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Comprehension to 14 / Barton, Geoff 1997  Book
Barton, Geoff Book
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Publication Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description 160pYellow Spine
Series Skills and Practice
Summary/Abstract Develops essential comprehension skills students need to succeed in English. Arranged in four sections - Fiction, Drama, Poetry, and Non-Fiction this book includes texts at increasing levels of difficulty, written by contemporary and pre-twentieth century authors, and representing a variety of cultures. Each section offers stimulating material from a range of genres - from TV comedy-sketch scripts and advertisements to poetry, journalism, and complete short stories. Complemented by Comprehension to 14 - Answer Book (Available in the NSS HSI LRC)
Contents Introduction To The Teacher FICTION Reading and Responding to Fiction Short Story Extracts - Bella's Den - By Berlie Doherty The Banana Tree - James Berry Complete Short Story She - By Rosa Guy Legends Grendel the Monster - By Eleanor Farjeon The Death of King Arthur - By Sir Thomas Malory Science Fiction The House Began to Die - By Ray Bradbury The War of the Worlds - By H.G. Wells Horror Nule - By Jan Mark The Body Snatcher - By Robert Louis Stevenson Ghost Story Rosalie - By Robery Westall The Knock at the Mirror Gate - By Franz Kafka Crime The Clinging Woman - By Ruth Rendell The Engineer's Thumb - By Arthur Conan Doyle DRAMA Reading and Responding to Drama Texts TV Sketch Health Expert - By Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders Monologue Going Home Time - By Joyce Grenfell TV Screenplay Last Bus to Woodstock - By Michael Wilcox Stage Play Carwash - By Louis Phillips Pygmalion - By Bernard Shaw POETRY Reading and Responding to Poetry Slow Reader - By Vicki Feaver The Way Through The Woods - By Rudyard Kipling The Sweet Brew at Chitakale - By Jack Mapanje Poetry Comparison 1 Rainforest - By Judith Wright The Fish Are All Sick - By Anne Stevenson I Remember, I Remember - By Thomas Hood The North Ship - By Philip Larkin Day Trip - By Carole Satyamurti Dark August - By Derek Walcott Flood - By Olga Benjamin Poetry Comparison 2 A Sofa in the Forties - By Seamus Heaney Mossbawn - By Seamus Heaney Poetry Comparison 3 Baby Song - By Thom Gunn Prayer Before Birth - Louis MacNeice NON-FICTION Reading and Responding to Non-Fiction Texts Newspaper Report 'I Killed the Loch Ness Monster' - By Weekly World News Playing Hopscotch Can Make Children 'Brainy' - By Yorkshire Evening Press Crime-Hit US City Clears Its Streets of Children - By Guardian Autobiography Pig Ignorant - By Nicholas Fisk And When did You Last See Your Father - By Blake Morrsion The Opening of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway - By Frances Ann Kemble Autobiography Comparison Julia - By Julia Strachey An Encounter - By Mulk Rak Anand Travel Writing On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers - By Kate Marsden Letters Comparison My Father, My Son - By Fergal Keane Letter To Daniel Maclise, 12 March 1841 - By Charles Dickens Holiday Brochure Comparison Wonderwest World - By Butlins Central Highlands - By Shearings Speeches The Future Doesn't Belong to the Fainthearted - By Peggy Noonan Your God is Not Our God - By Chief Seattle Advertisments Comparison 'Before They're Roasted' - By RSPCA 'Test Your Powers...' - By Help the Aged
Standard Number 0198313004 Pb.
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Listen Hear! : 25 Effective Listening Comprehensive Strategies / Opitz, Michael F.; Zbaracki, Mathew D. 2004  Book
Opitz, Michael F. Book
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Publication Great Britain, Heinemann, 2004.
Description ix, 140pOrange Spine
Summary/Abstract a handy, resource full of reaching strategies that help you fold multidimensional listening comprehension instruction snugly into your existing reading and read-aloud lessons - without sacrificing room in your crowded curriculum." "Listen Hear! gives you everything you need to start teaching listening tomorrow: the research and rationale for teaching it; reproducible forms; charts that show you at a glance which skills each strategy enhances; lists of contemporary children's literature to use in conjunction with the strategies; and practical tips for assessment." "Thanks to Optiz and Zbaracki, you'll be at the forefront as listening comprehension takes its place in the language arts curriculum, confident that when you ask a student "Are you listening?" the answer will be a definitive "Yes.""
