Who knew a stylebook could be so much fun? For lovers of language, Lapsing Into a Comma is a sensible and very funny guide to the technicalities of writing and copy editing. Author Bill Walsh, chief copy editor in the business section of the Washington Post, humorously discusses the changing rules of proper print style in the information age. Is it "e-mail" or "email"? According to established grammatical rules, it should be e-mail, but in common practice, we often use email (which should be pronounced "uhmail," but we all know not to do that). Therefore, email is OK.
The ten teachers/authors who participate in this book are part of the Nebraska Writing Project's Rural Voices, Country Schools program. This program enables these teachers to discuss their experiences in teaching in rural school districts. While the book primarily focuses on K-12th grade studies, there are some passages pertaining to Undergraduate studies as well. The book is broken into three sections: Place-Conscious Writing and Active Learning/ Place-Conscious Writing and Local Knowledge/ and Place-Conscious Writing and Regional Citizenship. The primary focus of "Rural Voices" is the study of "place-conscious education," which was formed by former teachers, critics, and reformers, such as, Theobald, Berry, Critchfield, Gruchow, Jackson, Dewey, Goodlad, Fullan and Olson. These predecessors are referenced throughout the book, however, it is this constant referencing, that at times, keeps the reader distanced from the current groups' immediate project.
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This book, written by two nationally renowned scholars in the area of
ethics in higher education, is intended to help teachers and
administrators understand and handle problems of academic dishonesty.
Chock-full of practical advice, the book is divided into three parts.
Part I reviews the existing published literature about academic
dishonesty among college and university students and how faculty
members respond to the problem. Part II presents practical advice
designed to help college and university instructors and administrators
deal proactively and effectively with academic dishonesty. Part III
considers the broader question of academic integrity as a system-wide
issue within institutions of higher education.
NCTE’s Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
provides this much-needed resource for K–college teachers who wonder
what to do about grammar—how to teach it, how to apply it, how to learn
what they themselves were never taught. Grammar Alive! offers
teachers ways to negotiate the often conflicting goals of testing,
confident writing, the culturally inclusive classroom, and the teaching
of Standard English while also honoring other varieties of English.
This hands-on approach to grammar in the classroom includes numerous
examples and practical vignettes describing real teachers’ real
classroom experiences with specific grammar lessons—including ESL
issues—as well as a review of grammar basics.
All New Easy True Stories - A Picture-Based Beginning Reader
All New Easy True Stories, by Sandra Heyer, continues the True Stories tradition with a companion book to Easy True Stories. Written at the same level, the text features all new stories and exercises.
A man chokes on his favorite food, but his daughter saves him in a very unusual way. What is it?
A lonely sailor puts a message in a bottle. A fisherman finds it and gives it to his daughter. What does she do with it?
On a very hot day, a boy finds two puppies locked in a car. How does he keep them alive?
The
real believe-it-or-not tales are adapted from newspapers and magazines
and are sure to captivate students of English. The stories are told as
simply as possible and are written almost exclusively in the present
tense. Nine pre-reading drawings introduce each unit visually and ease
students into reading.
