Language Arts & Disciplines

In less time than it takes to fly from LaGuardia to O'Hare, readers of Make Your Point will know exactly what to do to speak clearly and concisely anyplace, anytime. This is a wise and witty book everyone in business should read. At the...

Lessons for improving reading comprehension and critical thinking skills, each including a reading passage, a primary source document, and comprehension questions.Author: Debra HouselPublisher: Teacher Created ResourcesPublished: 02/19/2007Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.40w x 0.30dISBN: 9781420683769This title is not returnableThis title is only...

Author: Don Carlos SeitzPublisher: University of Michigan LibraryPublished: 09/13/2006Pages: 444Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.90dISBN: 9781418188429This title is not returnable

How can teachers of Latino English language learners actively engage their students' families in helping ELLs succeed in school? In this powerful book, David Campos, Rocio Delgado, and Mary Esther Soto Huerta provide guidance and resources to help teachers communicate and collaborate with the...

For word lovers everywhere! Absorbing, enriching, and often hilarious, this book delves into the wonderful world of antiquated words and their definitions. Each word is complimented by an excerpt on how the word was used, a brief description, and a charming illustration that provides...

Through clear and comprehensive grammar explanations, extensive practice exercises, and lively communicative activities, Grammar Dimensions provides students with the language skills they need to communicate accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately.Author: Diane Larsen-FreemanPublisher: Heinle ELTPublished: 06/07/2007Pages: 512Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.70dISBN: 9781413027525About...

Effective ways to help ELLs excel The key to successfully teaching English learners is focusing on literacy. Adapted from the highly successful Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades K-6, this book provides a wealth of practical literacy strategies tailored for...

Boost achievement for English learners in all subject areas! Building ELLs′ language skills while teaching content is about to get easier. Hollingsworth and Ybarra combine the best of educational theory, brain research, and data analysis to bring you explicit direct instruction (EDI): a proven...

Raise your ELL success quotient and watch student achievement soar! How the ELL Brain Learns combines current research on how the brain learns language with strategies for teaching English language learners. Award-winning author and brain research expert David A. Sousa describes the linguistic reorganization...

Content analysis is one of the most important but complex research methodologies in the social sciences. In this thoroughly updated Second Edition of The Content Analysis Guidebook, author Kimberly Neuendorf draws on examples from across numerous disciplines to clarify the complicated aspects of content...

Use reader response strategies to help students build understanding of complex literary and informational text, and provide supporting evidence in their writing--all goals of the Common Core.Author: Lesley J. RoessingPublisher: Corwin PublishersPublished: 07/01/2009Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.60dISBN: 9781412974264Review Citation(s):...

This book provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental components of the negotiation process and the challenges that face negotiators. It contains, in a single volume, text material on current theory and research, readings from diverse perspectives, cases that demonstrate how negotiation...

Writing Up Qualitative Research, Third Edition offers time-tested suggestions on every aspect of the process from beginning to end. In this new edition, author Harry Wolcott continues to focus on the "writing side" of qualitative research, while incorporating new features such as guidelines on...

This resource offers practical methods for helping ELLs succeed in reading, with strategies to increase fluency and comprehension, teach vocabulary and text structure, and more.Author: Thomas S. C. FarrellPublisher: Corwin PublishersPublished: 08/15/2008Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9781412957359About the AuthorFarrell,...

This third edition of the best-selling Children With Limited English offers connections to current research, new strategies for building communication skills, and instructional adaptations for ELL students.Author: Ellen Kottler, Jeffrey A. Kottler, Christopher P. StreetPublisher: Corwin PublishersPublished: 12/11/2007Pages: 216Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.99h x...

This volume focuses on the black family in the United States and the social forces and issues that affect it, including education, healthcare, racism, poverty, and politics. It examines the effects of these social forces on individuals as well as families.Contributions are varied. A...

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German social scientist and philosopher, who developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx. In 1841, he published several articles in the Rheinische Zeitung, where he met Karl Marx for the first time. In 1842, he was sent...

This volume contains a series of progressive lessons designed for students learning Assyrian cuneiform. This fascinating mixed method of writing continued through the end of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. A thorough and accessible course, "Assyrian Primer" is highly recommended for students and collectors...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Arthur Quiller-CouchPublisher:...

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 11/01/2014Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.70w x 0.60dISBN: 9781408523551This title is only available via back order