Word-based brief stories set in locations across the country, puzzles, trivia, and informational sidebars are used to break down spelling and word-use basics in an entertaining way to help young readers improve their spelling and word skills.
When Agatha Parrot joins the spelling club to support her new friend Martha, she gets help from an unexpected source--her cousin, Bella, who thinks she is emailing Agatha's brother.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of thousands of English words, including biographical and geographical entries, and features pronunciation guides, notes on grammar and usage, examples, and reference information.
A guide to preparing for the English literature and composition exam for advanced placement, featuring topic reviews, a glossary of key terms, and two full-length practice exams with explained answers.
teaching english language learners in the mainstream classroom
Gibbons, Pauline
2015
Explains how to teach English as a second language within the regular curriculum, showing how to incorporate reading and writing into content areas and discussing scaffolding language- and content-learning.
Presents a dictionary of British children's author Roald Dahl that features everyday words and ones the author invented, names of his characters, and places in his works.
This updated edition builds on foundational pedagogical approaches to teaching ESL, using the latest understanding of best practices for emergent bilingual students.
