" ""We have created the lessons in these books to help teachers give their English language learners the conceptual background and English language structures they need to collaborate fully in each "T
This first volume in a new series intended to aid middle and high school writing teachers focuses on writing arguments. While traditional writing instruction emphasizes form, the structured process ap
View the Independent Writing Within, Beyond and About TextsWebinar Now there are three distinct Reader's Notebooks to help students grades K through 8 become better readers through writing.New! Reader
To be truly effective, teachers need to move beyond stock assignments for teaching genre to students and on to activities that invite students to become passionately involved. The authors, all profess
Newkirk (English, U. of New Hampshire) offers a semi-autobiographical account of the appeal of slow reading, or the essence of taking in the whole meaning of what is read without being rushed. One cha
"Wow, wow, and wow! At the time when we most need it, with the advent of the Common Core State Standards and in the midst of a documented crisis in adolescent literacy, here come Deborah Appleman and
The techniques described here are based on a classroom project conducted between 2006 and 2009; the book includes many real-life classroom dialogues and discussions between teachers and students from
"Every classroom has readers who struggle with texts. Whatever their challenges, it is our job as teachers to help them negotiate the texts of their world." -Linda Hoyt Classroom-ready solutions to su
The modeling of reasoning strategies on the open number line, the open array, and the ratio table allows students to solve problems in their own way and compare different strategies with the rest of t
O'Donnell-Allen, director of the Writing Project at Colorado State University, shows middle and high school teachers how to use literature to challenge students to consider difficult issues such as ra
Written in an accessible style, this work gives guidelines for curriculum planning and program design for teaching English language learners (ELLs). A distinguishing feature of the book is that it fra
Middle schoolers can be the masters of disengagement. Recognizing that all students, adept and struggling writers alike, lose steam at times and need a revitalizing jump start, Christopher Lehman offe
Author Jago taught middle and high school students for 32 years and now directs the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA. In this curriculum development guide for middle and high school E
Introduces Spanish, discussing who speaks it and where, describing the similarities and differences between it and English, and offering some basic vocabulary.
Describes the geography, history, government, economy, people, lifestyle, religion, language, arts, leisure, festivals, and food of the Czech Republic.
Introduces readers to the problem of cyberbullying, looking at the some of the forms that it can take, how it can hurt those involved, and what can be done to prevent it.
Introduces readers to the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, with information about where it is spoken, who speaks it, and what script it uses, as well as lessons of basic Mandarin phrases.
Discusses the role of London in the Olympic movement, preparations for the games to be held there in 2012, Olympic sports, venues for the London games, athletes, the Paralympics that will take place s
Surveys the origins and growth of the Olympics and how it became a truly international event, describes the games held on different continents and the accomplishments of athletes from each continent,