Contents Understanding listening Discriminative listening Precise listening Strategic listening Critical listening Appreciative listening Assessing listening.
Standard Number 0325003440 Pb.
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Streamers / Early, Margaret 1987  Book
Early, Margaret Book
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Publication Orlando, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.
Description 294pRed Spine
Series HBJ reading program
Summary/Abstract A collection of stories and poems for studying various genres and comprehension study.
Contents Stepping stones - Watch out, Ronald Morgan! by Patricia Reilly Giff (Realistic fiction) Benjamin Franklin's glasses by Sally McMillan (Biography) Nick joins in by Joe Lasker (Realistic fiction) Someone by Carol Quinn (Poem) Draw conclusions (Comprehension study) Jane Martin, dog detective by Eve Bunting (Mystery) Reality and fantasy (Literature study) Barkley by Syd Hoff (Fantasy) My dog by Myra Cohn Livingston (Poem) Dogs at work by Phyllis Hoffman (Informational article) Thinking about "Stepping Stones" Read on your own Earth adn Sky - Clyde monster by Robert L. Crowe (Fantasy) Bedtime by Patricia Hubbell (Poem) Cause and effect (Comprehension study) Sun up, sun down by Gail Gibbons (Informational article) Forecast by Malcolm Hall (Fantasy) Change in the weather by Ilo Orleans (Poem) Maps (Study skills) Splash by Ronda Maseman (Informational article) Owl and the moon by Arnold Lobel (Fantasy) How the sun made a promise and kept it retold by Margery Bernstein and Janet Kobrin (A Canadian Indian myth) Thinking about "Earth and Sky" Read on your own Kaleidoscopes - Beatrice doesn't want to by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Realistic fiction) The simple prince adapted from a book by Jane Yolen (Folktale) Politeness by A.A.Milne (Poem) Jenny and the tennis nut by Janet Schulman (Realistic fiction) Main idea and details (Comprehension study) Farm animals by Grace Moremen (Informational article) Old MacDonald had a farm (An American folk song) The ugly duckling - A fairy tale retold by Ruth Rogg (Play) The caterpillar's surprise by Grace Moremen (Informational article) Follow directions (Study skills) Thinking about "Kaleidoscopes" Read on your own Scrapbooks - Grandma without me by Judith Vigna (Realistic fiction) Keepsakes by Leland B. Jacobs (Poem) Classification (Comprehension study) Scrapbooks by Alma Marshak Whitney (Informational article) The year of the smile by John Yeates (Realistic fiction) New year's day by Martha and Charles Shapp (Informational article) The new year by Jane W. Krows (Poem) Compound words (Decoding skills) Cornstalks and cannonballs by Barbara Mitchell (Legend) The quilt story by Tony Johnston (Realistic fiction) Bonus: Arthur's honey bear by Lillian Hoban (Fantasy) Thinking about "Scrapbooks" Read on your own Glossary Word list
Standard Number 0153305061 Hb.
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Understanding by Design / Wiggins, Grant; McTighe, Jay 2005  Book
Wiggins, Grant Book
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Publication Virginia, ASCD, 2005.
Description 370pBrown Spine
Summary/Abstract Offers teacher-designers a clear path to the creation of curriculum that ensures better learning.
Contents Backward design Understanding understanding Gaining clarity on our goals The six facets of understanding Essential questions : doorways to understanding Crafting understandings Thinking like an assessor Criteria and validity Planning for learning Teaching for understanding The design process The big picture : UBD as curriculum framework
Standard Number 9781416600350 Pb.
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Understanding by Design - Professional Development Workbook / McTighe, Jay; Wiggins, Grant 2004  Book
Wiggins, Grant Book
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Publication Virginia, ASCD, 2004.
Description 296pBlue Spine
Summary/Abstract Focuses on professional development and the practical matters of curriculum design. This workbook is a guide for workshops, undergraduates and graduate courses.
Contents Introduction - The logic of backward design Templates 1, 2- and 6- page versions with samples Stage 1 - Desired results: Design tools and samples Stage 2 - Evidence: Design tools and samples Stage 3 - Learning plan: Design tools and samples Peer review Exercises Process sheets
Standard Number 0871208555 Pb.
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