Poetry – From Reading to Writing covers the process of writing poetry, from reading poems through to writing them. It is intended particularly for teachers at key stage 2 level, but other teachers will also find it valuable. It is clearly and accessibly written and jargon-free. In providing a wealth of practical ideas and activities preparing for the writing of poems, the book also stresses the use of talk, improvised drama and the reading and performance of poems...

Published in 1985. Dialogue between teacher and pupil is a crucial factor in the learning experience. This book questions the role of language as a ‘natural’ vehicle for learning and considers how it may, in fact, hinder communication. In a detailed examination of day-to-day language practices across a range of subjects, including English, History, Maths and Remedial teaching, in a particular comprehensive school, Robert Hull develops a powerful and coherent critique of the closed and limi...

Published in 1988, this book is a teacher’s eye view of how children come to write and rewrite poems, and of how they make aesthetic choices in their writing. Drawing on over twenty years’ experience of teaching poetry in primary and secondary schools, Robert Hull presents a detailed account of the process of writing poetry in the classroom. The reader is invited, almost in confidence, to be witness to a skilled teacher’s planning, recognition, and definition of children’s emergent underst...

When Holidays CollideA Dark and Twisted Holiday FantasySanta Claus isn't the jolly figure the world believes him to be. Beneath the twinkling lights and festive cheer, he rules Holiday Village like a kingpin, guarding secrets darker than a winter's night. But when Patrick the Leprechaun exposes the truth, Santa is banished, and a new ruler takes the throne—one far more ruthless than the last.Patrick seizes power, turning Holiday Village into a tyran...

Christ commanded the church to make disciples, to produce people who love and obey God, bear fruit, and live with joy. The crisis at the heart of the church is that we often pay lip service to making disciples, but we seldom put much effort behind doing it. For the pastor who is ready to put words into action, The Disciple-Making Pastor offers the inspiration and practical know-how to do so. Bill Hull shows pastors the obstacles they will face, what disciples really look like, the pastor's...

She Who Has No Name, the witch of darkness, was banished into the great abyss long ago. From within her black world, she extends her tendrils of retaliation and infects Kalamar with her own evil magic. Without his knowledge, she fuels Zorleg's thirst for power, his rise to it, and the fall of the Planes. While Kalamar grows darker, She Who Has No Name continues to grow stronger, plotting out precisely how she will exact her revenge.Using evil even greater and more mysterious than t...

Long ago it was written in The Seven of Sevens. Now the time has come for "The Battle of Battles." Everything The Chosen had been taught in the ancient ways and gifts by The One of Ones before their birth would be needed to defeat the Evil Lord Zorleg and She Who Has No Name. Will they be victorious and bring light back to the Third Plane of Kalamar?Kay-Lee begins to recall lessons from her childhood, memories of The Seer and the Queen showing her the magic from Kalamar. From deep ...

Two San Francisco Bay sailors, Travis and Carol, fall upon a terrorist plot to destroy a major San Francisco Bay landmark by a most ingenious method. They battle both the bad guys and the authorities in their quest to stop this horrific event from taking place. With their superb sailing skills and intimate knowledge of their beloved San Francisco Bay, they have the advantage as they duel the bad guys from Sausalito to Alcatraz to San Pablo Bay. As they race for their lives to escape their ...

Darkness has fallen over the third plane of Kalamar, and the evil Lord Zorleg has seized control of everything - food, armies, townships - all falling to chaos after he blots out Kalamar's suns.From their hiding places must emerge The Chosen - valiant young Benjamin, and brilliant, kind Kay-Lee. They have been hidden in time, on another world, by The Guardian, whose sole purpose is to ensure balance and order in the universe. Though quietly rooting for the young h...

On June 20, 1947, one of the most notorious gangsters of the twentieth century, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, was murdered in the Beverly Hills mansion of his mistress, Virginia Hill. While there have been numerous theories in regard to who actually killed "the father of Las Vegas," the fact remains, the Siegel murder case is still officially unsolved…until now.In 1941, when Bob MacDonald married Betty Ann Rockwell, it appeared as though their relationship was the start of a very majest...

Hockey legend Gordie Howe once said there were two superstars in the Hull family: Bobby, the Golden Jet and one of the greatest players ever to tie up a pair of skates, and his brother Dennis, who had a solid career with the Chicago Blackhawks, and is now one of the most sought-after public speakers in North America. In The Third Best Hull. Dennis Hull outlines his life in hockey with humorous anecdotes, insights, and stories. Not just another sports autobiography, this book provides insig...

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, ...