Language Arts & Disciplines

A History of the Roman People offers students a comprehensive, up-to-date, readable introduction to the whole span of Roman history. Richly illustrated, this fully updated volume takes readers through the mists of Roman prehistory and a survey of the peoples of pre-Roman Italy to...

The monograph explores the semantic and morphosyntactic representation of affectedness, i.e., the property of an event participant to undergo change, in transitive predicates. Specifically, it provides a first in-depth investigation of how affectedness, the notion of path, and resultativity determine Differential Object Marking (DOM)...

The syntax of the English Adjective is fully embraced in the following brief rule, together with the exceptions, observations, and notes, which are, in due order, subjoined. The rules for the agreement of Pronouns with their antecedents are four; hence this chapter extends from...

Finally, a single volume that comprehensively introduces and addresses the most pressing issues and opportunities in young adult (teen) library services. Perpetually in the shadow of service to children, and historically riven by fractious relationships between public and school libraries, young adult services continue...

Welcome to Nola's world, where the first day of school feels both exciting and a little scary. Meet Nola, the new student who is nervous about everything from big things to small things, especially during lunch. Where will she sit?In this heartwarming children's book,...

A peek inside the writerly testing grounds of Sue Grafton, Kim Stafford, Maureen Stanton, and othersThis collection of essays by well-established professional writers explores how their notebooks serve as their studios and workshops--places to collect, to play, and to make new discoveries with language,...

Author: ContemporaryPublisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublished: 12/20/2010Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.20h x 8.70w x 0.40dISBN: 9780076586325

Students apply the skills and strategies they're mastering to rich authentic text, with stories and informational selections by award-winning authors and illustrators. Students integrate knowledge by reading across texts using the anchor text and its paired selection for each week. This package includes unit...

Students apply the skills and strategies they're mastering to rich authentic text, with stories and informational selections by award-winning authors and illustrators. Students integrate knowledge by reading across texts using the anchor text and its paired selection for each week. This package includes unit...

Students apply the skills and strategies they're mastering to rich authentic text, with stories and informational selections by award-winning authors and illustrators. Students integrate knowledge by reading across texts using the anchor text and its paired selection for each week. This package includes unit...

Firsthand accounts of COVID-19's devastating effects on working-class communities of colorThe first months of the COVID-19 pandemic were filled with talk of heroes, the frontline workers who kept the country functioning. "And when they write those history books, the heroes of the battle will...

Touchstone, together with Viewpoint, is a six-level English program, based on research from the Cambridge English Corpus. Touchstone uses a corpus-informed syllabus ensuring students are learning the language that people really use. Activities include a strong focus on inductive learning, personalized practice, and encouraging...

Three Talks is the first prose collection by the award-winning poet and educator Brenda Hillman. These short essays on six M's of the art of poetry make the form accessible in a novel way, exploring words that might appear incompatible but become dancing partners...

The Wound and the Stitch traces a history of imagery and language centered on the concept of woundedness and the stitching together of fragmented selves. Focusing particularly on California and its historical violences against Chicanx bodies, Loretta Victoria Ramirez argues that woundedness has become...

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of "the paper of record," The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet "An often enthralling chronicle [that] delivers the gossipy goods ....

For the first time, the story of how and why we have plumbed the mysteries of reading, and why it matters today. Reading is perhaps the essential practice of modern civilization. For centuries, it has been seen as key to both personal fulfillment and...

Vivid and racy, a deep-dive into tabloids from their sixteenth-century beginnings to the National Inquirer and beyond. The Newsmongers unfolds the seedy history of tabloid journalism, from the first printed "Strange Newes" sheets of the sixteenth century to the sensationalism of today's digital age....

Author: Kourtney Hake, Paige TimmermanPublisher: Solution TreePublished: 06/21/2024Pages: 232Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 10.60h x 8.30w x 0.60dISBN: 9781960574220

Today biological science is rising on a wall of worry. No other science has advanced more dramatically during the past several decades or yielded so many palpable improvements in human welfare. Yet, none except nuclear physics has aroused greater apprehensions among the general public...

Dramatically increase your effectiveness as a presenter Like a well-choreographed dance, an effective presentation involves leading and following, building rapport and trust, sharing passions, and living in the moment. In The Choreography of Presenting, global consultant and educator, Kendall Zoller reveals the common "dance...