ERIC Number: ED373332
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1994
Reference Count: N/A
Activities for an Interactive Classroom.
Golub, Jeffrey N.
Focusing particularly on student writing, this book describes the principles of an interactive classroom and presents specific activities which adhere to those principles. Acknowledging that such classrooms require that the students feel comfortable with each other, the book details several activities that help to build a positive classroom climate. The book uses classroom vignettes to illustrate the characteristics of the interactive classroom--authentic communication; collaborative learning; and the teacher as designer and director of instructional activities, among them. Chapters in the book are: (1) Principles of an Interactive Classroom; (2) Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate; (3) Establishing a Classroom Community and Context for Writing; (4) Creative Writing Activities; (5) Descriptive Writing Activities; (6) Developing Voice and Tone; (7) Narrative Writing Activities; (8) Speaking of Literature; (9) Three Interactive Projects; (10) Computers and English Instruction; and (11) Talking on the Spur of the Modem. (NKA)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, English Instruction, Learning Activities, Reading Writing Relationship, Secondary Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 00465-3050: $12.95 members, $16.95 nonmembers).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Authoring Institution: National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL.
Identifiers: Interactive Teaching; Writing Contexts
Note: Foreword by Janet Emig.