Language Arts & Disciplines

"A favorite shelf in my bookcase leads with By-Line: Ernest Hemingway, a compendium of journalism the great novelist wrote to support himself as he worked on his fiction. Right next to it is Ernie's War, dispatches by Ernie Pyle, the most famous of World...

​​DESIGN FOR COMPOSITION offers a range of creative, multimodal projects aimed at improving student proficiency and awareness of how we create visual, verbal, vocal, and multimodal messages. With an emphasis on learning by doing, these projects give students an active introduction to modes, composition...

Often dismissed as trivial or even "trash," celebrity culture offers a unique way of considering what it means to be human. In Mapping the Stars, Claire Sisco King shows how close analysis of the complex and sometimes contradictory forms of celebrity culture can challenge...

Arthur Dobrin has lived with his family in Westbury since 1969. He is Professor Emeritus of University Studies at Hofstra University and Leader Emeritus of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island. His books have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Bangla, Dutch and Spanish.The...

Author: Nancy Douglas, James R. MorganPublisher: Heinle ELTPublished: 03/19/2021Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsISBN: 9780357502143About the AuthorDouglas, Nancy: - Nancy Douglas is a teacher, materials writer, and editor who has been in ELT for over twenty years. She has extensive experience working with students from around...

Always Get the Name of the Dog is a guide to journalistic interviewing, written by a journalist, for journalists. It features advice from some of the best writers and reporters in the business, and takes a comprehensive view of media interviewing across multiple platforms,...

Key Terms for Language Teachers provides a clear and accurate definition of key terms and aspects of language learning and teaching. Curriculum and language teaching materials must be genuinely informed by what we know about the nature and role of language and language acquisition....

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 3 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for the activities can be found in Teacher Resource...

A robust vocabulary improves all areas of communication - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Vocabulary is critical to a child's success for these reasons: ... Vocabulary helps children to think and learn about the world. Expanding a child's knowledge of words provides unlimited access...

The second poetry collection by Lance Strate, this volume brings together an eclectic mix of poems that address the themes of language, communication, media, technology, and poetry itself, etc. Author: Lance StratePublisher: Institute of General SemanticsPublished: 06/01/2020Pages: 186Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w...

Introduces an approach for effective reading for leadership information. The method involves a set of reading approaches along a continuum from a lesser involvement to an in-depth involvement: scan, browse, ransack, pre-read, read, and study. Guidelines and Worksheets help the reader focus on findings...

It's easy. It's fast. And once you catch the "ditty bug" you'll realize how powerful rhytmical language is as an effective learning tool. Be amazed as your kids put useful things to memory Includes 50 learning rhymes on audio CD. Give your students the...

First published (1939), as Le ons grammaticales th oriques et pratiques de la langue micmaque of Rev. Father Pacifique Buisson, The Mi'kmaw Grammar of Father Pacifique is a vast and important collection of information on the Mi'kmaw language. It represents a tradition of Mi'kmaw...

From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and services in ancient Mesopotamia, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century users of desktop computers, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself. Calligraphy expert Ewan Clayton...

To address Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for reading and language, today's educators strive to help their students develop higher-level understanding with challenging materials. In this book, we share our method for implementing an integrated strategy approach for helping readers understand expository text. This...

Well established as a clear, comprehensive course text in five prior editions, this book has now been extensively revised, with a focus on disciplinary literacy. It offers a research-based framework for helping students in grades 6-12 learn to read, write, and communicate academic content...

New foiled Flame Tree Notebook combines beautiful art with high-quality production. Features lined pages, pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. A perfect gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK....

This handbook provides broad coverage of the languages indigenous to North America, with special focus on typologically interesting features and areal characteristics, surveys of current work, and topics of particular importance to communities. The volume is divided into two major parts: subfields of linguistics...

How can you incorporate antiracist practices into specific subject areas? This practical guide answers that question and provides a road map for introducing antiracism into the English language arts (ELA) classroom with teacher-friendly tools and strategies. Drawing on foundational and cutting-edge knowledge of antiracism,...