Students develop the vocabulary, background information and thinking skills they need to read content-area textbooks and learn new information.Corrective Reading Comprehension develops: The thinking tactics used by successful readers-applying prior knowledge, making inferences and analysing...
The timeless myth of Theseus, the princess Ariadne and the bull-headed monster in the labyrinth, retold for young readers. Every year, a ship with black sails visits the city of Athens. Fourteen young people are chosen to go to the island of Crete, but they never return. One year, prince Theseus is...
Read to Achieve Comprehending Content-Area Text WorkbookIn Comprehending Content-Area Text Workbook, students will read material that replicates the content, style, and structure of science and social studies textbooks. Essential tools and strategies help teachers prepare students to effectively...
In Read to Achieve: Comprehending Content Area Text, students work daily with content examples that reflect the structure and layout of popular science and social studies texts. The level of direct teacher guidance provided to the students begins strong and is gradually phased out as students...
642 Tiny Things to Write About presents oodles of delightful and thought-provoking writing prompts, packaged in an uber-cute, irresistible and tiny new format.
An examination both of the arts as an expression of cultural attitudes, emphasizing court culture as a focal point and source of patronage, and also of developments in science, religion and political theory. It is suitable for upper school, undergraduate and Open University students.
It’s the 15th century and the Archbishop of Canterbury, worried over impending legislation that would effectively rob the Church in England of its power and wealth, convinces Henry V to forego this pursuit in favour of laying claim to France. The Dauphin’s insulting response convinces Henry that...
Includes the story with less dialogue for a fast-paced read. It’s 11th century Scotland. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is one of King Duncan’s greatest war captains. Upon returning from a battle with the rebellious Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth and Banquo encounter three witches, who prophecy that Macbeth...
When Edward Thomas died in the First World War, very few of his poems had been published, but he was recognised as one of the finest and most influential poets. This work captures the range of Thomas’ achievement, not least by combining poetry with prose. It also includes an introduction, and four...
Gypsy Ballads is the best-known book of poems by the greatest Spanish literary figure of the 20th century. This new bilingual edition brings Lorca’s verse both to the general reader and the student, illuminated by photos and illustrations of and by Lorca, his own reflections on the poem and...
Into the Woods takes us to imaginary wild woodland in the centre of London. In this story the woodsman, the wild girl and the widow Mary live in a recognisable present, but being archetypes, they continually try to emerge from our time into one that may never have been – to the Lambeth woods. We...
Over the years the author has gained the reputation of being at the forefront of the experimental movement in contemporary British poetry. This book collects his work and includes his recent “The Odes to TL61P.”
Features selected prose on a wide range of subjects in varying styles. This title includes essays, biographical sketches and other magazine pieces.
An answer key that has to be used with “Alif Baa: Introduction to Letters and Sounds, Third Edition”.
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Develops skills in standard Arabic while providing additional material in both colloquial and classical Arabic. Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level instruction, this edition includes audio tracks for vocabulary sections, and, a DVD containing substantially more material that...
Designed to help learners acquire Hindi language by actively using it in realistic situations, this book and its accompanying audio files on CD contain all that is needed to complete one full year of study, including clear explanations of language structures; activities; and an organizational...
Stanley Fish is one of America’s most stimulating literary theorists. In this book, he undertakes a reexamination of some of criticism’s most basic assumptions. He penetrates to the core of the modern debate about interpretation, explodes numerous misleading formulations, and offers a proposal for...
Elegant ideas deserve elegant expression. Sword dispels the myth that you can’t get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions or eager to write for a larger audience, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make...
Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel’s first editor,...