Summary
Contents
Subject index
Provides a clear and succinct introduction to teaching the language arts to elementary students
Key Features
- Focuses on integrating the six language arts—reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing—with other subject areas
- Provides guidance on differentiating instruction to bring out the best in the rapidly growing number of students with special needs and English language learners in the regular classroom
- Includes a detailed lesson plan in each chapter along with instructional activities and techniques to integrate the language arts across all the subjects in the elementary curriculum
Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries!
Student Resource CD: Bundled with the book, this CD includes video clips and discussion questions that correlate with important chapter concepts.
http://www.sagepub.com/donoghuestudyWeb-based student study site
This interactive study site provides practice tests, flashcards, chapter summaries, links to NCTE/IRA and state-specific Language Arts standards, and much more.
Instructor Resources on CD: Available by contacting SAGE Customer Care at 1-800-818-SAGE (7243), this CD for instructors offers resources such as lecture outlines, PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and sample syllabi for semester and quarter courses.
Intended Audience
This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate courses in elementary language arts methods, which teaches pre-service teachers and licensure/certification candidates specifically how to teach their students the basics of the six language arts — reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing.
Creative Drama
Creative Drama
It was Piaget (1962) who first concluded that language development goes through three stages: an actual experience with an object or action, a dramatic reenactment of that experience, and vocabulary that verbally represents the entire generalized idea. Based on his constructivist theory, drama is a natural part of the development of human language and thought. Long before children can even speak, they are able to communicate effectively through dramatic means, and play becomes their primary learning activity. Vygotsky (1986) with his social interactionist perspective agreed that activity is the chief force behind the development of human language and thought. Consequently, the use of drama in the elementary classroom underlies a social constructivist approach to language learning while simultaneously providing an effective way ...
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