Author: Frederick K. Van Patten
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595237010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Anna the Red, a teenage runaway in Seattle, auditions for an amateur theatrical billed as a Stone Age Opera. The opera tells an ancient tale from a lost society a story of self-sacrificing innocence overcome by suffocating evil. The inspirational brainchild of the opera is Dr. Elizabeth Mellony, a forensic archaeologist, who teams up with Malcolm Washington, a black ex-con, to produce the show. On opening night Anna is spirited away by her father, a bigoted Idaho backwoodsman who tracks her down in the city. She leaves behind a mysterious note-a page torn from an old notebook given to her by a member of a paramilitary environmental group called Whole River Systems. Years earlier, Malcolm had been given 13 private notebooks written by his troubled grandfather. But the notebooks were stolen while Malcolm was in prison. The page Anna leaves behind is from one of the notebooks written by Malcolm's grandfather. That single page provides the first clue to the mysterious disappearance of the notebooks. But when Anna tries to help, she finds herself up against Mortim Rimpoche, the paranoid spiritual leader of Whole River Systems. Her youth and naïveté collide with his unmerciful narcissism, creating a near fatal showdown.
The 13th Notebook
Author: Frederick K. Van Patten
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595237010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Anna the Red, a teenage runaway in Seattle, auditions for an amateur theatrical billed as a Stone Age Opera. The opera tells an ancient tale from a lost society a story of self-sacrificing innocence overcome by suffocating evil. The inspirational brainchild of the opera is Dr. Elizabeth Mellony, a forensic archaeologist, who teams up with Malcolm Washington, a black ex-con, to produce the show. On opening night Anna is spirited away by her father, a bigoted Idaho backwoodsman who tracks her down in the city. She leaves behind a mysterious note-a page torn from an old notebook given to her by a member of a paramilitary environmental group called Whole River Systems. Years earlier, Malcolm had been given 13 private notebooks written by his troubled grandfather. But the notebooks were stolen while Malcolm was in prison. The page Anna leaves behind is from one of the notebooks written by Malcolm's grandfather. That single page provides the first clue to the mysterious disappearance of the notebooks. But when Anna tries to help, she finds herself up against Mortim Rimpoche, the paranoid spiritual leader of Whole River Systems. Her youth and naïveté collide with his unmerciful narcissism, creating a near fatal showdown.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595237010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Anna the Red, a teenage runaway in Seattle, auditions for an amateur theatrical billed as a Stone Age Opera. The opera tells an ancient tale from a lost society a story of self-sacrificing innocence overcome by suffocating evil. The inspirational brainchild of the opera is Dr. Elizabeth Mellony, a forensic archaeologist, who teams up with Malcolm Washington, a black ex-con, to produce the show. On opening night Anna is spirited away by her father, a bigoted Idaho backwoodsman who tracks her down in the city. She leaves behind a mysterious note-a page torn from an old notebook given to her by a member of a paramilitary environmental group called Whole River Systems. Years earlier, Malcolm had been given 13 private notebooks written by his troubled grandfather. But the notebooks were stolen while Malcolm was in prison. The page Anna leaves behind is from one of the notebooks written by Malcolm's grandfather. That single page provides the first clue to the mysterious disappearance of the notebooks. But when Anna tries to help, she finds herself up against Mortim Rimpoche, the paranoid spiritual leader of Whole River Systems. Her youth and naïveté collide with his unmerciful narcissism, creating a near fatal showdown.
The Leader in Me
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147110446X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147110446X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.
