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VARIOUS FORMS OF PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND EXPANSION, AND THE SINGLE-BASE AND DOUBLE-BASE TRANSFORMATIONS WERE INCLUDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS GRAMMAR REVIEW GUIDE FOR NINTH-GRADERS. THE REVIEW COVERED INDIRECT OBJECT VERBS, TRANSITIVE VERBS, DETERMINERS, DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES, IMPERATIVES, NEGATIVES, AND CONTRACTIONS AND WAS BASED ON THE STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES TAUGHT IN EARLIER COURSES. THE GUIDE INCLUDED WRITTEN EXERCISES AND EXPLANATIONS FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE REVIEW. THE TEACHER VERSION IS ED 010 830. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160 AND ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832. (PM)

FACETS OF GRAMMAR INTRODUCED BEFORE THE 10TH GRADE WERE FURTHER EXPLAINED AND AMPLIFIED IN THIS GUIDE FOR TEACHERS OF 10TH-GRADE ENGLISH. IN ADDITION, PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES WERE INTRODUCED, AND A REVIEW SECTION WAS INCLUDED. WHILE ADMITTING TO THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH DEALT WITH COMPLEMENTS, THE GUIDE SUGGESTED METHODS FOR HELPING STUDENTS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY. THE STUDENT GUIDE IS ED 010 832. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160 AND ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832. (AL)

A CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF "HUCKLEBERRY FINN,""DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE," AND FOUR SHORT STORIES WAS PRESENTED. THE SHORT STORIES WERE (1) "THE APPLE TREE" BY JOHN GALSWORTHY, (2) "THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND" BY H.G. WELLS, (3) "A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER" BY O. HENRY, AND (4) "A MYSTERY OF HEROISM" BY STEPHEN CRANE. THE GUIDE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, THEMATIC EXPLANATIONS OF EACH WORK, STUDENT QUESTIONS, TEACHING SUGGESTIONS, AND COMPOSITION TOPICS. THE STUDENT VERSION IS ED 010 821. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160 AND ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832. (GD)

THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR 10TH-GRADE STUDENTS DEALT WITH (1) 20TH-CENTURY LYRIC POETRY AND (2) THE COMPARISON BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND POETIC WRITINGS. A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION PRECEDED PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIAL IN BOTH SECTIONS. SUGGESTIONS, EXERCISES, AND COMPOSITION TOPICS WERE ALSO PRESENTED. THE TEACHER VERSION IS ED 010 820. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160 AND ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832. (GD)

A TEACHER VERSION OF A CURRICULUM GUIDE ON RHETORICAL REASONING PROCESSES WAS DEVELOPED. THE GUIDE INCLUDED TWO UNITS INVOLVING DEDUCTION AND PLAUSIBILITY. DETAILED LESSONS AND EXERCISES DEALING WITH ASSUMPTIONS, PATTERNS OF DEDUCTIVE THINKING, FACTS, AND VALUE JUDGMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE UNIT ON DEDUCTION. IN THE UNIT ON PLAUSIBILITY, DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WERE MADE ON THE SUBSTANCE, STRUCTURE, STYLE, AND PURPOSE OF PROSE MODELS. SUGGESTED WRITING ASSIGNMENTS WERE ALSO GIVEN. THE STUDENT VERSION IS ED 010 809. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160 AND ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832. (GD)

THIS STUDY GUIDE, THE FIRST PART OF A NINTH-GRADE RHETORIC GUIDE, USED THE STUDENT'S PAST EXPERIENCE IN PREVIOUS RHETORIC COURSES AS A BASIS UPON WHICH TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF SEMANTICS AND EMPHASIS IN WRITING. EXAMPLES WERE PROVIDED OF THE WRITING OF MARK TWAIN AND CHARLES DICKENS AND DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO ANSWER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS IN WRITING USING HIS IMAGINATION TO FACTUALLY DESCRIBE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS. THE SECOND PART OF THE GUIDE EMPHASIZED THE CLARITY OF WRITING NECESSARY TO EXPLAIN A PROCESS OR AN EVENT. THE TEACHER VERSION IS ED 010 804. RELATED REPORTS ARE ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160 AND ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832. (PM)

THE FIRST OF THESE TWO 12TH-GRADE LITERATURE UNITS, "SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING OLD," IS DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE EXPRESSIONS OF COMMON EXPERIENCE PRESENT IN LITERARY WORKS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY WERE WRITTEN. WORKS SELECTED FOR THIS UNIT ARE GROUPED UNDER FOUR TOPICS--"YOUTH AND AGE,""THE NATIVITY, CHRISTIAN TRADITION,""CONFLICT OF GENERATIONS," AND "THE INDIVIDUAL IN CONFLICT WITH SOCIETY." THE SECOND UNIT, "DIFFICULT LITERATURE--A READER'S VIEW," IS INTENDED TO GUIDE STUDENTS IN ISOLATING THE PRINCIPAL DIFFICULTIES OF READING LITERATURE AND IN EVALUATING THE VARIOUS JUSTIFICATIONS FOR LITERARY DIFFICULTY (E.G., HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DISTANCE, AUTHOR ORIGINALITY, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE WORLD). THE STUDENT VERSION CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, AND THE TEACHER VERSION PROVIDES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS TO UNITS AND TO LITERARY SELECTIONS. FIVE TESTS DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY THESE UNITS ARE APPENDED. SEE ALSO ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160, ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832, TE 000 195 THROUGH TE 000 220, AND TE 000 227 THROUGH TE 000 249. (RD)

THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF SUBJECT, FORM, AND POINT OF VIEW, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE LAST, IS THE CONCERN OF THIS 10TH-GRADE LITERATURE UNIT. BACKGROUND INFORMATION, STUDY AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ARE PROVIDED FOR SIX SHORT STORIES REPRESENTING VARIED POINTS OF VIEW--(1) H.G. WELLS'"THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND," (2) O. HENRY'S "A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER," (3) STEPHEN CRANE'S "A MYSTERY OF HEROISM," (4) AMBROSE BIERCE'S "JUPITER DOKE, BRIGADIER GENERAL," (5) ALAN SILLITOE'S "ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON," AND (6) WALLACE STEGNER'S "BUTCHER BIRD." SEE ALSO ED 010 129 THROUGH ED 010 160, ED 010 803 THROUGH ED 010 832, TE 000 195 THROUGH TE 000 220, AND TE 000 227 THROUGH TE 000 249. (MM)