language arts

An educators resource for Common Core K-4 reading.

"The book traces an arc from (1) teaching students to make sense of today's influx of information with the help of comprehension skills to (2) broadening students' empathy and their understanding of the world by teaching them how to listen to the diverse voices that technology brings us to (3) using their technological skills and broadened understanding of the world to take action in the world"--Provided by publisher.

A teacher's guide to teaching English to foreign speakers.

A State Standards-aligned resource for teaching Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr Fox" in grades three through four that includes worksheets.

"Kick-start creativity with this collection of fun-filled activities prompting kids to use and grow their imaginations from Jarrett Lerner, author of the EngiNerds, Geeger the Robot, and Hunger Heroes series! This collection of fun, open-ended writing and drawing prompts will challenge kids to think and create in new ways with every turn of a page. In the Finish This Comic section, young writers are inspired to write and illustrate a six-panel story. Following How to Draw instructions will encourage kids to find their own drawing styles. Every fun activity and silly prompt will keep young readers engaged and entertained!"--Publisher's website.

To achieve a high score on the GED test, your must excel on the Reasoning Through Language Arts section of the exam. Packed with drills and skill-building exercises, this up-to-date workbook provides you with comprehensive practice for every RLA topic covered on the test. A pretest allows you to assess your strengths and weaknesses, and a posttest closely modeled on the real exam shows you what to expect on test day.

"Draws on cutting-edge research, surveys and classroom observations to provide a set of effective methods for teaching with graphic novels in the secondary English classroom. These methods can be applied to a broad base of uses ranging from understanding literary criticism, critical reading, multimodal composition, to learning literary devices like foreshadowing and irony. The book begins by looking at what English teachers hope to achieve in the classroom. It then considers the affordances and constraints of using graphic novels to achieve these specific goals, using some of the most successful graphic novels as examples, including Maus, Persepolis, The Nameless City, and American Born Chinese, and series such as Manga Shakespeare. Finally, it helps the teacher navigate through the planning process to figure out how to best use graphic novels in their own classroom. Drawing on their extensive teaching experience, the authors offer examples from real classrooms, suggested lesson plans, and a list of teachable graphic novels organized by purpose of teaching. Additional online resources link to a regularly updated list of graphic novels suitable for different pedagogical goals and downloadable lesson plans"--.

Photographs and information related to the lives of folk heroes help students learn how to write interesting and effective narrative paragraphs, with activities, charts, and vocabulary exercises designed to help students master every step of the paragraph-writing process. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Offers a brief introduction to writing descriptive paragraphs, with tips on using adjectives and other parts of speech to describe persons, places, or things. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Pictures and easy-to-follow text help students write interesting and effective expository paragraphs about NativeAmerican art and culture, with an overview of each step in the paragraph-writing process as well as activities, charts, and vocabulary exercises. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.