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  • The Paratrooper's Princess

    by Horatio Clare ...
    Series series Quick Reads
    Unsentimental love story told from a man's point of viewJase is a soldier who falls for a girl at a gig in Newport. When he finds out that Charlotte is a writer from London this brave man is terrified. She loves words. Jase has spent his life hiding the fact that he cannot read.Desperate to see more of her, Jase signs up for a writing course she is teaching in Wales. Can Jase possibly keep his ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Inspiring Writing through Drama: Creative Approaches to Teaching Ages 7-16

    Creative Approaches to Teaching Ages 7-16

    by Patrice Baldwin, Rob John ...
    Inspiring Writing through Drama offers interactive, high-quality drama schemes that will motivate andinspire students aged 7-16 to write for a range of purposes and audiences. Each drama unit offers: � A planning grid flagging the writingopportunities within the drama� Original resources, such as poems, text messagesand fragments of graffiti� Individual, group and whole-class writingopportunities, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Beyond Decoding

    The Behavioral and Biological Foundations of Reading Comprehension

    Edited by Richard K. Wagner, PhD, Christopher Schatschneider, PhD, Caroline Phythian-Sence, PhD ...
    What cognitive processes and skills do children draw on to make meaning from text? How are these capacities consolidated over the course of development? What puts some learners at risk for comprehension difficulties? This authoritative volume presents state-of-the-science research on the behavioral and biological components of successful reading comprehension. Uniquely integrative, the book covers ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Developing Core English Language Learner’s Fluency and Proficiency: Building Reading & Writing Skills

    Fourth Estate, #33

    by Alex Monceaux ...
    Series Book 33 - Fourth Estate
    This 2017 Spring issue of TexTESOL IV’s Fourth Estate is a brilliant success showcasing action research and discussions for ESOL Reading and Writing Skill development in the K-12 classrooms as well as University, Intensive English Programs, and Adult Ed programs. Herein you will find research grounded discussions on using music, poetry, and authentic materials to develop better writers in all ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Daily Use English Sentences: Popular Topics

    English Daily Use, #26

    by Manik Joshi ...
    Series Book 26 - English Daily Use
    This Book Covers The Following Topics:KITCHENTWO-WHEELERBUSINESSCOURTCRIMEACTIONSTIMEPOLITE EXPRESSIONSPHONEPASSING AWAYMEDICALPOLITICSNATURAL DISASTERWEATHERFIREMISCELLANEOUS TOPICSSample This:Part - 01 – Daily Use English Sentences -- KITCHENADDAdd cauliflower.Add cumin seeds. When crackling, add red chilies.Add peas and mix well. A... ... Read more

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  • The Light of Knowledge

    Literacy Activism and the Politics of Writing in South India

    by Francis Cody ...
    Series series Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
    Since the early 1990s hundreds of thousands of Tamil villagers in southern India have participated in literacy lessons, science demonstrations, and other events designed to transform them into active citizens with access to state power. These efforts to spread enlightenment among the oppressed are part of a movement known as the Arivoli Iyakkam (the Enlightenment Movement), considered to be among ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Negotiating Critical Literacies with Teachers

    Theoretical Foundations and Pedagogical Resources for Pre-Service and In-Service Contexts

    by Vivian Maria Vasquez, Stacie L. Tate, Jerome C. Harste ...
    How can teacher educators engage pre-service and in-service teachers in learning about and framing their teaching from a critical literacy perspective? What does this mean? Why is it important? To address these questions, this book offers a theoretical framework and detailed examples, pedagogical resources, and insights into ways to build critical literacies with teachers in and out of school. Its ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Literacy and History in Action

    Immersive Approaches to Disciplinary Thinking, Grades 5–12

    by Thomas M. McCann, Rebecca D'Angelo, Nancy Galas, Mary Greska ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    This book offers a solid research and theoretical foundation for combining social studies and literacy instruction. A collaboration between a literacy scholar, two classroom teachers, and a school librarian, this volume also shows teachers how to engage middle and high school students in historical inquiry that incorporates literacy skills like reading complex texts and writing elaborated ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Family Language Policies in a Multilingual World

    Opportunities, Challenges, and Consequences

    Edited by John Macalister, Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi ...
    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    Through case studies from around the world, this book illustrates the opportunities and challenges facing families negotiating the issues of language maintenance and language learning in the home. Every family living in a bi/multilingual environment faces the question of what language(s) to speak with their children and must make a decision, consciously or otherwise, about these issues. Exploring ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’

    Teaching literature and the future of global English

    by Myles Chilton ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    This book addresses the shape of English studies beyond the ‘center’ by analyzing how the discipline has developed, and by considering how lessons from this analysis relate to the discipline as a whole. The book aims to open a cross-disciplinary conversation about the nature of the English major in both non-Anglophone and Anglophone countries by addressing the tensions between language and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire

    A Study of Elite Communities

    by William A. Johnson ...
    Series series Classical Culture and Society
    In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses, beginning with the communities of Pliny and Tacitus (with a look at Pliny's teacher, Quintilian) from the time of the emperor Trajan. Johnson then moves ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Transforming Learning Environments

    Strategies to Shape the Next Generation

    by Carol Camp-Yeakey ...
    Series Book 16 - Advances in Educational Administration
    With the influence and pressures of the globalized economy, education systems are at a crossroads and need to find a place and/or identity that reflect new or transformed realities for learning environments. Questions such as to what extent, in what way, and how are we doing will need to be raised and answered before learning environments can begin the work necessary to create people who are ready ... Read more

    $136.99 USD