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Straight Forward Capitalization & Punctuation. This series is designed to measure, teach, review and master specific English skills. Features I and first words, proper nouns, ending marks and sentences, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. Includes answers to exercises and tests. 40 pages.

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Writing Strands Level 1 Book and CD. Very different from the rest of the Wrting Strands series, Writing Strands 1 is designed for families not yet writing. It has games, programs and projectsto help young children understand that words are not just things to use to get what they want, but that they can have fun with them. It is a way to have a family demonstrate its value of language use, to present to children models of behavior, and to have all the members of the family help convince the youngest members that the family they are part of loves creating and sharing through language. It consists of a manual of games and projects and an audio CD of examples, made by the author and his son, of what can be done for and with very young children. From National Writing Institute.

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The Purple Book is a blend of dictation and unit studies including poetry, oral presentations, and speech making. The updated third edition is even easier to use with added vocabulary and spelling exercises. Lessons integrate all the fifth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. T
• eacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed!
• Everyday Words: Students hone in on grammar skills through dictation and writing exercises.
• Speech Making and Oral Presentation Units: Students learn how to make oral presentations such as speeches and stories. Poetry Unit: Additional creative writing and expression are taught extensively using poetry.
• Four Book Studies

1. Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. Trumpet of the Swan by E.B.White
3. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
4. Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

• Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
• The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
• Review Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress.

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The updated third edition is even easier to use with added exercises that will strengthen your student’s reading comprehension and writing skills. Based on dictation lessons, the Everyday Words unit teaches grammar, sentence structure, and sentence diagramming using classical literature for the middle school student. The Poetry Unit encourages an appreciation while memorizing, reciting, and analyzing various poems. In the Short Story Unit, students will analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line, write dialogue and much more. In the Research Unit, students will learn how to do research in an easy to follow step by step plan for student and teacher.

• 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans.
• Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed!
• Three Unit Studies

1. Poetry
2. Short Story
3. Research

Three Book Studies

• The Star of Light by Patricia St. John
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Much Ado About Nothing - a play by William Shakespeare

• Each Book Study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities.
• The Skills Index provides an easy skill reference.
• Review Activities follow each lesson providing additional skill practice.
• Assessments aid teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses.

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For seventh grade skills and up, Wordsmith is the perfect companion to Learning Language Arts Through Literature. For young people who want to improve their writing skills, step-by-step instructions are provided that will help any writer improve his techniques. The introduction provides a brief review of grammar followed by instruction on building stronger sentences, exercise in descriptive and narrative writing, creating dialogue, story writing, and writing from a particular point of view. Plus, the essential skills of every good writer, practice in proofreading and revising. From Common Sense Press. Learn More

The teacher's guide includes helpful teaching tips and suggestions as well as the answers to the questions found in the Wordsmith student text. Suggested lesson plans are also included.

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The third and last of the Wordsmith series focuses on building, integrating, and polishing practical writing skills. This self-directed program allows students to take charge of their assignments and schedules. Strong in preparing the student for college, Part 1 addresses practical, everyday writing: notes, outlines, personal correspondence, summaries, business letters and reports. Part 2 focuses on the power of language: paragraphs (principles, types, and organization), writing techniques, and developing a personal writing style. Part 3 concentrates on essay writing: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive essays. Wordsmith equips young adults for a lifetime of excellence in communication skills. From Common Sense Press. Learn More

All the practicality, humor and fun of Wordsmith, but written for the younger student, ages 9-12. An easy to use writing course encouraging students to develop their writing skills as they participate in every role on a newspaper staff: editor, reporter, writer, etc. Children develop a love for writing as they express themselves through sentence and paragraph writing, persuasive writing, and much more. The third edition has a larger font and cleaner type for easier reading. With added examples and delightful new illustrations, developing writing skills is made fun and easy. Recommended for grades 4-6.

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This is the Companion Student Book to be used with the teacher's manual, "How to Teach Any Child To Spell." (sold separately, Item #0446). The student categorizes and studies misspelled words from their own writing. From Common Sense Press.

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400 Words That Work Presents everyday words in a real-life context. Motivates students to master must-know words through real life situations. These relevant, real-life activities provide the kind of repetition and review your students need to succeed. Grade 8 - Adult. Teacher's Edition sold separately - (Item #3023.)

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Motivates students to master 200 essential vocabulary words; Uses 11 different learning approaches to appeal to varied learning styles; Makes vocabulary development an activity process; Contains vocabulary that reflets current issues and lifestyles. Grades 6-12. Reproducible Teacher Book. From Walch Education.

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Deciphering and decoding words is a critical skill for middle school students. With Vocabulary Power, they have a proven arsenal of learning strategies to work with. The program covers topics such as classification, prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms, and introduces students to standardized test formats. 94 activities and exercises Ready-to-use worksheets with fill-ins, puzzles, matching, true-false, and more Includes bonus activities and a complete answer key. Grades 6-12. From Walch Education.

