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Adult education Authorship English language Composition and exercises English language Grammar English language Grammar Juvenile literature English language Parts of speech English language Parts of speech Juvenile literature LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General Language arts (Elementary) Report writingHoran, Timothy
Summary: "Writing well is very important in order for teenagers to be successful in high school and college. Beyond school, many teens write to be creative or to express themselves. This book is an accessible guide to help teens improve all aspects of their writing skills, from writing a research paper to writing for fun"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JT Words HoranCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 808.042 HORSummary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 WORCall number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1
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Roesser, Marie
Summary: "Yes, nouns are people, places, and things, but get ready to learn much more about these kinds of words. This motivating volume helps emerging readers spot both common and proper nouns-and the difference between them-as well as comprehend how nouns feature in the structure of a sentence, such as whether they are subjects or objects of verbs. Relatable examples paired with lively, colorful...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428.2 ROESummary: Critical Dictionary is an ambitious cornucopia of thoughts, images, and illustrations from online art magazine criticaldictionary.com, in addition to newly commissioned work. The title alludes to the mock dictionary that philosopher Georges Bataille edited for Documents in 1929 and 1930. Like this famous precedent, Critical Dictionary aims to puncture pretension, bringing words and their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.04 CRIBeaver, David I.
Summary: "In much of the theory of meaning, philosophers and linguists have focused on the use of language in conveying information in cooperative informational exchanges. As a result, political uses of speech, of the sort that political propaganda exemplifies, have not been taken to be a central case of language use. In this book, Jason Stanley and David Beaver focus on the political use of speech as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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Summary: "Full-color photographs and simple text provide a brief introduction to pronouns as parts of speech"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 425 DOYHarding, Rachel
Summary: "Level 1 of a complete self-study English-language course that combines easy-to-use visual learning with crystal-clear grammar explanations, practice exercises, and free audio."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dk Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 HARDoyle, Sheri.
Summary: "Full-color photographs and simple text provide a brief introduction to prepositions as parts of speech"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 425 DOYSummary: Organized by subject: everyday phrases, transportation, shopping, hotels, menu guides and pronunication. Includes cd with book.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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Summary: "Level 2 of complete self-study English-language course that combines easy-to-use visual learning with crstyal-clear grammar explanations, practice exercises, and free audio."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.24 HARDoyle, Sheri.
Summary: "Full-color photographs and simple text provide a brief introduction to nouns as parts of speech"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 425 DOYSanders, Ella Frances.
Summary: "An artistic collection of 50 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English. Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there's a Swedish word to describe the reflection of the moon across the water? The nuanced beauty of language is even more interesting and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 410 SANEverett, Caleb
Summary: "A guide to how languages around the world differ from one another far more than we realize and point to fundamental differences in how people conceive of everything from time to color to smell"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.44 EVEWright, Andrew
Contents: Language for the organisation of games -- Picture games -- Psychology games -- Magic tricks -- Caring and sharing games -- Card and board games -- Sound games -- Story games -- Word games -- True/false games -- Memory games -- Question and answer games -- Guessing and speculating games -- Miscellaneous games -- Summary of the games (skills, level, time, etc.) -- Index to structures and types of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 1984
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1 available in EZ, Call number: EZ 418 WRIFerrara, Silvia
Summary: "Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 411.09 FERLynette, Rachel.
Summary: "After school, two friends Ben and Bailey, learn about writing book reports"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808 LYNMoore, Christopher J.
Summary: " The quintessential A to Z guide to British English-perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrier Oscar Wilde once said the Brits have "everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." Any visitor to Old Blighty can sympathize with Mr. Wilde. After all, even fluent English speakers can be at sixes and sevens when told to pick up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427 MOOShea, Ammon
Summary: "The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct-or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428 SHESummary: Provides parents with strategies and tips for helping their fifth grade student prepare for the Common Core assessment, offering easy-to-follow lessons, practice questions, and mini-quizzes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372 PARFiles, Meg
Summary: "It's easy to write about your feelings in a journal. It's more difficult, however, to convert personal experiences into stories worthy of publication--fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Filled with engaging exercises, Writing what you know will guide you in identifying story-worthy material and transforming your raw material into finished pieces, through conquering fears associated with personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Words FilesThorpe, Helen
Summary: Follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers from nations devastated by drought or famine or war, over the course of their first school year in America. The talented and endlessly resourceful Denver South High School teacher Mr. Eddie Williams welcomes these students, who speak fourteen different languages but no English and are completely unfamiliar with American culture, to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 373 THOZiefert, Harriet.
Summary: "Clever word groupings list three alike things and one that it is different. For example, there are living rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms--but a mushroom is not a room! Picture clues will help kids figure out which "of these things is not like the other" and will begin to grasp the more fine-tuned nuances of word parts, roots, and meanings"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Apple Books 2014