Language Arts & Disciplines

Here is a complete reference guide to the activities that identify various stages of archival practice. Among the environmental topics to be addressed from a practitioner's standpoint are legal, regulatory, political, economic, organizational culture, professional, social, and ethical influences.Author: Patricia C. FranksPublisher: Rowman &...

The Craft of Professional Writing, 2nd edition is the most complete manual ever written for every form of professional (and professional quality) writing. Its chapter range from toasts and captions to every form of journalism to novel writing, book authorship and screenplays. The book...

Author: Rene J. CapponPublisher: Peterson'sPublished: 10/11/2005Pages: 162Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9780768919790This title is not returnable

The Summer of ReadWorks is a series of non-fiction, educational articles with reflection writing prompts for children entering 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. Make it a summer of ReadWorks for your child entering 4th grade, because summer reading doesn't need to be stressful to...

Write better prose. Get better readers.Readers enjoy a book more when they understand what's going on-but a lot of common writing advice can make your prose more confusing for readers! Genre authors: Stop listening to writing advice from your peers in literary fiction, and...

Outcomes, Third Edition empowers learners to express themselves by developing their ability to have natural conversations in English. Presented through timely and engaging National Geographic content, learners engage in activities informed by the CEFR can-do statements that prepare them for real world interactions and...

In a groundbreaking project turned into a national touring exhibition, endangered-language speaker, poet, and photojournalist B. A. Van Sise worked with endangered language speakers, learners, and revitalizers across three years and an entire continent to showcase some of the natural beauties of their languages...

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,...

Author: RigbyPublisher: RigbyPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 16Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9781418903558Audience: Ages 4-8This title is only available via back order

Journalism makes a difference. In-depth investigation and reporting can break preconceptions, expose hidden truths, and have deep impacts on both public perception and public policy. Fact-based journalism is essential in a world flooded by mis- and information. The Michener Awards, named after Governor General...

Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry.It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted to...

Current scientific advances are reshaping our understanding of prehistory, offering unprecedented insights into the movements and kinship patterns of prehistoric populations. These new advances provide us with detailed information on several aspects of the early speakers of Indo-European and their lives. However, the prehistoric...

Roxane Gay, the prominent novelist, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger and Bad Feminist, cultural critic, and columnist provides practical guidance for everyone who wants to use their voice to write powerful work to share with the world.All writing advice is terrible, Roxane...

In the 2010s, leaders of the DeafBlind community in Seattle called into question the community's dependence on sighted interpreters and sought new ways of communicating, interacting, and navigating through touch. This effort became the "protactile movement," and it spread quickly across the country. In...

Research-based, clinically verified tests help users assess and diagnose students' reading abilities (Preprimer - Ninth Grade) The Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory (ESRI) features forty diagnostic tests to help educators, school psychologists, resource teachers, and reading specialists successfully assist individual students in developing their reading ability....

Examines emergent forms of creative civil disobedience that have arisen in response to digital tools of bodily surveillance and control The contemporary world bristles with tools of observation and manipulation. Security cameras, social media, data mining, biometric scans, and other instruments ensnare the individual...

In Creating Literacy-Rich Schools for Adolescents, authors Gay Ivey and Douglas Fisher make a compelling case that all teachers--across the content areas--have a role to play in students' development of literacy, which they define as reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. Rather than focusing...

Crafting Cozies is a complete guide to writing cozy mysteries created by an award-winning, bestselling author. Have you always wanted to write a heart-pounding cozy mystery that will leave your readers eager to turn the page? Do you feel stuck on where to start?...

Do you want to be more engaging when you talk? Are you tired of people not paying attention, misunderstanding, or even wandering away from you? Have you told yourself you just don't have "the gift of gab?" Do not talk yourself out of success;...

"The one book no serious romance author should be without" -- Dubuque Telegraph-Herald Award-winning romance novelist Leigh Michaels walks you through each stage of the writing and publishing process. From the origins and evolution of the romance novel, to establishing a vital story framework,...