Focusing each lesson on a single theme that will engage students of all ages, this guidebook encourages teachers to use the topic of food to bring a lively change of pace to the language arts classroom. Pring a wide range of tools—including word games, writing prompts, and research-oriented activities—this resource applies the skills taught in any English class, middle through high school, in a quirky and accessible manner.
Since its initial publication in 1993, this entertaining grammar book has helped thousands of middle school teachers teach even the most reluctant learners using lessons that de-emphasize rote learning and treat the parts of speech as building blocks for crazy writing assignments. Prompts include using at least 10 prepositional phrases from a list to write a scene from the new vegetable horror novel Squash Cemetery, and using lively verbs to write the monologue of a soda can telling his miserable life story to a psychologist.
Stimulating, unique book explores the possibilities of mathematical drawing through compass constructions and computer graphics. Over 100 full-page drawings demonstrate possibilities: five-point egg, golden ratio, 17-gon, plughole vortex, blancmange curve, Durer’s pentagons, pentasnow, turtle geometry, many more. Exercises (with answers). "...wealth of intriguing and lovely ideas."—Information Technology & Learning.
The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity
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Touchdown!: Achieving Your Greatness on the Playing Field of Business
"I've been there when Elko has given one of his famous talks and he really fires everyone up. I'll never let anyone else speak to my team." --Nick Saban, Former Head Coach, LSU, National Football Champions; current Head Coach, University of Alabama Crimson Tide "If I had one choice for someone to work with my firm, I would pick Kevin Elko. He has a unique way to touch people to become the kind of person they were meant to be.