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Daily Grams: A Guided Review Aiding Mastery Skill Grade 3 is designed as a guided review. There are 180 lessons of review, one review per teaching day. Daily Grams will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. This is not a teaching text, but has been specifically designed for review. Concepts are usually repeated within 25 to 30 days. Grade 3 covers concepts such as letters, geographic places, commas, periods, difficult words (it's/its, etc.), verbs and more. Answers are included in the back. Softcover, reproducible pages for student use only. 178 pages, softcover with answers at the back. Learn More

Young students who learn to write well need one-on-one instruction - something which your child's classroom may not offer. In The Complete Writer series, Susan Wise Bauer turns every parent into a writing teacher. No experience is needed. Drawing on her fifteen years of experience in teaching writing, Susan lays out a carefully-designed sequence of steps that will teach every student to put words on paper with ease and grace. This alternative plan for teaching writing combines the best elements of old-fashioned writing instruction with innovative new educational methods and explains why so many writing programs fail. Designed for elementary-aged writers and for older students who still struggle, Writing With Ease builds a sturdy foundation of basic skills for grades 1-4 (or levels 1-4 for the older student who needs more work) all in the same book. Diagnostic tests within the book will help the parent to determine where the child needs to start and which workbook the child will need. You can use the text by itself as a guide, then choose your own copywork and dictation; or you can buy the workbooks, which do all the work for you. 225 pages. Grades 1-5. Hardbound text. From Peace Hill Press. Learn More

Perfect for individualized learning! Sight Words in a Flash is a learning system that makes it easy for students to work at their own pace as they master sets of sight words. Encourage teachers to begin with our color-coded flash cards, then select additional components to enhance the learning experience and facilitate assessment. •UV-coated cards with rounded corners for durability; •Color-coded borders identify learning sets; •Predrilled holes for convenient storage on included sort-and-store rings (two rings per set); •Print-awareness outlines on back; •2-1/2 x 4" cards; •Set of 169. From Edupress. Learn More

Energetic music and fun activities build excitement about learning to read. Letter Sounds covers the most common sound that each letter makes along with consonant blends. Humorous characters on the audio engage kids and hold their interest. This audio program includes a printable, full-color illustrated book. By the end of the program, students are combining letters to read words and even simple sentences. Ages 4–7. Approx. 51 minutes Learn More

Applications of Grammar Book 2/Structure for Communicating Effectively Test Packet by Christian Liberty Press. Reviews the basics of English grammar, focusing on parts of speech, using phrases & clauses, diagramming key words, phrases, and clauses, writing & diagramming sentences, and clarifying agreement in sentences. 8th Grade. Learn More

This workbook teaches students how to make the transition from practicing grammar rules to the actual process of writing. Students learn the mechanics of good writing, how to write dynamic sentences and short stories, and how to write with a colorful and appealing style. A short journalism unit is also provided. Analysis of Effective Communication teaches students' basic and advanced grammatical rules, including planning out their writing, the "building blocks" of speech, placement, building sentences, punctuation, capitalization, short story writing and more. The distinctions between words, their relation to each other in a sentence, and the rules that govern language are all featured as what creates good writing. This book contains 76 lessons. 317 non -reproducible pages, index and glossary included. NKJV used. Answers sold separately in the Applications of Grammar Book 3 - Answer Key.Recommended for 9th grade. Learn More

Writing with Diligence is the second of two courses devoted to manuscript (printing) style handwriting. Students continue to develop proper penmanship skills by practicing capital and lower-case letters, basic punctuation, and the numbers 1-10. Words and simple sentences are also introduced. This text uses a modified version of the Palmer method. Practice lines are 1/2" in height. Recommended for 1st grade. From Christian Liberty Press. Learn More

After a brief review of manuscript style handwriting, Writing with Prayer teaches the basics of cursive-style penmanship. Students learn capital and lower-case letters, and practice by writing words, phrases, and short sentences. This text uses a Zaner-Bloser cursive style, with the exception of the “k,” “Q,” and comma. Practice lines are 3/8" in height. Recommended for 2nd grade. From Christian Liberty Press. Learn More

With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done…" Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story, set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine, is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure — in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious anticipation — A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens’s most energetic and exciting works. Paperback. 400 pages. Learn More

First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of whales, while reaching existential depths that excite debate and contemplation to this day. Learn More

The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution was the fulfillment of that promise. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued a unanimous declaration: the thirteen North American colonies would be the thirteen United States of America, free and independent of Great Britain. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration set forth the terms of a new form of government with the following words: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Framed in 1787 and in effect since March 1789, the Constitution of the United States of America fulfilled the promise of the Declaration by establishing a republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, became part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791. Among the rights guaranteed by these amendments are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to trial by jury. Written so that it could be adapted to endure for years to come, the Constitution has been amended only seventeen times since 1791 and has lasted longer than any other written form of government. 100 pages. Softcover. Learn More

Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay–but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple, Beatrice and Benedick, steals the scene as the two are finally tricked into admitting their love for each other in Shakespeare’s superb comedy of manners. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography Paperback. Learn More