This is a Dreadful Sentence
Author: Penny Freedman
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848764200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In the library of a university college, in a small English town, a Turkish student, known to be a government spy, is found dead one morning, crushed between two rolling stacks. In the days that follow, puzzling messages relating to his death start appearing on the board in the seminar room where English language classes take place. Suspicion falls on the other students in the class as the police start to investigate their backgrounds and motives, and their teacher, Gina Gray, is drawn into the mystery. When Gina Gray sets out to discover who murdered her student, she is an unlikely detective: a harassed mother and grandmother with difficult teenage daughters and a baby granddaughter in tow, she has nothing on her side but stubbornness, bravado - and a detailed knowledge of English grammar. As the lives, relationships and secrets of the thirteen students involved begin to be revealed, the police uncover links with opium production in Turkey and with the Russian mafia. DCI David Scott, leading a murder investigation for the first time, believes that these hold the key to the murder, but as the police investigation stalls, two of the students disappear and another is killed. Told in alternate chapters from the point of view of Gina and of DCI Scott, the novel weaves and unravels a complex mystery, while exploring the edgy, combative relationship that develops between the two of them.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1848764200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In the library of a university college, in a small English town, a Turkish student, known to be a government spy, is found dead one morning, crushed between two rolling stacks. In the days that follow, puzzling messages relating to his death start appearing on the board in the seminar room where English language classes take place. Suspicion falls on the other students in the class as the police start to investigate their backgrounds and motives, and their teacher, Gina Gray, is drawn into the mystery. When Gina Gray sets out to discover who murdered her student, she is an unlikely detective: a harassed mother and grandmother with difficult teenage daughters and a baby granddaughter in tow, she has nothing on her side but stubbornness, bravado - and a detailed knowledge of English grammar. As the lives, relationships and secrets of the thirteen students involved begin to be revealed, the police uncover links with opium production in Turkey and with the Russian mafia. DCI David Scott, leading a murder investigation for the first time, believes that these hold the key to the murder, but as the police investigation stalls, two of the students disappear and another is killed. Told in alternate chapters from the point of view of Gina and of DCI Scott, the novel weaves and unravels a complex mystery, while exploring the edgy, combative relationship that develops between the two of them.
I'm Your Teacher Not Your Mother
Author: Suzette Clarke
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491847719
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Finally! A teacher speaks out. After 15 years in the New York City public school system, she reveals to the world the REAL reason so many of our students do poorly in school. From the thought-provoking pages of Im Your Teacher Not Your Mother If children are to improve in schools, we must focus on the most influential branch of the educational tree. Students in a class receive the same instruction, yet certain ones pass, some even do extremely well, while others fail horribly year after year. Whats the difference? THE FACTS: In America * Each year 1.2 million students drop out of school. * 7,000 students drop out of school each day. Something MUST be done to break this destructive cycle! If your child is failing in school, You MUST read this book. If you feel your child can do better in school, You MUST read this book. If youve ever wondered, whats wrong with our educational system? You MUST read this book. Find out the REAL reason so many of our students are failing. And learn the 3 simply solutions.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491847719
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Finally! A teacher speaks out. After 15 years in the New York City public school system, she reveals to the world the REAL reason so many of our students do poorly in school. From the thought-provoking pages of Im Your Teacher Not Your Mother If children are to improve in schools, we must focus on the most influential branch of the educational tree. Students in a class receive the same instruction, yet certain ones pass, some even do extremely well, while others fail horribly year after year. Whats the difference? THE FACTS: In America * Each year 1.2 million students drop out of school. * 7,000 students drop out of school each day. Something MUST be done to break this destructive cycle! If your child is failing in school, You MUST read this book. If you feel your child can do better in school, You MUST read this book. If youve ever wondered, whats wrong with our educational system? You MUST read this book. Find out the REAL reason so many of our students are failing. And learn the 3 simply solutions.
Everything I Need to Know About Teaching . . . They Forgot to Tell Me!
Author: Stacey Jarvis
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483361691
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Survive the first year of teaching and wind up happy, wiser and still sane! Can I teach the way I believe is best for my students? How can I get it all done? The worries, concerns and questions of first-year educators can be overwhelming and eventually lead to teachers leaving the profession. This candid look at the pressures and surprises of the first year of teaching provides the new teacher with guidance and advice that is full of encouragement, humor, and practical ideas, all based on real first-year experiences. This guidebook emphasizes the aspects of teaching that college professors don′t teach. Authors Stacey Jarvis and Bob Algozzine take a realistic approach to the unforeseen pitfalls that new teachers face, focusing on the major concerns of novice teachers Controlling workload, managing time, and overcoming fatigue Forming strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues Maintaining autonomy and control of teaching styles and methods The light at the end of those long, tough, first 180 days shines brightly when you have the tools necessary to survive!
