This is the way Vladimir Nabokow's Laughter In The Dark begins: 'Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster.' And he starts from here, with his characteristic dazzling skill and irony, and cleverly turns a fable into a chilling, original novel of folly and destruction.
Create a flurry of easy-to-make, fun-to-do paper snowflakes. This self-contained kit has just about everything papercrafters will need, with the exception of small scissors, a sharp pencil, and 8 1/2 by 11 paper. Patterns, which are reusable and grouped according to skill levels, range from imaginative to realistic. 32 designs, 106 illustrations.
Fred Helps, Too (Leveled Reader + Teaching Version + Audio) (Grade 1)
Rosie and and her dog Fred are all muddy after playing in the yard and Fred wants to help clean up. The Teaching Version assists teachers in directing children through the process of reading. It covers:
- reading vocabulary words and high-frequency words - comprehension strategy (making and confirming predictions) - fluency skill (emphasizing words in boldface) - phonics skill (developing and applying knowledge of consonant r blends) - reading-writing connection (drawing a picture)
The series consists of 17 phonetic, full-color storybooks which cover all 36 steps, providing immediate, rewarding reinforcement for the decoding skill just learned.
We all engage in the process of reasoning, but we don't always pay attention to whether we are doing it well. This book offers the opportunity to practise reasoning in a clear-headed and critical way, with the aims of developing an awareness of the importance of reasoning well and of improving the reader's skill in analyzing and evaluating arguments.
