The Body Farm - a research institute that tests the decomposition of corpses. Black Mountain, North Carolina: a sleepy little town where the local police deal with one homicide a year, if they're unlucky, and where people are still getting used to the idea of locking their doors at night. But...
This four stage, graded reading course is intended for students of English as a foreign language who wish to relate their reading in English to topics relevant to their future careers as craftsmen or technicians. This course is not intended to be a basic English course, and should be used in conjunction with any good general English course. Its purpose is to provide supplementary material with a technical bias to the usual English programme.
Words You Should Know How to Spell: An A to Z Guide to Perfect Spelling
Ceilling. Beleive. Scissers. Do you have trouble spelling everyday words? Is your spell check on overdrive? Well, this easy-to-use dictionary is just what you need! Organized with speed and convenience in mind, it gives you instant access to the correct spellings of more than 12,500 words. Also provided are quick tips and memory tricks, like:
Help yourself get the spelling of their right by thinking of the phrase their heirlooms.
Most words ending in a seed sound are spelled -cede or -ceed, but one word ends in -sede. You could say the rule for spelling this word supersedes the other rules.
Take two to four kids, give them a basket of books that go together in some way, and then provide time for them to read, think, and talk together about their ideas, their questions, their wonderings. That's the simple recipe for a reading club, and Kathy Collins demonstrates the powerful results in her new book, Reading for Real. She writes, "The reading clubs I describe are a formal structure providing students with time to read and talk about books with a high level of engagement, purpose, and joy."
The Quilter's Album of Blocks and Borders : More than 750 Geometric Designs Illustrated and Categorized for Easy Identification and Drafting
The blocks and borders in this comprehensive collection of patchwork designs are not only indexed by their various names but also organized according to their type of design and illustrated in detail. A transparent plastic grid sheet is also included.