Now, in the summer of , he hears a story he cannot forget: the skeleton of a huge creature — a veritable dragon — lies deep in an Alpine glacier. And he is determined to find it. But Stan is no mountaineer. To complete his dangerous expedition, he must call on loyal friend Umberto, who arrives with an eccentric young assistant, and expert guide Gio. Time is short: the four men must descend before the weather turns.
A Hundred Million Years and a Day is a mesmerising story of nature, adventure and of one man's determination to follow his dream, whatever it may take. This practical, accessible resource will help future and practicing teachers integrate literature into their middle school or high school classrooms, while also addressing content area standards and improving the literacy skills of their students.
Each genre chapter consists of four parts: Part 1: Discusses the genre and how content area teachers can use books within that genre to further content learning and enhance literacy skills.
Part 2: Offers hands-on instructional strategies and activities using literature, with activities for use in a variety of disciplines.
Part 3: Presents individual author studies three or four per chapter with bibliographies and guidelines for using the authors' books in content area courses. Part 4: Features an annotated bibliography of specially selected children and young adult literature for that genre, organized by content area. The annotations provide information about the book, which can be used to prepare booktalks, and teaching ideas for using in a specific content area.
At first glance, this is a book where there is no plot or characters, only descriptions. However, that is what makes it a self-sufficient space, a world that can only be inhabited by its readers, which Anastas has written in order to live, within the book, with his beloved.
Within this experience of reading-while-reading, participants are able to access a meeting place that is outside of reality. How else can we describe what happens to us when we read with true conviction, when books become life, palpable, manifested, when books become part of our physiology, when love is incarnated in the reading that two strangers perform at the same time, hoping that time will be abolished by the mere fact of fixing their gaze on a page?
In short, what the reader of this book will surely experience, along with all the other readers who coincide in the experience, will be a state of joyous stupefaction. Above all else, the book is a love letter to the power of literature. Of the scant female biblical characters, few are as intriguing as Avishag the Shunammite: a young girl brought from the obscurity to the court of aged King David, to warm the King's bed and stir his aged blood.
As the sons of David- Adonijah the Judean and Solomon the Wise, - stake their claims, it is Avishag who will play the decisive role in the bloodly rivalry for the succession. Skip to content. Samir and Yonatan. Samir and Yonatan Book Review:. Building Character Through Multicultural Literature. Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens. Reading Raps. Educators and parents can initiate the activities as presented or use them as a starting point for their own lessons.
Parents and educators, including homeschooling parents and instructors in religious settings, will benefit from this helpful resource. Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years.
Perfect for public library programs and after-school book clubs, this is a one-stop resource, with practical, ready-made plans that can easily be adapted to multiple environments. Collects international titles published between and , and provides an annotated bibliography organized by the more than seventy countries represented. Informs young readers about the Life of monarch butterflies, their habitat and the efforts to save them from extinction.
Part 3: Presents individual author studies three or four per chapter with bibliographies and guidelines for using the authors' books in content area courses.
Part 4: Features an annotated bibliography of specially selected children and young adult literature for that genre, organized by content area. The annotations provide information about the book, which can be used to prepare booktalks, and teaching ideas for using in a specific content area.
Language Arts Author : Mildred R. Donoghue Publisher : SAGE Publications Release Date : Genre: Education Pages : ISBN 10 : GET BOOK Language Arts Book Description : Provides a clear and succinct introduction to teaching the language arts to elementary students Key Features Focuses on integrating the six language arts—reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing—with other subject areas Provides guidance on differentiating instruction to bring out the best in the rapidly growing number of students with special needs and English language learners in the regular classroom Includes a detailed lesson plan in each chapter along with instructional activities and techniques to integrate the language arts across all the subjects in the elementary curriculum Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries!
Student Resource CD: Bundled with the book, this CD includes video clips and discussion questions that correlate with important chapter concepts.
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