Queensland English Syllabus for Years 1 to 10   Dept of Education, Queensland, 1994

"The English Syllabus for Years 1 to 10 is derived from the P-10 Language Education Framework (1989), The National Statement on English for Australian Schools (1993), The National English Profile (1993), theories about language learning and development, responses to draft syllabus materials, and the best of current practice in schools.   The Syllabus draws together, in a coherent whole, major components of English curriculum development. These are: a functional view of language, fields of study that influence English curriculum, English curriculum approaches that are responsive to the needs of society and of students, and continuity in curriculum organisation for English language learning." (vii)

Planning for Pre-Service Primary Teachers   Prof Experience Unit, Fac of Education, QUT, Qld, 1998

The planning guide has been compiled to assist student teachers in the preparation of teaching plans for practice teaching throughout their course. It enhances and reflects on the National Competency Framework for Beginning Teaching. The five areas of competence covered by this framework are "Using and developing professional knowledge and values; communicating, interacting and working with students and others; planning and managing the teaching and learning process; monitoring and assessing student progress and learning outcomes; reflecting, evaluating and planning for continuous improvement."

Writing and reading poetry   Homer, D. (1994) in English in Australia Resource section, 108, pp i-xvi

This article contains a series of activities which are aimed at facilitating poetry writing and reading. Based on the belief that poetry writing can be learned, these activities enable students to develop writing skills and ways of talking about poetry.

Multiple Intelligences   Ryan, Tony. (1996) in Mindlinks: Exciting strategies for creating the 21st Century classroom. Headfirst Publications: Fingal, NSW (pp 22-23)

Provides a description of the seven main intelligence areas as proposed by Howard Gardner - verbal linguistic, logical mathematical, visual-spatial, body-kinaesthetic, musical-rhythmic, interpersonal, intrapersonal - together with an idea generator which lists practical ways of applying each of these areas in terms of "remembering", "understanding", "creating", "applying" and "evaluating".

Creating Positive Interpersonal Relationships in the Classroom    Killen (1998) in Effective Teaching Strategies. (pp 70-73)

The establishment of a positive teacher-student relationship is considered to play an essential role in students' academic achievement and behaviour. Positive relationships between teachers and students are considered to be even more important for student success than interpersonal relationships with other students.

Understanding language: a thumbnail sketch    Murphy, W. (1991) in English in Australia 97 (pp 25-35)

Murphy targets "a middle ground comprehensible to teachers who want to extend their own intuitions about language, but who are not looking (at this stage) for the immense detail and complication a full linguistic analysis might offer".

What is functional grammar?    Christie, F. (1991) in Teaching English Literacy Project of National Significance, Canberra: DEET, (pp 106-107)

Christie explains the term "functional grammar" in terms of a "set of options" and it's concern with texts in their contexts of use as well as making meaning. The contributions made by clause, phrase and group and word structure to a text are covered briefly.

Issues for second language learners    South Australian Department of Education (1990) in Oral Communication in English Adelaide: Education Department of South Australia

This article emphasises the importance of oral communication for second language learners in general and provides strategies for facilitating communication. The article also includes a series of strategies for teaching Aboriginal students.

School English Language Arts program, Years 8-10 in Draft Years 1-10 English Language Arts syllabus, Sample Programs, Brisbane. Department of Education, Queensland, pp.1-7.

Sample Program. A draft English language program for Hartfield State High School Years 8-10 is detailed. Aims, goals and objectives are detailed as well as the organisation and sequencing of content.

Steps in Developing a Unit Schwenke, B., La Frantz, C., McKeone, J. and Carter, L. pp.1-10.

Five steps for developing a unit are detailed in table form (Social context, genres, objectives, scope and sequence, and assessment) together with details of how and what to assess in table form and a Unit Planning matrix.

Developing correctness in student writing: alternatives to the error hunt Rosen, L.M. (1987) English Journal, 76(2), pp.62-69.

The traditional ways of eradicating error "The Error Hunt" are discussed together with the dilemmas raised. Key assumptions about the nature of the composing process and the way it is learned provide the underlying rationale for the alternative methods for improving student writing which are discussed in depth.