Zwiers, Jeff

"Words are everywhere. But do you know where your favorite words come from? Maybe they plop to the ground from high up in the sky! Or maybe workers piece them together in big factories. Or maybe they come from a one-of-a-kind word-maker . . . but who could that be? Vivid letter-filled illustrations explore imaginative ways words are made as this book shares the secret to creating new words . . ."--Dust jacket.

Offers advice to educators on how to help students in grades five to twelve learn to understand and use the academic language they need to succeed in school, looking at general types of academic language, as well as topic specific variations.

Presents a comprehensive manual for the sixth through twelfth-grade classroom that helps students develop critical thinking skills, and contains language activities on problem solving, identifying cause and effect, comparing and classifying, evaluating, and more.

Presents a guide to teaching reading comprehension skills for students in grades 6-12, including activities that emphasize connecting to background knowledge, making inferences and predictions, understanding word meanings, and organizing text information around main ideas and summaries.