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Leveled ELL Readers (Grade 4)
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Leveled ELL Readers (Grade 4)

These leveled  fiction and nonfiction ELL Readers provide sheltered support (comprehensible input, labelled and captioned pictures) for the vocabulary development of ELL students in fourth grade.

 
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Leveled ELL Readers (Grade 2)
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Leveled ELL Readers (Grade 2)

These leveled  fiction and nonfiction ELL Readers provide sheltered support (comprehensible input, labelled and captioned pictures) for the vocabulary development of ELL students in second grade.

 
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The Poetry Oracle: Ask a Question and Find Your Fate
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The Poetry Oracle: Ask a Question and Find Your FateCombining poetry with divination, this collection resurrects the ancient Greek art of Rhapsodomancy, or divining one's fortune or destiny through the use of poetry or verse. Harkening back to antiquity, when Polyhymnia—the muse of sacred poetry—and Calliope—the muse of epic poetry—were invoked for guidance, each page of this anthology contains three poetic excerpts, chosen for their oracular wisdom.
 
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
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The Housekeeper and the ProfessorThe Housekeeper and the Professor

Narrated by the Housekeeper, the characters are known only as the Professor and Root, the Housekeepers 10-year-old son, nicknamed by the Professor because the shape of his hair and head remind the Professor of the square root symbol. A brilliant mathematician, the Professor was seriously injured in a car accident and his short-term memory only lasts for 80 minutes. He can remember his theorems and favorite baseball players, but the Housekeeper must reintroduce herself every morning, sometimes several times a day.
 
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Space and Time: Essays on Visions of History in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television
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Space and Time: Essays on Visions of History in Science Fiction and Fantasy TelevisionEssays in this work investigate the relationship between our past and science fiction and fantasy television. Some essays contextualize a particular program or series while others discern ways in which a show depicts history. Thus, through close readings of televised science fiction and fantasy, some authors illuminate such topics as Cold War culture, renegotiations of race and gender, anxiety over the impact of technology, and the legacies of colonialism. Other authors study science fiction and fantasy television to show how historical narratives are constructed and communicated to the larger public.
 
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