Successfully integrating attention to globalization, gender, class, race and ethnicity, and the environment, this text engages students with compelling ethnographic examples and by demonstrating the relevance of anthropology. Faculty and students praise the book’s proven ability to generate class discussion, increase faculty-student engagement, and enhance student learning.
Every Middle Schooler Can!: Strategies, Lessons, and Rubrics - Plus Proven Tips for Succeeding on Tests
How do you turn unmotivated students into eager and accomplished essay writers? In this powerful resource, a master teacher gives you the tools you need to make this happen. Using his own original comic strips to engage students, the author demonstrates a variety of ways to teach students how to organize an essay, create vivid details, make effective word choices, and revise and proofread effectively. He provides rubrics to set clear expectations as well as samples essays that serve as models for students. For use with Grades 5 & Up.
6 Sensational Scenes From Favorite Plays and Dozens of Fun Ideas That Introduce Students to the Wonderful Works of Shakespeare
An experienced teacher—and Shakespeare fan—shares the six scenes she uses as springboards to introduce her students to the world’s greatest playwright. Ready-to-reproduce scenes from plays like Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and As You Like It plus exciting mini-lessons and motivating activities will help you and your students explore meter, metaphor, imagery, alliteration, and much more.
Think aloud as you read from a novel, a textbook, or any kind of book and watch your students become confident, fluent readers! With this simple, powerful technique, you can show students how you use strategies such as inferring, visualizing, and summarizing. Finally, students can "see" what good readers do and apply it to their own reading process. Think alouds are great for struggling readers, because they make reading an active, social experience. Includes engaging activities like Open Mind, Fish Bowl, Thought Bubbles, Post its, and more. For use with Grades 3-8.
The Network Student Book with Online Practice harnesses the power of social networking to help your students learn English, both in class and at home. It motivates students with meaningful language practice and encourages collaborative learning. Assign extra grammar, vocabulary, speaking, and listening practice online and take advantage of the extra features to track your students' progress, see their grades, communicate with them outside of class, and more.
