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A Message from the Author Back in 1965, when I was teaching reading to first-graders, I began writing books to help them become independent readers. These books used only a few words to tell enjoyable little stories. They gave the children practice in figuring...

This text introduces university students to the philosophical ethos of critical thinking, as well as to the essential skills required to practice it. Author: Jerome E. Bickenbach, Jacqueline M. DaviesISBN-10: 1551110598ISBN-13: 9781551110592Publisher: Broadview Press IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/1996Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.40w x...

This is the first book to examine murder through the written word--not only the writings of the killers themselves, but also the story of murder as told in literary fiction and the crime dramas that are now a staple of film and television. The...

Context for elementary students includes multiple topics that introduce your student to context. This book includes engaging activities and an assessment for each topic. Only licensed teachers have created our lessons. This ebook contains the following topics- Summarize and Paraphrase Fact vs. Opinion Context...

A Stem Dictionary of the English Language for Use in Elementary School By John Kennedy Preface Language is the external representative of thought. It is not only the means of expressing thought, but it is also the necessary means or condition of extended thinking....

Faces of Contemporary Russia is a one-semester textbook for high-intermediate to advanced level Russian students that aims to develop students' linguistic proficiency by examining significant personalities in current Russian culture. In addition to introductory and concluding chapters, the book features 12 individuals (one per...

This edited book offers concrete information and useful suggestions to graduate students who are seeking employment at institutions of higher education in North America and other parts of the world. This book also targets entry-level faculty members who are exploring increased participation in professional...

Lexicon of the Mouth surveys the oral cavity as the central channel by which self and surrounding are brought into relation. Questions of embodiment and agency, attachment and loss, incorporation and hunger, locution and the non-sensical are critically examined. In doing so, LaBelle emphasizes...

Dalai Lama is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult...

Elizabeth Fry is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Eleanor Roosevelt is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Jean Vanier is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Fannie Lou Hamer is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language...

Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language...

Nelson Mandela is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Mother Teresa is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Jane Goodall is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

This edition of Juvenal's Satires includes the Latin text plus an informative and lively introduction and commentary.Author: JuvenalISBN-10: 1853995819ISBN-13: 9781853995811Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1998Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 8.36h x 5.94w x 0.84d

The aim of this title is to provide a reference work for both students and teachers on every kind of Latin metre from the early "saturnian" to medieval accentual verse. The information provided aims to be in its simplest form to make the subject...

This volume has served several generations of Latinists making theirfirst acquaintance with the main Roman prose authors of the firstacquaintance with the main Roman prose authors of the first century BC.It includes part of Cornelius Nepos' Miltiades, sections of Caesar's DeBello Civili Book II,...

This is the first volume of R. Deryck Williams' classic edition of the Aeneid, covering books I-VI. It includes the Latin text, with English introduction, an extensive commentary and notes by this renowned Virgilian scholar. Designed for upper school and university students, the commentary...

Businesses and other organizations are increasingly hiring anthropologists and other ethnographically-oriented social scientists as employees, consultants, and advisors. The nature of such work, as described in this volume, raises crucial questions about potential implications to disciplines of critical inquiry such as anthropology. In addressing...

Since English is also spoken in the Gaelic-speaking areas, communication in Gaelic is not so much a matter of necessity as of choice and interest. This book, therefore, covers more than just the phrases needed by an outsider in a foreign land - it...

This book explores advising in action by focusing on advising programmes and advising tools. There are 11 chapters including a foreword by Christopher Candlin. Chapters in the 'advising programmes' part of the book include details of ways in which support is given for learners...

Overcoming Difficulty in Language Arts: Grades 1, 2, & 3 is designed to help students build impressive, resourceful, and accurate language skills. The lessons in the textbook provide opportunities for students to practice what they are learning. As a result, many students' language and...

Description: Here's a guide for English grammar that reads as easily as a story. It is a fresh, simple approach to the basic fundamentals of proper English form. The author, an experienced, accomplished thirty-year business executive enjoying a second career as a university instructor,...

Still often used today, German schoolmaster and philologist ALEXANDER SCHMIDT's (1816-1887) Shakespeare Lexicon is the source for elucidating the sometimes cryptic language of Shakespeare and tracking down quotations. Volume 1 covers A through L, from "a: the first letter of the alphabet" to "Lysimachus,"...

In a world where intelligence is so often measured by our ability to read and write, we do not often make considerations for those who find that particular task challenging. We need to shift our perceptions from a culture traditionally embedded in print, and...

