Language Arts & Disciplines

High School English without the struggle.Finally, an engaging, quality, and high-interest curriculum that is far from boring. The Quick Lit Student Workbook enables your high school student to dive into the study of English language arts on his or her terms and promises to...

This fourth edition offers an up-to-date, critical analysis of modern advertising, with a focus on race, gender, and sexuality. Featuring nearly 400 new images, this edition includes new scholarship in gender and ethnic studies, chapters on gay and lesbian marketing, an expanded chapter on...

With his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronouns The nature of language is to shift and evolve--but every so often, a new usage creates a...

There is increasing use of AI technologies in many aspects of library operations and types of libraries. This ranges across public, national, research, academic and special libraries and includes public and reference services, automated classification, special and research collections, archives and customer service through...

Assessment librarians make decisions every day about what data to collect, how to collect it, who to involve in the assessment, how to engage library users, how to account for social impacts, how to communicate results, and how to align with parent-entity expectations. These...

This is a must have guide on games, creative activities, and brain breaks aligned with the current research on the brain's natural way of learning. The resource is based on educational research, neuroscience, and drama-based learning and contains practical suggestions on how incorporate engagement...

Is it time for you to write your book? Not just a book, but the book that is calling out for you to write?Fen Druad?n, author of Remembering Our Way Home, Morning After The Road Trip, and Summer, has helped dozens of authors navigate...

BOOKMARK - A stylish and functional accessory that combines retro charm with practicality, the Cat Eye Glasses Bookmark from Galison is shaped like classic vintage cat eye glasses. This bookmark features a built-in magnifying lens, perfect for enhancing your reading experience and adding a...

Author: Edith MikaPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 07/23/2024Pages: 138Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.30dISBN: 9798333872869This title is not returnable

This research-based, highly practical volume presents ways teachers and schools can accelerate literacy achievement with bilingual K-6 students in both English and their home languages. Georgia Earnest Garc?a shares innovative instructional strategies for students with different language backgrounds in multiple settings--bilingual/ESL classrooms, dual-language classrooms,...

The Internship Handbook is designed to prepare students and then guide them through the internship experience. It combines theoretical knowledge to help readers better understand their personalities, traits, values, and strengths with practical activities such as discussion questions and activities to streamline the internship...

Author: 4 Horsemen PublicationsPublisher: Accomplishing Innovation PressPublished: 12/15/2024Pages: 216Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59dISBN: 9798823207959

This book looks at three different kinds of writing practice - theory-fiction, autofiction/autotheory and art writing - that are increasingly prevalent as genres (or 'hybrid genres') in the arts and critical humanities. The chapters in the book operate as a critical survey of these...

For courses in Introductory Reading, Intermediate Reading, and Developmental Reading. A flexible reading text that helps you become better, more efficient readers by applying skills to real sources Now in its 4th Edition, Making Reading Relevant is a brief, intermediate-level reading text that manages...

Author: Jack GriffinPublisher: House on a Hill PressPublished: 01/29/2025Pages: 222Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47dISBN: 9798989395255

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has written about everything from the pristine islands of the South Pacific and the endless wilds of Africa to Spanish bullfighters, American revolutionaries, and pirates of the Caribbean. Now Michener turns to his favorite and most personal subject:...

Focusing on the key concepts and principles of second language assessment, this textbook offers an up-to-date, accessible, and transparent introduction to the topic. It explores how to select, create, score, and analyze language assessments within various sociopolitical, cultural, and educational contexts.Author: Gary J. OckeyPublisher:...

This is the first self-contained edition of Books VI-VIII of the Odyssey--the account of Odysseus' time among the Phaeacians, and a popular introduction to Homer. While not neglecting matters of language and formulaic composition, the Commentary aims to provide guidance on questions of literary...

This book explores the processes and strategies involved in creating a health advocacy campaign to guide current and aspiring health advocates to successfully advocate for policy change.Author: Gary L. Kreps, Marifran Mattson, Chervin LamPublisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliPublished: 11/23/2015Pages: 189Binding Type: HardcoverWeight:...

Critical Sexuality Studies (CSS) and Lavender Languages/Linguistics (LLL) are leading modes of inquiry in two different fields of sexuality studies. In this edited collection, chapters reveal how these can be combined to produce a new approach to analyzing language use, sexuality and gender, and...