Language Arts & Disciplines
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Teaching English by Design, Second Edition: How to Create and Carry Out Instructional UnitsTeaching English by Design has become a classic resource for preservice teachers as well as in-service teachers who consider it their go-to guide to creating lessons and units organized around key concepts. In the Second Edition, Peter Smagorinsky updates the content for today's teachers...
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Project-Based Writing: Teaching Writers to Manage Time and Clarify PurposeThe idea that students should be "college and career ready" when they leave high school has become a major focus in education, but much of this conversation has been on reading readiness. What about writing readiness? Liz Prather argues that we can set students...
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A Short Guide to Writing about MusicA Short Guide to Writing about Music parallels musical skills to writing skills, examining a wide range of writing tasks for undergraduate and graduate courses. Intended for all writers on music -- college through budding professional -- and far more than a course textbook,...
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Considering Cultural Difference, a Longman Topics ReaderPart of the "Longman Topics" reader series, Considering Cultural Difference features multiethnic writing from contemporary U.S. authors centered around issues of ritual, representation, and rights. This brief collection of readings examines cultural identity and difference with respect to race, class, gender, and nationality. Thought-provoking...
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The Craft of ArgumentThe Craft of Argument: Concise a clear and brief argument rhetoric written by the authors of such successful composition titles as Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace (AWL) and The Craft of Research (Chicago UP), and based on the highly acclaimedThe Craft of...
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What the Dog Saw: And Other AdventuresMalcolm Gladwell focuses on minor geniuses and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this delightful (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker. What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties...
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Native American Speakers of the Eastern Woodlands: Selected Speeches and Critical AnalysesThis collection of essays examines, in context, eastern Native American speeches, which are translated and reprinted in their entirety. Anthologies of Native American orators typically focus on the rhetoric of western speakers but overlook the contributions of Eastern speakers. The roles women played, both...
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John Ford: A Bio-BibliographyJohn Ford (1894-1973) is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. He is the only person to win four Academy Awards for Direction, for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941),...
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The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and HandbookA fine scholarly collection that evokes the pre-WW I era when some 1,300 foreign-language newspapers served America's immigrant millions. It consists of essays by qualified scholars on the newspapers of 27 immigrant groups, ranging from the important German and Jewish presses to comparatively obscure...
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Second-Hand Knowledge: An Inquiry Into Cognitive AuthorityAuthor: Patrick WilsonPublisher: PraegerPublished: 08/24/1983Pages: 211Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56dISBN: 9780313237638
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Gatekeepers of Black Culture: Black-Owned Book Publishing in the United States, 1817-1981Author: Donald F. JoycePublisher: PraegerPublished: 01/28/1983Pages: 249Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75dISBN: 9780313233326About the Authoryce /f Donald /i Franklin
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Your Storytelling Potential: The Underground Guide to Finally Writing a Great Screenplay or NovelWriters seeking to create novels and screenplays with genuine layers and depth will find essential insight in Mitchell German's Your Storytelling Potential!After studying filmmaking and screenwriting at NYU--one of the premier film studies programs in the United States (if not the world)--Mitchell German graduated...
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The Elements of F*cking Style: A Helpful ParodyThe truth about English is that it can get pretty boring. Dangling modifiers, gerunds, punctuation marks--it's enough to make you want to drop out of high school. Swearing and sex on the other hand, well, these time-honored pastimes warm the cockles of our hearts....
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Unstuck: A Supportive and Practical Guide to Working Through Writer's BlockNo one is immune to writer's block. From well-known novelists to students writing term papers, Ph.D. candidates, and associates in business and law firms, most anyone who writes has experienced either brief moments or longer periods when the words simply won't come. Based on...
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Immediate Fiction: A Complete Writing CourseThe Only Writing Book You'll Ever Need From the legendary creator of the Writer's Loft in Chicago, comes a writing course for those who want to see results now. Immediate Fiction covers the entire process of writing including manuscript preparation, time management, finding an...
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The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of MythMyths, says James N. Frey, are the basis of all storytelling, and their structures and motifs are as powerful for contemporary writers as they were for Homer. In The Key, novelist and fiction-writing coach Frey applies his popular Damn Good approach to Joseph Campbell's...
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Finding Your Writer's VoiceAn illuminating guide to finding one's most powerful writing tool, Finding Your Writer's Voice helps writers learn to hear the voices that are uniquely their own. Mixing creative inspiration with practical advice about craft, the book includes chapters on: Accessing raw voiceListening to voices...
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English as a Second F*cking Language: How to Swear Effectively, Explained in Detail with Numerous Examples Taken from Everyday LifeIn the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. In this hilarious and illuminating guide, you will learn just how to do it - no f*cking problem. Whether you want to succeed in business, school, or social circles, a strong command of vocabulary...
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Pre-K Letters Flashcards: 240 Flashcards for Building Better Letter Skills Based on Sylvan's Proven Techniques for SuccessLearn and practice crucial pre-k language arts skills anytime, anywhere with Sylvan Flashcards Getting comfortable with the alphabet is a big step towards learning to read. These flashcards are designed to help children get ahead, prepare for kindergarten, and develop a love of learning--and...
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Reporting War: How Foreign Correspondents Risked Capture, Torture and Death to Cover World War IILuminary journalists Ed Murrow, Martha Gellhorn, Walter Cronkite, and Clare Hollingworth were among the young reporters who chronicled World War II's daily horrors and triumphs for Western readers. In this fascinating book, Ray Moseley, himself a former foreign correspondent who encountered a number of...
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