The Ultimate Guide To Non-Fiction Writing: The ‘Whole School’ Approach to Non-Fiction Writing provides busy teachers with simple structural models for a wide range of non-fiction genres. Related language features of each genre are then made explicit, using accessible terminology for both teachers and pupils. The key purpose of this text is to assist schools in the process of implementing a systematic, developmental whole-school approach to the teaching of non-fiction writing.

A story of hope for the hopeless. A journey from being lost in drugs to finding true peace and happiness in Jesus. An inspiring story of one man’s journey of self-discovery and transformation. Mathew’s story highlights the detrimental effects of trauma when left untreated. After a near death experience we are taken on a miraculous journey within as he searches to change all of the things in his life that no longer serve him. What Mathew discovers in the process, and how he changes, is insi...

A Second Book of Exciting Sentences contains 30 brand new sentence types! This time with direct links to both fiction and non-fiction genres. Written by Alan Peat and Mathew Sullivan, this timely book is filled with practical ideas. Sharon Sesnan, the Headteacher at St.Richard’s R.C. Primary School, Manchester, explains how the ‘Writing Exciting Sentences’ approach has helped to improve writing standards at her school… “The integration of Exciting Sentences as part of ...

Healed by the Grace of God is a practical guide of how to open up to the true power of God's healing grace: a must read for all who seek healing or wish to lead happier, holier and more peace-filled lives. It starts with the basics of life and the Catholic faith, and builds on this with processes and suggestions that are sure to inspire and bring hope to the hopeless. It affirms that God is truly alive, and that His saving power and mercy are open to all who seek them, right now. It contai...

Many pupils already know how to write simple sentences. Writing Exciting Sentences: Age 7 Plus will help pupils to write more varied sentences which engage and captivate the reader. Twenty-five different sentence types are described in the book. They have all been used, successfully, with pupils aged between seven and 14. Each sentence type is given a title, which should be used regularly with pupils, as it is one of the keys to remembering the sentence types. This is followed by some exam...

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a recent NEA survey reveals an actual uptic...

This Book Covers The Following Topics:What are "Interrogative Sentences"?Structure (1) -- Wh-Question Word + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1A). What + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1B). When + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1C). Where + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1D). Which + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1E). Who + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1F). Whom + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1G). Whose + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1H). Why + Be/Do/Have/Modal(1I). How + Be/Do/Have/ModalStructure (2) -- Wh-Que...

You don’t need a tweed jacket to be a researcher--in thousands of schools across North America, practising teachers conduct studies on best practices, alternative approaches, and effective learning strategies. Classroom teachers have experiences and opportunities unavailable to researchers in a university setting, and action research--site-based, teacher-conducted research--can have a valuable impact on the educational community. Yet many teachers don’t see their work as real research, and...

Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. It raises significant questions about this countrys national identity, the nature of federalism, power, ethnicity, and pedagogy. In Contested Policy , Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., studies the origins, evolution, and consequences of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, with particular attention to the activist years after 1978, when bilingual policy was heatedly contested...

Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is an American epic poem by Herman Melville, published in two volumes in 1876. Clarel is the longest poem in American literature, stretching to almost 18,000 lines (longer even than European classics such as the Iliad, Aeneid and Paradise Lost). As well its great length, Clarel is notable for being the major work of Melville's later years; in the three decades between The Confidence Man (1857) and Billy Budd (begun in 1888), Melville devoted h...

Did you know the first 'selfie' was taken way back in 1839Who was the 'Phantom Barber'?Do you know where the flag placed on the moon came from?How about the car that can operate under water!In the Middle East, they use robots as camel jockeys.Saudi Arabia expelled a young man for being too handsome!How about the Nigerian police arresting a goat for stealing!Australia warns tourists of a deadly threat lurking overhead.Do you kn...

Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction—helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K–6 classrooms. Numerous practical strategies are presented for engaging students with picturebooks, fiction, nonfiction, and nontraditional texts. Lively descriptions of recommended books and activities are interspersed wi...