Welcome to a book-lover's best friend! This collection of engaging and content-focused activities will help you nurture literacy in your classroom--or the entire school. Filled to the brim with suggestions for engaging students with books in a meaningful and academic way, you will be able to use these activities with small or large groups. They allow students to bring their own reading experience-regardless of level of proficiency-to the table to use as the basis for learning about reading and writing. And this resource will help mentor every student's most effective literacy model--you! You'll be given full background information for all activities so that you can set the tone for a confident and considered approach to the love of books!
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The story takes an unexpected turn when Christian gets an accident with his bike and Christian gets died to save Julia’s life but, Chris died in the Devil’s arrival time. The Devil the lord of darkness is cursed by the God. The Devil has the power to take control of any lives and act in someone’s life as he wants. The Devil takes control of Christian’s life and made Christian sell his soul to the Devil by giving him extreme pain and at the end Christian had to agree with the Devil to sell his soul because of the Devil’s torture. Chris finds himself in hospital bed after that, with Julia is sitting beside him and caressing his hairs. Chris founds out later that he went to coma for 48 hours after his accident and Chris forgets about all but remember about the torture what the Devil given to him for make him sell his soul. The Devil was watching Chris’s lips with his red eyes and the Devil witnessed Julia’s loves to Chris and how both holy souls enjoy in each other’s presence. The Devil wonders because the Devil was cursed to be hated and be feared by everyone and the Devil wonders and remembers about his past life, where he had the same kind of love but he lost because of his cruelty and cursed by the God. Seeing Chris’s love for Julia and Julia’s love for Chris, slowly the Devil starts to have feelings for Julia too, the Devil wanted to feel loved too even for it if it takes him to murder anyone. The Devil wanted to go near Julia and more close, as only Chris could and one day the Devil succeed after falling in love with Julia. The Devil seen scars in Julia’s lower body. The Devil in the disguise of Chris asks to Julia, how and why the scars are on her body? At first Julia hesitates but at last Julia speaks up and shares about her painful story of ‘Ecclesia Fista’ the Christian School where young students taught for be monks and nuns of Churches. The Devil’s eyes sparkles with the name of the 7 sins of Christianity, “Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, Sloth” Julia wonders by hearing that words from Chris and Julia looks towards Chris but suddenly she sees that Chris is not Chris anymore, a Devil with scary face is sitting beside her and Julia heard that the Devil snorted and as the Devil realizes that Julia is aware of his presence. The Devil gets out of the room with his scary face and his devilish behaviour. Julia tries to follow the Devil but, she failed. The Devil transforms into a crow with bloods are falling from the eyes as bloody tears from the crow’s eyes. The Devil went towards ‘Ecclesia Fista’ and seen his prey for the each Full Moon and New Moon nights. The Devils targets his prey and punishments for the sinners of the 7 sins. For ‘Lust’ Father Ambrose gets burned alive during his fake Exorcism to exploit his student. For ‘Greed’ Reverend Caius Shadowthorn gets crushed by the pillars of the building what he made with low quality materials for put the money on his own pocket and his tragic death throws questions towards the principle, was he a corrupt too? For ‘Sloth’ Edward Joshua Peterson the principle of the ‘Ecclesia Fista’ gets a tragic death by the tools he used to make erotic stone sculptures. He got punished by the Devil for neglecting his important works for his ‘Sloth’ and addictions. He died with a big needle on his forehead as a sign of his punishment of his own procrastination. For ‘Pride’ Nun Veronica Divine gets killed with beating of Devilish ruler and lightning because she had so much pride about her knowledge and he hated and humiliated the people who used to challenge her views for gather diverse knowledge. For ‘Gluttony’ Reverend Thomas Milton gets killed for eating coins with his food and stabbed a fork on his tongue by himself for the Devil’s punishment to him because rich businessman Thomas Milton over eaten food and used to humiliate the poor unfortunate people, who used to ask for money to him. For ‘Envy’ Detective Lucas Smith gets killed with snake’s venom and burning alive as the Devil’s punishment because Detective Lucas Smith tried to get Julia for the night and Lucas was jealous of Chris, who had a