Prepare future educators to strengthen the literacy skills of students in Grades 6–12 with this introductory reading textbook, based on the latest research, the Common Core State Standards, and recommended instructional practices. The perfect first text on adolescent literacy, this expertly organized volume covers all the fundamentals of how reading and writing skills develop in older students and how to teach literacy within key academic content areas: language arts, math, science, and history.
Choices is a new course for secondary students written by highly respected authors of bestselling Opportunities and New Opportunities, Michael Harris and Anna Sikorzynska. It meets the challenge of motivating older teenagers who need to achieve academic and educational goals in a modern world.
Textual Parameters in Older Languages takes a contemporary approach to the inherent limitations of using older texts as data for linguistic analysis, drawing on methods of text analysis, pragmatics and sociolinguistics to supplement traditional historical and philological methods. The focus of the book is on the importance of controlling for textual parameters-defined by the editors as dimensions of variation associated with texts and their production, including text type, degree of poeticality, orality, and dialect-in the analysis of older language data.
The healthy and successful transition to later life can be a difficult experience. This book discusses the historical, cultural, and social psychological factors that shape the quality of life of older women and men. A central premise of the proposed book is that where we live is vital to how we age, Thus, this book has a look at stories of older women and men who are from different cultural backgrounds.
Polish edition of the supplementary booklet for Starland 3 coursebook. Level: A2. Contains pairwork activities, vocabulary sections, grammar drills, and skills corners. Starland is a 3-part course for older learners of elementary schools (aged 10-12).
