Author: William Knowlton Zinsser
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780062733030
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
On Writing Well
Author: William Knowlton Zinsser
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780062733030
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780062733030
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
Visible Language
Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
ISBN: 9781885923769
Category : Cuneiform writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique exhibit is the result of collaborative efforts of more than twenty authors and loans from five museums. It focuses on the independent invention of writing in at least four different places in the Old world and Mesoamerica with the earliest texts of Uruk, Mesopotamia (5,300 BC) shown in the United States for the first time. Visitors to the exhibit and readers of this catalog can see and compare the parallel pathways by which writing came into being and was used by the earliest kingdoms of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Maya world.
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
ISBN: 9781885923769
Category : Cuneiform writing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique exhibit is the result of collaborative efforts of more than twenty authors and loans from five museums. It focuses on the independent invention of writing in at least four different places in the Old world and Mesoamerica with the earliest texts of Uruk, Mesopotamia (5,300 BC) shown in the United States for the first time. Visitors to the exhibit and readers of this catalog can see and compare the parallel pathways by which writing came into being and was used by the earliest kingdoms of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Maya world.
Writing Science
Author: Joshua Schimel
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199760233
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book takes an integrated approach, using the principles of story structure to discuss every aspect of successful science writing, from the overall structure of a paper or proposal to individual sections, paragraphs, sentences, and words. It begins by building core arguments, analyzing why some stories are engaging and memorable while others are quickly forgotten, and proceeds to the elements of story structure, showing how the structures scientists and researchers use in papers and proposals fit into classical models. The book targets the internal structure of a paper, explaining how to write clear and professional sections, paragraphs, and sentences in a way that is clear and compelling.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199760233
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book takes an integrated approach, using the principles of story structure to discuss every aspect of successful science writing, from the overall structure of a paper or proposal to individual sections, paragraphs, sentences, and words. It begins by building core arguments, analyzing why some stories are engaging and memorable while others are quickly forgotten, and proceeds to the elements of story structure, showing how the structures scientists and researchers use in papers and proposals fit into classical models. The book targets the internal structure of a paper, explaining how to write clear and professional sections, paragraphs, and sentences in a way that is clear and compelling.
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition
Author: William Zinsser
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062250507
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062250507
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.
Visible Learning in Early Childhood
Author: Kateri Thunder
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1071825704
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Make learning visible in the early years Early childhood is a uniquely sensitive time, when young learners are rapidly developing across multiple domains, including language and literacy, mathematics, and motor skills. Knowing which teaching strategies work best and when can have a significant impact on a child’s development and future success. Visible Learning in Early Childhood investigates the critical years between ages 3 and 6 and, backed by evidence from the Visible Learning® research, explores seven core strategies for learning success: working together as evaluators, setting high expectations, measuring learning with explicit success criteria, establishing developmentally appropriate levels of learning, viewing mistakes as opportunities, continually seeking feedback, and balancing surface, deep, and transfer learning. The authors unpack the symbiotic relationship between these seven tenets through Authentic examples of diverse learners and settings Voices of master teachers from the US, UK, and Australia Multiple assessment and differentiation strategies Multidisciplinary approaches depicting mathematics, literacy, art and music, social-emotional learning, and more Using the Visible Learning research, teachers partner with children to encourage high expectations, developmentally appropriate practices, the right level of challenge, and a focus on explicit success criteria. Get started today and watch your young learners thrive!
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1071825704
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Make learning visible in the early years Early childhood is a uniquely sensitive time, when young learners are rapidly developing across multiple domains, including language and literacy, mathematics, and motor skills. Knowing which teaching strategies work best and when can have a significant impact on a child’s development and future success. Visible Learning in Early Childhood investigates the critical years between ages 3 and 6 and, backed by evidence from the Visible Learning® research, explores seven core strategies for learning success: working together as evaluators, setting high expectations, measuring learning with explicit success criteria, establishing developmentally appropriate levels of learning, viewing mistakes as opportunities, continually seeking feedback, and balancing surface, deep, and transfer learning. The authors unpack the symbiotic relationship between these seven tenets through Authentic examples of diverse learners and settings Voices of master teachers from the US, UK, and Australia Multiple assessment and differentiation strategies Multidisciplinary approaches depicting mathematics, literacy, art and music, social-emotional learning, and more Using the Visible Learning research, teachers partner with children to encourage high expectations, developmentally appropriate practices, the right level of challenge, and a focus on explicit success criteria. Get started today and watch your young learners thrive!
Visible Writings
Author: Marija Dalbello
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813548829
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
"This vastly learned, superbly illustrated collection has not a dull text within it. I was enlightened and fascinated by every essay on every topic. Visible Writings is a book to treasure."-Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor of English, French, and Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY --
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813548829
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
"This vastly learned, superbly illustrated collection has not a dull text within it. I was enlightened and fascinated by every essay on every topic. Visible Writings is a book to treasure."-Mary Ann Caws, Distinguished Professor of English, French, and Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY --
Typewriter Trade Journal and the Office System
Author:
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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Visible and the Invisible Reality
Author: Helena Lettau
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452504199
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Semi-autobiographical, telling the story of two intertwined journeys an Earthly one and a spiritual one. In part an exploration of spirituality and paranormal phenomena (which in the German language is known as GRENZWISSENSCHAFT and may be translated into English as Borderline Science). Experimental work is involved. It deals with esoteric philosophy, parapsychology and transpersonal experience, also exploring the meaning and mystery of life itself.
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452504199
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Semi-autobiographical, telling the story of two intertwined journeys an Earthly one and a spiritual one. In part an exploration of spirituality and paranormal phenomena (which in the German language is known as GRENZWISSENSCHAFT and may be translated into English as Borderline Science). Experimental work is involved. It deals with esoteric philosophy, parapsychology and transpersonal experience, also exploring the meaning and mystery of life itself.
Doing Time
Author: Bell Gale Chevigny
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1611451442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A special collection of the best fiction, essays, poetry, and plays from annual PEN Prison Writing contest offers unique insights into the emotions and thoughts engendered by the prison experience, ranging from humor and empathy to rage, fear, and despair. 15,000 first printing.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1611451442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A special collection of the best fiction, essays, poetry, and plays from annual PEN Prison Writing contest offers unique insights into the emotions and thoughts engendered by the prison experience, ranging from humor and empathy to rage, fear, and despair. 15,000 first printing.
American Bee Journal
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ISBN:
Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations.
Publisher:
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Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations.