Language Arts & Disciplines

SAT Vocabulary: A New Approach covers key vocabulary for the Reading test, Writing and Language test, and Essay of the redesigned (2016) SAT. Written by two leading test-prep authors, this book offers an approach that is aligned with the new SAT's focus on vocabulary...

Teaching for Joy and Justice is the sequel to Linda Christensen's bestselling Reading, Writing, and Rising Up. Christensen is recognized as one of the country's finest teachers. Through stories, Christensen demonstrates how she draws on students' lives and the world to teach poetry, essay,...

"This book revolutionized my writing! I use it for every novel I write. Highly recommended!" - Colleen Coble, USA Today Bestselling AuthorA powerful secret and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction!What's the best way to write a "next level" novel? Some writers start...

Designed to complement every introductory library reference course, this is the perfect text for students and librarians looking to expand their personal reference knowledge, teaching failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of...

Welcome to a language arts program created for easy reading and instruction. Behind this program is a team of dedicated teachers who care about your success and want to present incremental teaching material in a simple format. This program consists of a series of...

This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know why a mortgage is literally a "death pledge"? Why guns have girls' names? Why "salt" is related to "soldier"? Discover the answers...

Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a systematic overview of Mandarin grammar, oriented toward self-study, English-speaking students. Through explanations of common mistakes learners make, useful example sentences and exercises with an answer key, this book provides a detailed introduction to the unique grammar structures of...

In Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes, Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often assumed to be intuitive and impossible...

With expanded coverage in this new edition, The Elements of Legal Style features additional sections, many more examples, and a thoroughly researched appendix that contains 80 major statements on prose style--what it is and how to attain it. Inspired by Strunk and White's The...

Author: The TimesPublisher: Times Books UKPublished: 01/01/2018Pages: 512Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.60dISBN: 9780008249496This title is only available via back order

This practice book will build essential skills through activity-packed fun. The activities are designed to give children a real sense of achievement. This helps to boost their confidence and develop good learning habits for life. This fun range of Maths and English activity books...

HSK Vocabulary Handbook can help readers prepare for HSK exams or study Chinese independently. It covers all the vocabulary of the newly released HSK Test Syllabus developed in 2015, and the vocabulary is organized in different levels and arranged in alphabetical order. Notes to...

WRITING AS A PERFORMING ART is written to encourage, motivate and inspire non-fiction writers of all ages. It celebrates why we write, why we must write, and reviews the strategies veteran writers employ. One of its aims is to cultivate the Inner Editor--to remind...

Helping readers understand the challenges and barriers faced by teens in urban communities, this one-of-a-kind resource offers real-world recommendations, case studies, and experience-based programmatic solutions for fostering crucial media literacy skills.Author: Anderson Jimmeka, Kelly CzarneckiPublisher: ALA EditionsPublished: 08/19/2022Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Digital Writing is a concise, affordable, and rhetorically informed guide to professional writing in digital media. Author: Daniel LawrencePublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 03/22/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.47dISBN: 9781554815678This title is not returnable

Library workers at all types of organizations, as well as LIS students learning about this newest Core Value of Librarianship, will find this book an easy-to-digest introduction to what staff at a range of libraries have accomplished in incorporating sustainability into their decision making...

This Cursive Workbook helps Adults of all ages to start learning to write cursive letters words and sentences to improve their handwriting.Author: Sultana PublishingPublisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print USPublished: 04/10/2021Pages: 122Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.26dISBN: 9798735990581This title...

LOVE TO WRITE, BUT HATE TO STARVE?FACT: BUSINESSES NEED WRITERS, AND WILL PAY HANDSOMELY FOR THEM...Attention: Writers, career-changers, at-home Moms, journalists, or anyone looking to thrive as a writer. Here's the new edition of the quadruple-award-winning roadmap to a lucrative "commercial" freelancing practice-a home-based...

Steal the Street is a collection of short articles focused on gentrification, public space, and community voice. The articles were written for Streetvibes, a street paper in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 2015 through 2019. The focus of Streetvibes is homelessness, so each article focuses on...

For the first time ever in print, Zoe York breaks down how she plans a series--something she has done ten times over. Romance Your Brand is an adaptation of an intensive four-week course, now available to authors everywhere. This book covers: - high-concept pitches-...