person like Julia in his life. After killing the 6 sinners, the Devil looks for kill his seventh prey but as the Devil tries to find the seventh sinner this time Julia gets to know that the Devil is behind the sudden murders in ‘Ecclesia Fista’. The Vatican City gets involved as Julia’s childhood friend Tanya asks help of Father Andrew. The two things Father Andrew suggests is to do an Exorcism with Chris’s body to talk with the Devil or, use the red holy knife, what the God used 2000 years ago for kill the two rulers of the hell. Now this was not only a war between Devil and Chris but, a war between the Devil and the whole Vatican City with Julia and Chris and the Devil is not here for accept a lose. Will the Devil haunt for his seventh prey? Where there’s the Devil is preaching, ‘In this era, the God may not come to save you but, the Devil comes to kill you!’ Step into the world of darkness and lightness and hope with the waves of beautiful lies. Forget the pasts of yours and let the darkness lead you into the light where ignite touches your soul. Get lost in the book where the brightness and the darkness collide and make the ultimate auroras in dark night skies. You have read books where the main character is the hero but, in this case, the main character is a Villain to be told the story from the evil’s side.
She will return By – Somnath Bhattacharjee She will return, She will return, As the sea water touches the shore, She will return, As the immigrant birds, Come back to their own land after the summer. She will return, She will return, As I touch her lips and, She drives for more, She will return, As the true lover, Comes back her love. She will return, She will return, As the spring comes after winter, She will return, As the green leaves comes, In the old tree. She will return, She will return, As she is being hurt by staying away, She will return, With the dream of reunion, She will return. She will return, She will return, Even though she says separation, Is what she needs now, She will return, Even though a misunderstanding, Has made a crack in our love. She will return, She will return, As she smiles after hearing my name, She will return, When she will dream about me at night, She will return while daydreaming about me, She will return. One day, we will unite again, The love won’t be faded away, As my lips are sore for not touching her lips, As our lips wants to unite again, One day, we will unite again, This is what the God has written in our destiny, She will return, She will return. She will return, She will return, She knows, the comfort she gets in my arms, She would not get in 1 day’s lover’s arms, She knows the way she can behave as she is in front of me, She cannot behave in front of a new stranger, She will return, She will forgive, As the sun goes down but, It comes up the next morning. She will return, She will return, The lyrics of the poem, Will touch her heart, She will return, without hesitation, She will return, She will return with the curls of her brown hairs, She will return, with the glow of her lips, She will return, with her brown hazelnut eyes. She will sing the song, While thinking about me, She will see people are smoking cigarette, In the smoking smokes, she will see, Even the little smoke, Is capable for make a fog, Which can lead a person to dead. She will see, without her, My life will fall in the fog too, Where the only option for me, Will be, death, But I will still say, ‘I love you’ Even though, I know she will smile, Even though how much her heart is being broken, She will see, she will want, she will return, She will dream, she will talk. She will love, But all after if she returns. One day, she had to cover her emotions from everyone, These days her thoughts gets into my head without telling, One day, she was alone and, Had no one to express her emotions, Now she has me, One day, she was independent, But now, she cannot even spend a day, Without the love. ‘Ok’ She says, Even though I know, ‘Ok’ does not means okay, It’s means a new crack has made on her heart, Probably by me, probably because of my ruthlessness, Probably because I did not listen to her, As I should, Probably because I could have cared a little bit more, I ask for forgiveness, even though I know, One thousand forgiveness letters, won’t fill up the gap, Which has made. I want to tell you, How much I love you, But it is impossible to convey in words, Even though as much as I try to express, If I write how much I love you, All the papers in the world will be ended, If I speak how much I love you, Blood will come out from my tongue, If I sing how much I love you, Infinity among of music will be made. She is beautiful as she is, She knows what she is doing, She knows how her actions are breaking me down, She knows what is going on, She knows my condition, I know how kind she is, I know why she is doing, I know her own actions are breaking