An Introduction to Hindi (Elementary Level) is an all-in-one book that has been designed to serve as a go-to companion for those wanting to learn Hindi. With a simplified step-by-step learning process, this book serves as an accessible starting point for beginners. It will...

As lawyers, we must not, in hot pursuit of common law, outrun common sense. The dread of that eventuality prompted this book. Learned Writing promotes common sense in legal language. Plain language, which is commonsensical, broadens access to legal documents, thus democratizing the law....

This book details concerns, both perceived and real, among the Malay language community against a background of language shift and changing attitudes toward the language as a result of the bilingual policy and to analyze the impact of the English-knowing and Mandarin-led bilingual system....

Growing up on a farm in the heart of eastern North Carolina's tobacco country, author Phil Beaman has been surrounded by country folk and their colorful language his entire life. Though these communities continue to change, the bond of their phrases, expressions, colloquialisms and...

This book provides educators with an accessible guide to best practices concerning content-based instruction (CBI) models and their use in English learner inclusive classrooms. The author effectively bridges the gap between theory and practice with a critical analysis of practical examples and diverse strategies...

Will Rogers is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Have you been searching for Chichewa lessons that are simple and straight forward? Look no further, this is the book for you Whether you are a total beginner or an intermediate learner, seeking to increase your vocabulary and converse with ease, this book will...

Persian language has suffered great damages due to political and cultural adversities over the last 19 centuries. Ferdowsi the renowned epic poet was the first to put the Persian language back on the right track However over the years and especially since the scientific...

An engaging full color workbook filled with focused and effective exercises. Students will work through the following topics: Fractions Add and Subtract Fractions Simple Problem Solving Two and Three Dimensional Shapes All of OnBoard's lessons are designed by, edited by and evaluated by educators...

With the advent of the Common Core State Standards and high expectations with regard to content literacy, some secondary teachers are scrambling for what to do and how to do it. This book provides an accessible plan for implementing content literacy and offers 20...

Distributed on behalf of the Salish Kootenai College Press Medicine for the Salish Language includes conjugations of most Salish verbs and sample sentences providing context for the use of many words. A short introduction to Salish language grammar is also included. Compiled by Tachini...

This book is an outstanding resource for the language teacher. It provides a complete curriculum of over 70 activities that can be used to facilitate the effective learning of languages. It covers all learning styles and senses and caters to both right and left-brained...

Master Your Life By Mastering Your Message Make An Incredible Impact On Your Business & Life By Applying 15 Steps To Improve Your Image Through Your Written Words When communication fails, the costs are countless. Business deals are lost. Relationships are ruined. Hearts are...

To the StudentCOLUMBIA ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR TOEIC is written for students who need some extra help with English grammar and usage. It covers all the absolutely essential grammar points, such as subject-verb agreement, dangling modifier, parallel structure, and others that are most often tested...

Continuing the popular series of proverbs from around the world, each paired with an English equivalent, Don't Toss Granny in the Begonias sheds an amusing and often intriguing light on the rivalry between the French and the English: an odd couple who, from time...

This book conjugates 21 regular French verbs in the affirmative, negative, interrogative, and negative-interrogative.Example: Present (il casse, 'he breaks') transitive verbPresent - Negative (il ne casse pas, 'he does not break')Present - Interrogative (casse-t-il? 'does he break?'), and Present - Negative Interrogative (ne casse-t-il...

Do you love coloring or know someone that does? Then this coloring book is for you, or it will make a great gift idea for your family and friends. Coloring is an excellent way to relax and unwind. Recent studies have shown that adult...

Essays on literature, pop culture, and more from the cult novelist and critic Tom McCarthy Fifteen brilliant essays written over as many years provide a map of the sensibility and critical intelligence of Tom McCarthy, one of the most original and challenging novelists at...

The Trinity is a speaking God: three divine persons who share the same essence and commune with each other in love and glory. How does this truth shape the way we view the world and our place in it? The Speaking Trinity and His...

America is five hundred years old; the United States is less than half that age. The term America was coined in 1507 to refer to a continent and a dream of a new world. People in the United States, especially government leaders, have a...

This is the second book in Marilyn Peck's Sir Gawain trilogy of stories in the Arthurian tradition, this one written by an unknown poet, possibly Mallory. "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady, The Wedding of Sir Gawain", survives in a poorly copied 16th century...

This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write well-structured, logical and convincing essays. It is the only guide to essay-writing you will ever need and is ideal for high-school and...