Language Arts & Disciplines

Stories That F*cking MatterThree Pillars of Epic Storytelling to Dominate Media Headlines, Win Clients and Grow Your BusinessA well-crafted story has the power to literally mold reality, win over hearts and change minds! The story is the most powerful tool humans have ever discovered.But...

Wrapped in the glow of the computer or phone screen, we cruise websites; we skim and skip. We glance for a brief moment at whatever catches our eye and then move on. Slow Reading in a Hurried Age reminds us of another mode of...

Public speaking is the #1 fear in America. Millions of people are terrified at the prospect of going up on stage and addressing a crowd even more than they're afraid of death. And yet, it's an unavoidable experience if you want to succeed in...

Encourage first grade students to build their reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and word study skills using daily practice activities. Great for after school, intervention, or homework, teachers and parents can help students gain regular practice through these quick, diagnostic-based activities that correlate to College...

In this resource-rich book and teacher's prompting guide, you'll find: - All the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent, organized around Richardson's proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework. - Prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, word lists, intervention suggestions,...

"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." -- New York Times Book ReviewThe classic work on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language and the mindIn The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything...

Rodrigo Cortés regresa a las librerías con Verbolario diccionario satírico, humorístico y poético, que, con sus más de dos mil definiciones y siete años de trabajo a la espalda, se atreve a enmendarle la plana al diccionario. «Verbolario es un milagro sostenido: la noticia...

Grammar in Use is the world's best-selling grammar series for learners of English. Essential Grammar in Use with Answers, authored by Raymond Murphy, is the first choice for elementary-level (A1-B1) learners and covers all the grammar required at this level. It is a self-study...

The Core Skills Language Arts series is designed to help students master core language skills, writing skills, and research skills they will need to excel in all academic areas and increase test scores.Each lesson is presented in a "Rule-Example-Practice" format to encourage independent learning....

American Sign Language (ASL) is a vibrant, easy-to-learn language that is used by approximately half a million people each day. Current with the latest additions to ASL and filled with thousands of photographs featuring deaf actors, Learn American Sign Language is the most comprehensive...

These all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.Author: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyPublished: 02/18/2014Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.20w x 0.30dISBN: 9780544268616Audience: Ages 4-8This...

A practical, student-centered, new History of English textbook that highlights the many varieties of historical English. Author: K. Aaron Smith, Susan M. KimPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 12/05/2017Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9781554813629About the AuthorK. Aaron Smith and Susan M....

Volume 3 of the 2022 annual print-on-demand version of the Dewey Decimal Classification includes Schedules 600-999.Dewey Decimal Classification, 2022 (Schedules 600-999) (Volume 3 of 4).Author: Alex KyriosPublisher: OCLCPublished: 01/19/2022Pages: 1180Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 4.04lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 2.31dISBN: 9781556532498This title is not returnable

A collection of essays from historians, linguists, martial artists, and other experts to help you write more compelling fantasy by getting the facts right Whether it's correctly naming the parts of a horse, knowing how lords and ladies address one another, or building a...

What gets your heart rate going more: reading a story about dinosaurs, or being chased by one? The emerging discipline of immersive storytelling recognizes the power of creative works that put the viewer at the center of the action. In Immersive Storytelling, theme park...

Do you want to perfect your handwriting?Do you need a trustworthy resource to teach your small children to trace the Arabic alphabet?Then this workbook is the perfect companion for your studies.In it, you'll find all the Standard Modern Arabic letters in the isolated, initial,...

The essential handbook for songwriters, poets, students, teachers, speechmakers, and members of the performing arts This simple-to-use, exceptionally complete reference work has been updated, expanded and redesigned to meet the needs of today's most demanding wordsmiths. Included here are: - Over 10,000 new entries--over...

Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions...

"Yes-- the reader will discover that Telling Tales and Sharing Secrets is a perfect companion for your own writer's journey. This book is imbued with generosity. There's a thoughtful, constructive dialogue between the authors, and you, as reader, are invited to the writing table....

Maybe you've been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily business done, or you're an expert with a red pen who never omits a comma or misplaces...