Should students get paid for attending school? Is year-round school a good thing? IF you find $100, is it yours to keep? Fifty topics kids will want to talk and write about. Reproducible debate sheets include pro and con points to get kids thinking about both sides of the issue.
Amici is a new, fully-integrated Italian course for beginners to GCSE. Packed with cultural information, not just on Italy, but on the Italian-speaking world in general, this is a thoroughly up-to-date course. Carole Shepherd and Derek Aust are both respected Italianists and experienced writers, so you can be sure that you will find everything you need in Amici to motivate and inspire your students. Amici contains the following components: Students' Book; Workbook; Teacher's Book; CDs.
Being a great teacher is more than lesson plans and seating charts. In this revised and expanded new edition of the classic bestseller, you learn what it takes to be the very best educator you can be, starting from day one in your new classroom! Filled with real-world life lessons from experienced teachers as well as practical tips and techniques, you'll gain the skill and confidence you need to create a successful learning environment for you and your students, including how to: Organize a classroom Create engaging lesson plans Set ground rules and use proper behavior management Deal with prejudice, controversy, and violence Work with colleagues and navigate the chain of command Incorporate mandatory test preparation within the curriculum Implement the latest educational theories In this book, veteran teacher Melissa Kelly provides you with the confidence you'll need to step into class and teach right from the start.
Middle school teachers will find everything you need to set up your classroom for maximum learning, prepare dynamite lessons, create an effective classroom management plan... and so much more! From getting ready for the first day to staying on target through June, this must-have book will be your companion for years to come.
Introduces the type of debate known as public forum, controversy, or crossfire debate, discussing how to form a team, research a topic, and prepare a successful presentation.
This book addresses the challenges of designing effective afterschool activities, provides quality program models from experts in the field, and aligns learning standards with youth development principles.
Students of all learning styles are motivated to turn a picture into a thousand words with these unique prompts. From funny cartoons to inspiring masterpieces, each piece in this collection sparks a young writer's imagination. Grades: 3/5.
Stimulating Non-Fiction Writing! Inspiring Children Aged 7-11 offers innovative and exciting ways to engage children in non-fiction writing, giving professionals the confidence and practical advice that they need to support children in producing quality non-fiction texts in the classroom. Packed full of interesting ideas, resource suggestions and practical activities, the book explores the various ways professionals can purposefully encourage ‘child authors’ to develop their non-fiction writing skills. Tried-and-tested resources, ‘Gold star!’ tips and practical suggestions are underpinned by research-informed teaching strategies and academic information to strengthen professional practice associated with the teaching of non-fiction writing. By taking a stimulating approach to each text type and linking activities to known texts and stimuli, the book offers differentiated advice for working with children in Lower and Upper Key stage 2. Chapters consider text types that include: Instructions Persuasive texts Non-chronological reports Correspondence texts Discussion texts This new text is the perfect guide for inspiring children aged 7-11 in the classroom and will energise and enrich classroom provision and practice by being an essential resource for teachers and students on teacher training courses.
In the second edition of this witty and infectious book, Madsen Pirie builds upon his guide to using - and indeed abusing - logic in order to win arguments. By including new chapters on how to win arguments in writing, in the pub, with a friend, on Facebook and in 140 characters (on Twitter), Pirie provides the complete guide to triumphing in altercations ranging from the everyday to the downright serious. He identifies with devastating examples all the most common fallacies popularly used in argument. We all like to think of ourselves as clear-headed and logical - but all readers will find in this book fallacies of which they themselves are guilty. The author shows you how to simultaneously strengthen your own thinking and identify the weaknesses in other people arguments. And, more mischievously, Pirie also shows how to be deliberately illogical - and get away with it. This book will make you maddeningly smart: your family, friends and opponents will all wish that you had never read it. Publisher's warning: In the wrong hands this book is dangerous. We recommend that you arm yourself with it whilst keeping out of the hands of others. Only buy this book as a gift if you are sure that you can trust the recipient.