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Six basic considerations in teaching literature to gifted children in grades four through six are presented in the first half of this curriculum guide: (1) The teacher needs a broad knowledge of literature, as well as a sensitivity to students, in order to recommend literature for each child. (2) The teacher's method of presentation is important. (3) The reading preferences of the child should be honored. (4) The interrelationship of content and skills must be recognized. (5) The gifted child should be encouraged to develop higher intellectual skills such as evaluation, critical and creative thinking, recognition of implication, development of hypotheses, and comparison and contrast. (6) Varied types of literature should be suggested by the teacher. The second half of the curriculum guide offers four sample units with suggested activities and readings given for each unit. The units are entitled: "Conformity and Rebellious Behavior,""Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature,""A Study of the Works of One Author," and "Use of Historical Fiction." The two appendixes offer a sample comprehensive literature unit and a suggested literature/language arts curriculum for academically gifted students. (JF)

Six basic considerations in teaching literature to gifted children in grades four through six are presented in the first half of this curriculum guide: (1) The teacher needs a broad knowledge of literature, as well as a sensitivity to students, in order to recommend literature for each child. (2) The teacher's method of presentation is important. (3) The reading preferences of the child should be honored. (4) The interrelationship of content and skills must be recognized. (5) The gifted child should be encouraged to develop higher intellectual skills such as evaluation, critical and creative thinking, recognition of implication, development of hypotheses, and comparison and contrast. (6) Varied types of literature should be suggested by the teacher. The second half of the curriculum guide offers four sample units with suggested activities and readings given for each unit. The units are entitled: "Conformity and Rebellious Behavior,""Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature,""A Study of the Works of One Author," and "Use of Historical Fiction." The two appendixes offer a sample comprehensive literature unit and a suggested literature/language arts curriculum for academically gifted students. (JF)

The bilingual education program in a given community should be based on a sociolinguistic assessment of that community, and community members should be involved in assessing the surrounding bilingual reality and in deciding whether they wish to mirror that reality in the biliteracy program. This paper presents alternatives for bilingual programs based on the nature and objectives of the community. The program models presented illustrate the relative use of the native language or dialect and the second language or dialect in areas of concept development, prereading skills, written and oral language development, and reading instruction. (VM)

Biographie.<br> Sarah Bernhardt évoque avec un grand talent et une belle plume fluide et très alerte, drôle aussi, son enfance, sa famille, ses relations complexes avec sa mère, ses débuts, la guerre de 1870, son infirmerie au théâtre de l’Odéon, la Commune. La Comédie française bien sûr. Les grands auteurs, Dumas, Hugo... Ses représentations à Londres.<br> Sa vie aussi de peintre et sculptrice. Son enfant, Maurice. Sa personnalité si particulière !<br> Sa tournée en Amérique du Nord, anecdotes, aventures, villes américaines, rencontre avec Edison, visite aux chutes du Niagara, et ses représentations théâtrales.<br> Ces Mémoires s’achèvent là, en 1881.<br> Ils furent écrits en 1898 et publiés en 1907. - Summary by Christiane Jehanne

2Memories of My Life

By Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt was a popular French actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was one of the first actresses to make the transition to The Silver Screen. She was renowned for her beauty. Here we have her autobiography presented in English. It is also available in French in our catalog. - Summary by Lynne Thompson