Thoroughly updated and with new features, Literature for Today's Young Adults, Eighth Edition, the number one book in Young Adult Literature, continues to help teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. Writing with the belief that students will have a better chance of becoming life-long readers if they have choices and ...
This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. It offers a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to young adult literature framed within a rich literary, historical, and social context. It also provides teachers with criteria for evaluating books of all genres, from poetry and nonfiction to ...
With new features and thoroughly updated, the number one book in Young Adult Literature continues to help teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. Written with the belief that students will have a better chance of becoming life-long readers if they have choices in what they read and if they enjoy it, renowned authors ...
This new series is designed to meet the needs of students encountering young adult literature for perhaps the first time, whether it be for a school assignment or just for more information about a favorite book and insight into its author. Each title in the series follows a similar structure: an introductory chapter provides an overview of the ...
Grounded on the Nilsens' source-based approach, students and teachers are led through explorations of how over the centuries words have been enlarged and given additional meanings both through lexical extensions and metaphorical processes. Capitalizing on the basic concept of a source-based approach that words have "natural" connections to each ...
This practical book is a great resource for teachers who want to engage their students with young adult literature. The author presents in-depth, instructional units centered on historical conflicts and texts that will help students to better understand other cultures and time periods. An array of active learning strategies place students close to ...
The author of many highly acclaimed books for young readers, M.E. Kerr is universally loved for both her clever wit and her sharp honesty.E. Kerr examines this uniquely talented writer.
Unlike other vocabulary books, Vocabulary Plus High School and Up: A Source-Based Approach gives good advice about teaching vocabulary and provides ways to teach specific words by presenting sound theory combined with workable teaching materials. Grounded on the Nilsens' source-based approach, students and teachers are led through explorations of ...
Living Language fulfills the promise of its title by revealing to students the excitement of language study, the constancy of language change, and the impact of language on our everyday lives. Sixty-one reading selections not only provide models and inspiration for writing, but also help students develop their critical reading skills, weigh and ...
"Names and Naming in Young Adult Literature" shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques.
This special bundle brings you practical application for vocabulary and the essentials for planning vocabulary and writing lessons. "Write, Right, Rite!" outlines a practical, accessible format you can use to succeed at having your students revise and edit their work. Teachers who have implemented this approach have found that the focus of ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ariz. State Univ.
Date Published: 1980
Description: Good+ Exlibrary. Large Format. Light exterior wear and alittle soiling, a bookplate and a few stamps, solidly bound with unmarked text. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: ASU Press
Date Published: 1986
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 304 p. Large format paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Solid clean and neat. No marks. Numerous papers and articles on humor in higher studies and across disciplines. VG++ read more
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Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature
