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10 Common Core Essentials: Nonfiction

Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School

by Harper Academic, Diane Ravitch, Richard Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013

The excerpts featured in this free sampler come from some of our most popular nonfiction books for middle and high school classrooms—making them ideal choices to meet the new Common Core Standards for the English Language Arts. From the primary documents of The American Reader to The Boy Who Harnessed...
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Logos without Rhetoric

The Arts of Language before Plato

by Edward Schiappa, Thomas W. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017

How did rhetoric begin and what was it before it was called “rhetoric”? Must art have a name to be considered art? What is the difference between eloquence and rhetoric? And what were the differences among poets, philosophers, sophists, and rhetoricians before Plato emphasized—or perhaps invented—their...
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by Fiona Sampson
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004

This book is really a must-have for therapists and others in the creative arts, so that you can see how the workings of the human mind can be displayed through the arts. Even with serious illness, the mind can talk. And that is the point of the book'. - Metapsychology Online Book Reviews 'The...
Cover of Teaching and Learning Argumentative Writing in High School English Language Arts Classrooms
by George E. Newell, David Bloome, Alan Hirvela
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015

Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching. The case studies illustrate teaching and learning...
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by James Flood, Shirley Brice Heath, Diane Lapp
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015

The Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, Volume II brings together state-of-the-art research and practice on the evolving view of literacy as encompassing not only reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but also the multiple ways through which learners...
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New Creativity Paradigms

Arts Learning in the Digital Age

by Kylie Peppler
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014

Commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, this book explores research indicating that youth are learning new ways to engage in the arts on their own time and according to their own interests. Digital technologies, such as production tools and social media, allow youth to create and share their art....
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by Martha Smith, Liz Knowles Ed.D.
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014

Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today. Additionally, the emphasis and focus have changed due to the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. How can educators best encourage male students...
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Newsworthy

Cultivating Critical Thinkers, Readers, and Writers in Language Arts Classrooms

by Ed Madison
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

In this book, Ed Madison—journalist, producer/director, and innovative educator—provides specific strategies to help teachers use journalistic learning to achieve positive outcomes that engage students in new ways. Journalistic learning is a teaching approach that borrows techniques from...
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Building Students' Historical Literacies

Learning to Read and Reason with Historical Texts and Evidence

by Jeffery Nokes
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012

How can teachers incorporate the richness of historical resources into classrooms in ways that are true to the discipline of history and are pedagogically sound? This book explores the notion of historical literacy, adopts a research-supported stance on literacy processes, and promotes the integration...
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Envisioning Knowledge

Building Literacy in the Academic Disciplines

by Judith A. Langer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

This updated text argues that literature fosters ways of thinking that go far beyond understanding the conventions of genre and text. It involves literate thinking that takes students beyond improved performance on high-stakes tests and prepares them for their future in the 21st century.  This revision...
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Children, Language, and Literacy

Diverse Learners in Diverse Times

by Celia Genishi, Anne Haas Dyson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

In their new collaboration, Celia Genishi and Anne Haas Dyson celebrate the genius of young children as they learn language and literacy in our diverse times. Despite burgeoning sociocultural diversity, many early childhood classrooms (pre-K to grade 2) offer a one-size-fits-all curriculum in which...
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The Semiotics of Light and Shadows

Modern Visual Arts and Weimar Cinema

by Dr Piotr Sadowski
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

Lighting and shadows are used within a range of art forms to create aesthetic effects. Piotr Sadowski's study of light and shadow in Weimar cinema and contemporaneous visual arts is underpinned by the evolutionary semiotic theories of indexicality and iconicity. These theories explain the unique communicative...
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Language in the Schools

Integrating Linguistic Knowledge Into K-12 Teaching

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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006

Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistic Knowledge Into K-12 Teaching addresses two important questions: *What aspects of linguistic knowledge are most useful for teachers to know? *What kinds of activities and projects are most effective in introducing those aspects of linguistic knowledge...
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by Yeng-Seng Goh
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017

Bilingual and bicultural scholar Yeng-Seng Goh offers the first in-depth English language analysis of global Chinese, exploring the spread of Chinese beyond China and its emergence as a global language. Approaching the topic from a Singapore perspective, Goh uses this fascinating language ecosystem,...
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