIDA Dade County Language Arts Curriculum Guide, Grades 7-12. Dade County Discusses content and preparation of resource units. Includes complete sample resource units for grades 7-12. Among the titles are Getting Acquainted with Faraway Friends, Telling Tall Tales, Americans A11, Weighing the News, and After School, What? The last unit includes valuable material on "The Armed Forces." ILLINOIS Chicago Teaching Guide for the Language Arts, Preschool through Junior Lists objectives of language arts and learning activities, according to stages of pupil growth. Teaching-learning activities are listed under: Essentials of Communication (reading, writing, speaking, listening), Suggested Integrated Units, Semi-Class Areas (extra-class, guidance, home room, etc.), Home, and Community. Illustrative units included for various grade levels. INDIANA Indianapolis The Language Arts, Junior High Schools, Grades 7 and 8, These bulletins include descriptions of characteristics, needs, and interests of junior and senior high boys and girls and separate sections on the teaching of writing, speaking, listening, reading, and literature. Desired outcomes and suggested activities are given for each language arts area. Appendix in each volume contains detailed charts showing sequence of abilities and skills in reading and literature, writing, speaking and listening, from kindergarten through grade 12. Also outlines a phonics program (grades 1-6) Bulletin No. 36 outlines a developmental reading program. IOWA Communication Series: English, Grades 9-10, State Department Introduction contains suggestions for teaching usage, grammar, spelling, and reading, Reflects modern view of language. Outlines units in English and speech. Communication Series: English, Grades 11-12. State Department of Public Instruction, Des Moines. September 1948. 85 cents. (10 or more copies, 75 cents each.) Life. Introduction contains suggestions for teaching usage, grammar, spelling, and reading. Describes a course for Twelfth Grade: Language in Contemporary Its aim is to develop language understandings and skills needed by adults today. The unit reflects current ideas about semantics and communication. KANSAS Guides for Oral and Written Communication in Kansas Secondary Stresses motivation and pupil-teacher planning for oral and written communication activities. Shows how literature may be used to stimulate language work. Presents well-rounded evaluation program. Also includes specific MARYLAND LANGUAGE ARTS. Planning for Effective Learning. Issued by the Gives bases and over-view of language arts program, plus a statement of principles, goals, skills, activities, etc. for the following areas: listening, speaking, reading, literature, writing, spelling, and handwriting. Includes scope and sequence charts for primary, intermediate, junior high, and senior high levels. Excellent sections on reading and language skills. Baltimore A Tentative Course of Study in English for Grade 10, 1948; First three volumes show bases for general objectives of secondary education and their relation to language arts objectives. Part One discusses aims and methods of teaching speaking, reading, writing, listening, grammar and usage, and mechanical skills. Part Two includes rich resource units with many suggested activities related to unit themes and topics. Units on Orienting Myself to High School, Finding Beauty in Language (10), Look at Your Language, Enjoyment Through Language (11), and Language Has Manners, Too (12) are excellent. Many other units are oriented toward literature and communication. MICHIGAN Battle Creek Tentative Guide for Teaching Language Arts Skills, Kindergarten Presents experimental skills-charts which suggest grades for teaching of functional grammar, punctuation, reading, listening, speaking, and other language skills. Those taught should be based on a diagnosis of individual needs. Further suggestions for use of charts are offered. Skills listed are based on research findings. MINNESOTA A Guide for Instruction in the Language Arts, Grades 7-12. Introduction discusses place of language arts in life, caring for individual differences, the problem of standards, the teaching of grammar and usage, the place of the library, the development of vocabulary and reading skills, and teaching the language arts in the unit program. Most of the bulletin consists of illustrative resource units for each grade from 7 to 12. Among the comprehensive units are: Becoming Acquainted with the School (7); Who Are Americans? (8); Understanding Ourselves and Others (9); Radio and Television (10); The Power of Language (10); The Role of the Press (11); Understanding World Problems through Literature (12); and Developing a Personal Philosophy (12). Duluth A Guide for Instruction in the Language Arts for Duluth Senior Suggests four resource units for grade 10; eight units for grade 11 (American literature); and six for grade 12. Also includes brief outlines for courses in debate, dramatics, speech, journalism, and world literature. Minneapolis Communication: A Guide to the Teaching of Speaking and Writing. $1.75. Describes good teaching practices in elementary, junior, and senior high school. Suggests learning experiences and indicates specific kinds of subject matter to be taught at different school levels. This guide reflects the modern viewpoint concerning grammar, usage, punctuation, communication, and related areas. MISSISSIPPI Communication Series, ENGLISH, Grades 7-12. Mississippi School Bulletin No. 145, State Department of Education, Jackson 106. 1957. Introduction sets up principles basic to whole English program. Part One consists of chapters on speaking, listening, writing, reading, and literature. For each of these areas, goals, diagnostic procedures, activities, a teaching approach, and evaluative procedures are suggested for grades 7-12. The chapter on reading contains many specific helps, especially for teaching word recognition skills. Part Two suggests emphases to be made at each grade level when teaching grammar and mechanics, spelling, writing, |