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Malcolm Gladwell Teaches Writing volume 4
Description
Learn how to use surprises, guessing games, and suspense to invite readers into your story.
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Malcolm Gladwell Teaches Writing volume 3
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Data is a big part of Malcolm's stories. Learn three ways Malcolm helps readers digest data and engage with complex ideas in his writing.
3) Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History: Issues Facing Revelation's First Readers
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Great Courses volume 5
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The first two chapters of Revelation discuss the issues facing the Christian communities that first received the book. Delve deeper into the experiences of the men and women addressed by John. What was the nature of the persecution and other problems they faced? Who was this book written for?
Pub. Date
2015
Description
This fun-filled DVD features five learning A-D-V-E-N-T-U-R-E-S including A Kooky Spooky Halloween, in which the WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween when Pig sleepwalks and everyone thinks he's a ghosts. Also included is Sheep's Halloween Costume. In this tale, Sheep always goes out of her way to make a special costume, but what will she do when her WordFriends need pieces of her costume for their own costumes.
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Pub. Date
[c200?]
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Dick, Jane, Sally, Mother, and Father are not the only family having fun. This time, meet Mike, twin sisters Pam and Penny, and their parents. Two families mean twice the laughs and twice the fun. Beginning readers will love the way each chapter is an individual story, and parents and educators will appreciate the way this format encourages young readers' progression.
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Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 15
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Chronicles the history of the Mighty Mites high school football team from their early twentieth-century origins within a Freemason orphan-and-widow home, to their dominant status in the 1930s and 1940s, to their prestigious state-champion competitions.
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[2015]
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It's the night before Christmas and Frog needs a Star to hang on his Christmas Tree. Duck tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Then, it's Christmas morning and the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! But not all of the letters for Dog's present came down his chimney--all he has is a B-A-L. Can the WordFriends find a way to build Dog a Ball?
13) Rock & roll!
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
DJ Jackman Wolf is the host as Sesame Street friends phone in their favorite music requests.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A toy velveteen rabbit longs to be loved, and he begins to experience this when a boy adopts him as his favorite toy. But the rabbit wonders about "real" after meeting two rabbits with feet that pad softly on the ground and with noses that twitch. He learns that he cant jump like the other rabbits and that he smells different. Its only when a mysterious nursery fairy kisses him that the velveteen rabbit learns finally what its...
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"It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and...
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There are so many ways to dance! You can jiggle or wiggle or stomp. You can bop or bounce or go completely nuts. You can dance at the market or the bus stop, with your fingers or your face. You can dance because you're happy or even because you're sad. But what's the best way to dance? Exactly how you want to!
19) George W. Bush
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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This biography introduces readers to George W. Bush including his early political career and key events from Bush's administration including the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Iraq War, and Hurricane Katrina. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard...
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Since A Prairie Home Companion first went on air, July 6, 1974, a steady stream of great musicians has crossed its stage-The Steele Sisters, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Peter Ostroushko, The Wailin Jennys, Robin and Linda Williams Iris DeMent, Howard Levy-plus the radio detective Guy Noir, the Cowboys Dusty and Lefty, the librarian Ruth Harrison, Duane and his Mother, and the good people if Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. An all-star roster of favorite...