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483361691
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Survive the first year of teaching and wind up happy, wiser and still sane! Can I teach the way I believe is best for my students? How can I get it all done? The worries, concerns and questions of first-year educators can be overwhelming and eventually lead to teachers leaving the profession. This candid look at the pressures and surprises of the first year of teaching provides the new teacher with guidance and advice that is full of encouragement, humor, and practical ideas, all based on real first-year experiences. This guidebook emphasizes the aspects of teaching that college professors don′t teach. Authors Stacey Jarvis and Bob Algozzine take a realistic approach to the unforeseen pitfalls that new teachers face, focusing on the major concerns of novice teachers Controlling workload, managing time, and overcoming fatigue Forming strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues Maintaining autonomy and control of teaching styles and methods The light at the end of those long, tough, first 180 days shines brightly when you have the tools necessary to survive!
The Collected Prose of Robert Frost
Author: Robert Frost
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674024632
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Presents a collection of both published and unpublished prose pieces, including correspondence, articles, talks, readings, and stories.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674024632
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Presents a collection of both published and unpublished prose pieces, including correspondence, articles, talks, readings, and stories.
Life by the Seed
Author: Charles Williams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 152456916X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Life by the Seed Life by the Seed was written by Daniel Jones. The novel talks about his time spent in public school, specifically about his eighth-grade year all the way up to his twelfth-grade year and his final moments in the educational system. Daniel does talk about the times when he isnt in school, like how he hangs out with his friends or does things outside of school. He also talks to himself in a way in certain situations (which is basically on a constant basis) since he feels that nobody would truly understand what he is thinking about or would reject it. He mentions his current significant other and how they met each other as friends, which eventually turns into something more early in the novel, and how they maintain the relationship through the course of the novel.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 152456916X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Life by the Seed Life by the Seed was written by Daniel Jones. The novel talks about his time spent in public school, specifically about his eighth-grade year all the way up to his twelfth-grade year and his final moments in the educational system. Daniel does talk about the times when he isnt in school, like how he hangs out with his friends or does things outside of school. He also talks to himself in a way in certain situations (which is basically on a constant basis) since he feels that nobody would truly understand what he is thinking about or would reject it. He mentions his current significant other and how they met each other as friends, which eventually turns into something more early in the novel, and how they maintain the relationship through the course of the novel.
Becoming a Teacher through Action Research
Author: Donna Kalmbach Phillips
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317963865
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Becoming a Teacher through Action Research, Third Edition skillfully interweaves the stories of pre-service teaching with the process of action research. This engaging text focuses specifically on the needs of pre-service teachers by providing assistance for all stages of the research experience, including guidance on how to select an area of focus, design a culturally-proficient study, collect and interpret data, and communicate findings. With an updated introduction and two new chapters, this revised edition fully develops a convincing response to the framing question of the book, "Why pre-service teacher action research?" The new edition continues to focus on elements of trustworthy pre-service teacher action research, and provides a more robust overview of research methodology. Using additional activities, charts, and examples, this book offers support during the steps of writing a critical question, data collection, data analysis and the use of analytic memos. New Features in the Third Edition include: New chapters on ongoing data analysis and final data interpretation, which include practice scenarios and examples to give readers a deeper understanding of doing the work of action research processes; An expanded chapter on action research methodology, which includes scaffolds for making methodological decisions, additional practice scenarios, and a revised action research design template; New end-of-chapter Content and Process Questions to encourage deeper understanding; New examples throughout, expanded additional glossary terms, enhanced literature review guidance, and updated templates to support action research projects; An updated companion website with downloadable templates and additional instructor resources; A revised interior text design to increase the accessibility of the text. This one-of-a-kind guide continues to offer invaluable support for teacher-education students during a critical phase of their professional—and personal—lives.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317963865
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Becoming a Teacher through Action Research, Third Edition skillfully interweaves the stories of pre-service teaching with the process of action research. This engaging text focuses specifically on the needs of pre-service teachers by providing assistance for all stages of the research experience, including guidance on how to select an area of focus, design a culturally-proficient study, collect and interpret data, and communicate findings. With an updated introduction and two new chapters, this revised edition fully develops a convincing response to the framing question of the book, "Why pre-service teacher action research?" The new edition continues to focus on elements of trustworthy pre-service teacher action research, and provides a more robust overview of research methodology. Using additional activities, charts, and examples, this book offers support during the steps of writing a critical question, data collection, data analysis and the use of analytic memos. New Features in the Third Edition include: New chapters on ongoing data analysis and final data interpretation, which include practice scenarios and examples to give readers a deeper understanding of doing the work of action research processes; An expanded chapter on action research methodology, which includes scaffolds for making methodological decisions, additional practice scenarios, and a revised action research design template; New end-of-chapter Content and Process Questions to encourage deeper understanding; New examples throughout, expanded additional glossary terms, enhanced literature review guidance, and updated templates to support action research projects; An updated companion website with downloadable templates and additional instructor resources; A revised interior text design to increase the accessibility of the text. This one-of-a-kind guide continues to offer invaluable support for teacher-education students during a critical phase of their professional—and personal—lives.
