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Noting that instructional films can serve as a valuable tool to motivate students and to help them organize, interpret, and evaluate concepts presented, this program guide is designed to assist teachers in planning instructional activities that will effectively integrate films into the English language arts curriculum. The first section of the guide, presents an initial statement of purpose, instructions for use of the guide, and a lesson format and a graphic presentation of the format for each study guide. The remainder of the guide presents detailed lessons for works in diverse literary genres. Each genre section begins with a brief outline enumerating topics to consider when introducing films based on that particular literary type. The study sections are as follows: (1) biography, including films on Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, and Shakespeare; (2) drama, including Ibsen's "A Doll's House," Shakespeare's "Hamlet," and Shaw's "Pygmalion"; (3) the novel, including Hemingway's "Islands in the Stream" and S. E. Hinton's "Tex"; (4) poetry, including material on Chaucer and Japanese haiku poetry, as well as on the epic poem; (5) short stories, including works by Balzac, Shirley Jackson, and D. H. Lawrence; and (6) science fiction and fantasy, including Ray Bradbury's "The Flying Machine" and W. W. Jacobs' classic short story, "The Monkey's Paw." The program guide concludes with an appendix containing information for ordering films, a request for user comments, an invitation for teachers to submit their own lesson plans, and a sample lesson format. (NKA)