her down as well, I know why is that going on, I know her condition, But still, probably saying ‘sorry’ And leaving the matter would be easier. But, would it create any good impact? Probably addressing the issue was more important, Probably rather than trying to looking under her dress, Looking into her eyes, could save the love, Probably I need to say again how much I love her, Probably tears won’t save it, Probably the poem would not make her feel loved anymore, Probably she won’t find herself in the lyrics of the poem anymore, Probably she will just look around while accepting the truth. She cannot, She cannot do it, She cannot run on it, She cannot walk by, The days we spent, The way we shaped each other’s heart, We both know, Now we cannot live without the presence of each other, In each other’s life, Probably we both know, If separation is a option, Then the option is really called death, Neither I nor she would continue the misunderstanding, As we know, the childish misunderstanding, Can create the biggest crack, As she cried last night, not because of my behavior, But because of I said suicidal as a self punishment, As her tears fell from her eyes, As her heart pain last night, As she again understand what can be happen, If we don’t unite, She would not go away, If She could go away, She could not say that, She would take a knife and slit her wrist, If I go and put my hands in the eclectic, She cannot go away, As she knows her destiny, Is to come to me too, I cannot go away too, Because without her love, The life would be colorless, Because she is the one who filled color, In the black and white life. She will return, She will return, Not because she wants, But because of she needs, She will return, She will return, Not because of she thinks, It’s should not be over, But because she knows, She cannot live with the half of her soul alone, She knows the another half of her soul, Is inside me, She knows she has to come to me, She knows she cannot live without me, She knows how much I am afraid of losing her, She knows how I will give up from my life, If she does not walk with me, She knows, how much I love her, She knows how much I want her, She knows, everything about me, I know everything about her, But still one question remaining unanswered, I ask, “Do you still love me?” She will return, She will return, As the sun rises after the long night, She will return, She will return, As she sees we have to unite, She will return, She will return, Seeing our destiny is the same, She will return, She will return, While knowing how much she loves me and how much I love her, She will return, She will return, While knowing I and she, we both cannot live without each other. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am a drug Addict By – Somnath Bhattacharjee I see, in walls, The NGOs paste posters, Not to be a drug addict, But, I can’t help but drive for it more. The drug I get, is impossible, To be found by others, Not because it’s rare but, Because it’s super rare, That no one can have it but me. The doctors labels thinks as, Dopamine, Morphine and other phines, But my love, for me A to Z, all drugs, Starts and Ends with you, Because the way you look, The kind you are, The way you act, The calm you are, The love you show, Makes me an addict of you. I am addicted of you, Even though I try to control, Whenever I tell to my heart, “It’s enough, don’t fall more” My heart shuts me up, And makes me fall for you more. My love, when I see, There are cracks and I think, “It’s time to end it” My heart slaps me and tells me, “Not to give up but repair the cracks” And that’s why I never go. I understand my heart, That the addicted you made my heart of you, He can never be able to live without you, So you fear to let you go. They say, ‘If you love her, You should let her go’ But my love, If I let you go then, How can I live? If You take away my morphine source, How can I live? If you take away my oxygen, How can I live? If you take away yourself from me, How can I live? My love without you, The rainforest of my heart, Will turn into a deadly desert. The flowers which blooms on it’s highest today, Will be faded away and the leaves, And the leaves will fall down, Without waiting for the autumn. The drug addict, you have made me, Now, neither I can live without you, Nor I can breathe without you. Or, If I do, then it’s not a breathe. But, a plea. I was independent but, Now it’s boring without you, You have stole my heart and, Made me addicted of you and now, I won’t let you go. I know it’s sounds stupid but, I will never let you go from me, I will tied you up with the shackles of love, But, I will never let you go away from me, Because my love, I know, I can’t live without you, But my love, How can I tell you? All the sweet lines of my poems, Ends with the name of yours? Now I am not only a drug addict but, I am the happiest person in the world too. I