This book of readers theatre scripts for low-achieving middle grade readers is meant to inspire. Written at readability levels of grades 2 and 3, students who struggle with reading will enjoy learning about the lives of people both current (Bob Woodruff) and historical (Franklin Roosevelt) who are inspirational because of their perseverance and ability to overcome adversity in their daily lives. By reading, performing, and discussing these plays about people who possess the important character trait of perseverance, students will not only practice their oral reading skills, thus building the important skill of fluency, they will also build their own models for good character. Grades 3-8.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 3 November 2011
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Half of a Yellow Sun
When the Igbo people of eastern Nigeria seceded in 1967 to form the independent nation of Biafra, a bloody, crippling three-year civil war followed. That period in African history is captured with haunting intimacy in this artful page-turner from Nigerian novelist Adichie (Purple Hibiscus). Adichie tells her profoundly gripping story primarily through the eyes and lives of Ugwu, a 13-year-old peasant houseboy who survives conscription into the raggedy Biafran army, and twin sisters Olanna and Kainene, who are from a wealthy and well-connected family.
Fall comes to Pepin County with a vengeance as Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins confronts a new evil festering beneath the placid surface of the Wisconsin farm community. A refugee from the Twin Cities, Claire has slowly adapted to small-town life–especially now that she loves and lives with Rich Haggard. But in this rural area, other folks are dangerously restless.
Added by: joecraft | Karma: 1.00 | Black Hole | 1 November 2011
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British or American English
Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: ∗Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? ∗Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? ∗Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? ∗After “thank you”, who says Not at all and who says You’ re welcome? ∗Whose team are on the ball, and whose team is?
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From Manhattan society at the turn of the 20th century to the trenches of France in World War I, this novel follows the lives and destinies of two very different sisters who are identical twins.
