"Literacy educator Beverly Tyner helps teachers plan for small-group instruction that addresses students' six developmental stages of reading and writing, from prekindergarten through 5th grade"--

"Offers case studies in the teaching of English that prompt extensive discussion and written responses to problems that commonly confront English language arts teachers in middle and high schools"--

"Three centuries of English idioms--their unusual origins and unexpected interpretations. To pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. We hear such phrases every day, but this book is the first truly all-encompassing etymological guide to both their meanings and origins. Spanning more than three centuries, Take My Word for It is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind window into the surprisingly...

"Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section" --

Take a crash course in middle school language arts, and see how grammar, punctuation, and writing skills can be powerful tools in today’s world. Grasp grammar by creating a new dance. Make writing as easy as baking a cake. You'll soon discover that language arts are the real deal for real life.

Based in the Inquiry Learning Plan (ILP), a flexible tool that allows students to engineer their own goals and create an authentic final assessment, this practical approach provides a clear, customizable experience for teachers looking to shift ownership of learning to the student, whether wholly or in part. The transition from rote lessons, traditional pedagogy, and standardized tests begins with the belief that students need to learn how to learn-and...

At the heart of Rethinking the "Adolescent" in Adolescent Literacy is a call to English language arts teachers to examine the very assumptions of adolescence they may be operating from in order to reimagine new possibilities for engaging students with the English curriculum. Relying on a sociocultural view of adolescence established by scholars in critical youth studies, the book focuses on classrooms from diverse contexts to explain adolescence...