Language Arts & Disciplines : Study & Teaching

ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ENGLISH LITERATURE. Grace Freedson, Series Editor. An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style. Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current. AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a ''Month-by-Month'' approach that follows the school year and a ''Calendar Countdown'' approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute ''Basic Training'' covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include:.:.; Sample tests that closely simulate real exams.; Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests.; Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently-asked questions.; Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors.; Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author more...

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It's simple: If children don't understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultimately hurts children. 7 Keys to Comprehension i more...

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Adventures in Yiddishland examines the transformation of Yiddish in the six decades since the Holocaust, tracing its shift from the language of daily life for millions of Jews to what the author terms a postvernacular language of diverse and expanding symbolic value. With a thorough command of modern Yiddish culture as well as its centuries-old history, Jeffrey Shandler investigates the remarkable diversity of contemporary encounters with the language. His study traverses the broad spectrum of people who engage with Yiddish--from Hasidim to avant-garde performers, Jews as well as non-Jews, fluent speakers as well as those who know little or no Yiddish--in communities across the Americas, in Europe, Israel, and other outposts of "Yiddishland." more...

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America From Apple Pie to Ziegfeld Follies Book Four: Events is a reproducible low level ESL/EFL/Literacy reading and discussion text. There are 26 units in the book, with the topics following the alphabet A to Z (i.e. Alamo to Ziegfeld Follies). Each unit examines an element of the American experience that will genuinely interest and inform not only immigrants to the United States but also learners abroad who want to know more about the events that have made this nation great. Although the passages are limited to an elementary level of language difficulty, their style remains vivid and authentic more...

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America From Apple Pie to Ziegfeld Follies Book Three: Things is a reproducible low level ESL/EFL/Literacy reading and discussion text. There are 26 units in the book, with the topics following the alphabet A to Z (i.e. Automobile to Zoos). Each unit examines an element of the American experience that will genuinely interest and inform not only immigrants to the United States but also learners abroad who want to know more about the things that make this nation great. Although the passages are limited to an elementary level of language difficulty, their style remains vivid and authentic. more...

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