Language Arts & Disciplines

Simplified American Sign Language in Sentence form to develop beginner level communication with deaf people who use gestures to communicate. Don Cabbage lives in El Paso, TX, and has for the last 50 years traveling across America and into other countries writing sign language...

Unleash your inner grammar geek with this helpful guidebook that uses the simplicity of the classic sentence diagram to unpack iconic quotes from books, films, speeches, and beyond, revealing the surprising relationships between words. A perfect gift for word nerds and language lovers!​ Sentence...

The Elements of Style ("Strunk & White") is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. This book aims to give in brief space the principal...

A widely used, highly effective approach to student success, Student-Focused Coaching (SFC) helps instructional coaches and teachers work collaboratively to improve student outcomes using evidence-based practices. This is your one-stop, step-by-step guide to instructional coaching in K-12 schools using the field-tested, research-based SFC model.Featuring...

Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have...

Updated edition providing students with hands-on strategies for digital literacy.The third edition of this best-selling classroom guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a crucial skill for their education, future careers, and participation in democracy. Offering practical guidance for assessing information online, this...

A lively inquiry into a literary genius, the translators who immortalized him, and what it means to cultivate a rich inner life in turbulent times"What happens to a writer's work when it is translated-specifically, what happens if his name is Franz Kafka?"In Kafkaesque, Maïa...

Today's libraries are thoroughly digital environments, not only storing and preserving written information electronically, but also emphasizing digital access to information as a pathway to equitably educating the community on issues of health, employment, education, and local history. And fostering patrons' ability to effectively...

Center for Engaged Learning Open Access Book SeriesSeries Editors: Jessie L Moore and Peter FeltenThe SoTL Guide is a practical, accessible, and engaging book that explicitly guides readers through clear steps to develop their own scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) project. The book...

The Songwriter's Notebook is an all-levels songwriting workbook featuring prompts, activities, and guidance for unlocking creativity in a new generation of songwriters inspired by Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, and more. Everyone has a song in them--because everyone has a story to tell....

This book is a source of vocabulary and grammatical information that is indispensable for teachers and students of the Navajo language. Beginning with an explanation of the Navajo sound system, the publication is followed by a 125 page long outline of Navajo grammar. The...

The go-to guide for learning and reinforcing American English vocabulary for beginning ESL learners--now enhanced with audio recordings through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app Now enhanced with audio recordings of exercise answers through the McGraw Hill Language Lab app, this bestselling guide to...

Explore the mystique, power, and beauty of poetry with this easy-to-read guide Poetry For Dummies, 2nd Edition is an easy-to-follow and insightful guide to poetry designed to unlock your innate ability to understand and appreciate this powerful art form. The authors offer clear discussions...

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers,...

"Conversational essays on wonder . . . A meditation on what gives life meaning. . . . A loving sermon on the rewards of children's books." ―Kirkus Reviews Make Believe is bestselling children's author Mac Barnett's rallying cry for art and imagination, and a...

"Conversational essays on wonder . . . A meditation on what gives life meaning. . . . A loving sermon on the rewards of children's books." ―Kirkus Reviews Make Believe is bestselling children's author Mac Barnett's rallying cry for art and imagination, and a...

Everything that you need to know about reading, making, and understanding comics can be found in a single Nancy strip by Ernie Bushmiller from August 8, 1959. Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden's groundbreaking work How to Read Nancy ingeniously isolates the separate building blocks...

Somewhere between the idea and the finished page, most writers get lost. This book is your map.Writing projects don't fizzle out from lack of talent. Writers struggle because they can't see the path forward, and no one has ever shown them the way. Whatever...

Sheryl Sandberg advises women to "lean in" to realize their full potential. To do so successfully, women need effective communication skills and a confident presentation style.In this must-have guide, one of the nation's premier speech coaches shares tested techniques from twenty years of coaching...

"Personable, smart, and, yes, enthusiastic... a masterclass you can take at your own pace." - Ron Charles "This verb-filled outing reads like a dream." - Publishers Weekly (starred) "An almost shockingly adroit guide to how to make every word count." --Benjamin Dreyer, author of...