Flash Feedback [Grades 6-12]
Author: Matthew Johnson
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1071803131
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Beat burnout with time-saving best practices for feedback For ELA teachers, the danger of burnout is all too real. Inundated with seemingly insurmountable piles of papers to read, respond to, and grade, many teachers often find themselves struggling to balance differentiated, individualized feedback with the one resource they are already overextended on—time. Matthew Johnson offers classroom-tested solutions that not only alleviate the feedback-burnout cycle, but also lead to significant growth for students. These time-saving strategies built on best practices for feedback help to improve relationships, ignite motivation, and increase student ownership of learning. Flash Feedback also takes teachers to the next level of strategic feedback by sharing: How to craft effective, efficient, and more memorable feedback Strategies for scaffolding students through the meta-cognitive work necessary for real revision A plan for how to create a culture of feedback, including lessons for how to train students in meaningful peer response Downloadable online tools for teacher and student use Moving beyond the theory of working smarter, not harder, Flash Feedback works deeper by developing practices for teacher efficiency that also boost effectiveness by increasing students’ self-efficacy, improving the clarity of our messages, and ultimately creating a classroom centered around meaningful feedback.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1071803131
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Beat burnout with time-saving best practices for feedback For ELA teachers, the danger of burnout is all too real. Inundated with seemingly insurmountable piles of papers to read, respond to, and grade, many teachers often find themselves struggling to balance differentiated, individualized feedback with the one resource they are already overextended on—time. Matthew Johnson offers classroom-tested solutions that not only alleviate the feedback-burnout cycle, but also lead to significant growth for students. These time-saving strategies built on best practices for feedback help to improve relationships, ignite motivation, and increase student ownership of learning. Flash Feedback also takes teachers to the next level of strategic feedback by sharing: How to craft effective, efficient, and more memorable feedback Strategies for scaffolding students through the meta-cognitive work necessary for real revision A plan for how to create a culture of feedback, including lessons for how to train students in meaningful peer response Downloadable online tools for teacher and student use Moving beyond the theory of working smarter, not harder, Flash Feedback works deeper by developing practices for teacher efficiency that also boost effectiveness by increasing students’ self-efficacy, improving the clarity of our messages, and ultimately creating a classroom centered around meaningful feedback.
Reach for Your Soul
Author: Carie Broecker
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595222749
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Carie Broecker reveals a truly revolutionary approach to living. Carie’s decision to heal her physical body through mental and spiritual growth is both fascinating and simple. With unbelievable courage, Carie decided to challenge traditional medical models and follow an inner knowing. She embarked on a journey into her very soul and what she found there is available to all. Carie’s extraordinary, true-life account provides applicable techniques for anyone seeking a life filled with love, joy, and health. A must read...if you, too, want to reach for your soul!
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595222749
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Carie Broecker reveals a truly revolutionary approach to living. Carie’s decision to heal her physical body through mental and spiritual growth is both fascinating and simple. With unbelievable courage, Carie decided to challenge traditional medical models and follow an inner knowing. She embarked on a journey into her very soul and what she found there is available to all. Carie’s extraordinary, true-life account provides applicable techniques for anyone seeking a life filled with love, joy, and health. A must read...if you, too, want to reach for your soul!