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1) Why poetry
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"In Why Poetry, award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder takes on what it is that poetry - and poetry alone - can do. Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with it ... Anchored in poetic...
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Hirsch shows why American students perform less well than students in other industrialized countries. Drawing on classroom observation, the history of ideas, and current scientific understanding of the patterns of intellectual growth, he builds the case that our schools have indeed made progress in teaching the mechanics of reading, but do not convey the more complex and essential content needed for reading comprehension. Hirsch reasons that literacy...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
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Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. Her intentions are honorable, and her rules are firm: due to the limited number of donated books, if any one of them is not returned,...
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Divine Dwelling: Unveiling the Mysteries of the Tabernacle" takes readers on a profound journey into the heart of sacred symbolism and spiritual revelation. Delving into the historical context and spiritual significance of the Tabernacle, this exploration offers a rare glimpse into the ancient divine dwelling place.
The narrative unfolds as the construction of the Tabernacle is detailed, immersing readers in the meticulous design and purposeful details...
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Juan 3:16 puede pasar fácilmente por nuestros cerebros sin mucho pensamiento consciente, y además muchos no han entendido el verdadero significado de este verso. Pero alguna vez ¿nos hemos detenido a considerar lo que realmente significa? Encontramos en el Evangelio de Juan el Capitulo 3 quizás una de las presentaciones más claras del evangelio, entre una conversación de Jesús y un gobernante religioso prestigioso( Nicodemo). En esta conversación...
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The Compass Within: Aligning Your Life with True NorthEmbarking on a Journey to Your CoreWe've all felt that whisper at the edge of our thoughts-a gentle nudge guiding us towards the question that dwells in us all: "What is my purpose?" You stand now at the crossroads, fellow traveler, where the map of life opens before you, beckoning you to choose a path that melds your deepest values with the world's profound needs.In an era that challenges us to...
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"The Divine Path Unveiled: Navigating Life's Journey through Biblical Teachings" is a masterfully crafted exploration that transcends the boundaries of conventional literature, offering readers a profound and transformative experience. This book serves as a comprehensive guide, leading you through the sacred corridors of the Bible to illuminate a path that goes beyond mere existence to one of purpose, resilience, and spiritual fulfillment.Embarking...
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Accelerate learning with high-impact strategies. Beginning and veteran teachers alike will find insights and practices they can use immediately. The authors dovetail their proven instructional process of chunk, chew, check, change with before-, during-, and after-reading strategies in this must-have guide for powerful literacy instruction. No matter what content area you teach, this book will help you develop the strategic reader in every student.
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In Read Alouds for All Learners: A Comprehensive Plan for Every Subject, Every Day, Grades PreK–8, Molly Ness, supported by current research and personal experiences, demonstrates the sobering effect an absence of read alouds in classrooms has on preK–8 students' comprehension skills. She provides intentional directions on planning and implementing a read-aloud routine that supports young learners' literacy development, content-area knowledge,...
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In this eye-opening book, Mary McCarthy shares her love of the novel and her fear that it is becoming an endangered literary species "He had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it." So begins Mary McCarthy's fascinating critical analysis of the novel (and its practitioners) from her double-edged perspective as both reader and writer. The bestselling author of The Group takes T. S. Eliot's quote about Henry James, written in 1918, as a jumping-off...
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How an understanding of intellectual disability transforms the pleasures of reading
Narrative informs everything we think, do, plan, remember, and imagine. We tell stories and we listen to stories, gauging their "well-formedness" within a couple of years of learning to walk and talk. Some argue that the capacity to understand narrative is innate to our species; others claim that while that might be so, the invention of writing then re-wired our brains....
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Reading Comprehension - 3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Read Faster, How to Mind Map and How to Study Effectively.
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HOW TO READ FASTER:
7 Steps to Master Speed Reading Techniques, Reading Comprehension & Fast Reading.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· The fundamentals of speed reading.
· Factors that affect reading comprehension.
· Causes of reading difficulties in children and adults.
· Solutions which you can employ...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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Twelve-year-old Listen Taylor learns a great deal from the eccentric and secretive Zing family, as she fumbles her way through a new school, problems with old friends, and a spell book she finds soon after she and her father move in with Marbie Zing.
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"Everyone's on the sofa to share a book: zebra, cat, child, lion. Wait! says zebra, stork isn't here yet! Then cat needs a cushion, hamster's missing, someone's sitting on lion's tail, fish wants to be in the middle... Now they'll be able to start, won't they? In this fun, cumulative story, the familiar chaos of piling onto the sofa with friends builds to a climactic hullabaloo until the happy ending of sharing a book in an ideal reading spot, behind...
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Embark on a transformative journey into the heart of purpose with "Divine Threads: Unveiling God's Design for Your Life." In this profound exploration, delve into the essence of purpose woven into the fabric of existence. Drawing wisdom from biblical teachings, this book navigates the intricate terrain of God's intentions, guiding you to unearth the unique purpose intricately crafted for your life. For Christian women, it unfolds a unique path, blending...
19) In the Secret Theatre of Home: Wilkie Collins, Sensation Narrative, and Nineteenth-Century Psycho
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In his 1852 novel Basil, Wilkie Collins' narrator concludes that "those ghastly heart-tragedies laid open before me … are not to be written, but … are acted and reacted, scene by scene, year by year, in the secret theatre of home." Taking this memorable quote as her starting point, Jenny Bourne Taylor demonstrates how Victorian psychology is central to an understanding of the complexity and vitality of Collins' fiction, exploring the boundaries...
20) Honorarium
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In Honorarium, Nathaniel G. Moore compiles twenty years worth of reading other people's books, while also faithfully attempting to convey a sense of what it's like to work behind-the-scenes in CanLit. Always breaking from convention, Moore's non-fiction is imbued a sense of urgency, passion and intimacy with the community of creators that surround him; creators that include Derek McCormack, Sheila Heti, Camilla Gibb, Jen Sookfong Lee, Catullus and...
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