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English language Composition and exercises English language Grammar English language Parts of speech LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference Language arts (Elementary) Language arts (Primary) REFERENCE / Writing Skills Report writingSummary: 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 PARZiefert, 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
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 428.1 ZIELynette, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428 SHEFiles, 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 FilesSummary: Great writing begins--and ends--with the sentence. Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 808.042 LANPetras, Kathryn
Summary: "An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.1 PETPinker, Steven
Summary: " A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media?Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 PINWiezorek, Jan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 372.6 WIEHarbach, Chad (EDT)
Summary: "Chad Harbach and contributors map out the "two cultures" of American fiction: MFA programs and NYC publishing. In a widely read essay titled "MFA vs. NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 MFASummary: Babies from all over the world get ready for bed, and say "good night" in fifteen of the world's most spoken languges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023
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Summary: "For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom. After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 WARGwynne, N. M.
Summary: "Crushing national Debt? Climate Change? No: the greatest danger to our way of life is the decline of grammar. Thus preaches the inimitable Mr Gwynne as he shows us the way out of this sorry state. "Grammar is the science of using words rightly, leadingto thinking rightly, leading to deciding rightly, without which-as both common sense and experience show-happiness is impossible. Therefore,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 425 GWYMartin, Chris
Summary: An author and educator's pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry--a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the spectrum and explores how we use language to express our seemingly limitless interior lives. Adults often find it difficult to communicate with autistic students and try to "fix" them. But what if we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARTIN, CHRIS MARNichols, Joel A.
Summary: "Perfect for public librarians, instructional librarians, technology and digital resource specialists, and library training specialists, this book is an essential resource for digital literacy instruction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libraries Unlimited 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 004.67 NICSummary: Provides parents with strategies and tips for helping their fourth 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 PARDickson, Paul.
Summary: "William Shakespeare's written vocabulary consisted of 17,245 words, including hundreds that were coined or popularized by him. Some of the words never went further than their appearance in his plays, but others--like bedazzled, hurry, critical, and anchovy--are essential parts of our standard vocabulary today. Many other famous and lesser-known writers have contributed to the popular lexicon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 801.3 DICFridland, Valerie
Summary: In Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You, sociolinguist Valerie Fridland of the University of Nevada, Reno guides you in a wide-ranging voyage into the extraordinary world of our language, with a penetrating focus on the multiple ways in which societies and language intersect. In these 24 highly engaging lectures, you'll look closely at the different facets of language and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 FriCall number: DVD 809 Fri
Peterson, Brenda
Summary: "Whether you're writing your memoir for self-exploration, to leave a legacy, or for publication, Your Life Is A Book takes you on a step-by-step journey from concept to completion. This writer's guide to the memoir is rich with insight, advice, storytelling, and encouragement. Memoirist Brenda Peterson and New York literary agent, Sarah Jane Freymann team up to share with you their expertise in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sasquatch Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 PETRoesser, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2023