can be broke, I can be homeless but, I am still the rich, The rich, which makes me happy, Because the drug, I have, Is you, Which can give more love, And more happiness than anything. I not only want you, But my love, I want to be with you, I want to live the beautiful days with you, While probably laying under the trees, On your lap and you caress my hairs, And by your sweet touches, I be the writers of, More thousands poems? They say, ‘I am crazy’, I don’t fight with them, Not even quarrel because, I know that I am being crazy, I am being crazy by your love, But I know, If it’s all what takes to keep your love, Then I am willing to do it. At last now these days, I am happy? Otherwise the other days, The pillows used to be wet with tears. I don’t want to take cheap supplements anymore, Because I know that, I can’t get the love from any supplements, Which I can get from the sweet heart of yours. These days, I fall asleep, while thinking about you, These days, I wake up while thinking about you, These days I live while thinking about you, These days, I smile while thinking about you. Probably, one day, I will beg on my knees, On our wedding day, In front of you, For your hand, To marry you, While thinking about you? Will you say, ‘yes’? Or make me cry for your love? As you always do? When I talk about other girls mistakenly? Probably, I will have to say out loud, That how much I love you, Or paint the whole city and print, That I love you, But yeah, I will never miss a single chance to prove, That how much I love you. And my love, Will you say, ‘Yes’? My drug addiction will never be faded away, I know, Because my love, I know that you will never be faded away from me, Because my love, I know, That you can’t live without me too, But my love when I tell you, “I am a Drug addict” How would you react? And how would you react, When at last I tell you, “The drug I take is you? I am addicted of you?” Probably you will smile, Or you will laugh or giggle, But my love, You are my morphine, You are my drug And I can’t live without my drug, And so yeah, I am a drug addict. No need to take me in clinic, For remove my drug addiction… Just take me in wedding hall with my love, And let me enjoy the drug for forever. "Whispers of the Heart" is a collection of poems of the poem collection series "Love Behind Curtains" written by Somnath Bhattacharjee. The Poem collection is filled with romantic beautiful poems which will touch the hearts of the readers. Read more exciting and Romantic Poems written by Somnath Bhattacharjee.
"If I could tell you, how much I love you, Eternity time will pass but still emotions cannot be fully conveyed. If I could write you, how much I love you, All the papers and ink in Earth will be used but still emotions cannot be fully conveyed. If I could shout, how much I love you, The echoes would touch the mountain and skies but still, emotions cannot be fully conveyed. If I could paint, how much I love you, Every stroke of color would dance on the canvas, but still, emotions cannot be fully conveyed. If I could sing for you, the song of my heart, Every note would soar to the heavens, but still, emotions cannot be fully conveyed. But, If I write poems for you, probably half of the emotions be conveyed." "My Romantic Sparrow" is a collection of poems written by Somnath Bhattacharjee. The Poem collection is filled with romantic beautiful poems which will touch the hearts of the readers. Blanket Jealousy She whispered, “I can't sleep without hugging my blanket” I gazed on her eyes for a while with smirk, Then smiled and said playfully to god, “God, what days you are showing me? Now I'm even jealous of a blanket?” "Why are you looking at my eyes like that?" she asked, Smiling sweetly at me. "Perhaps," I grinned, then added, "One day I will take the place of your blanket." Read more exciting and Romantic Poems written by Somnath Bhattacharjee. "My Romantic Sparrow" is the first Poem Collection book of the poem collection series "Love Behind Curtains".
From the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife comes a reckless, delicious thriller that gives a whole new meaning to the dangers of modern dating. Wes and Ivy are madly in love. They've never felt anything like it. It's the type of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? When it's good, it's great. Flowers. Grand gestures. Deep meaningful conversations where the whole world disappears. When it's bad, it's really bad. Vengeful fights. Damaged property. Arrest warrants. But their vicious cycle of catastrophic breakups and head-over-heels reconciliations needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy--and she's a detective. There's something Wes and Ivy never talk about--in good times or bad. The night of their worst breakup, when one of them took things too far, and someone ended up dead. If they can stick together, they can survive anything--even the tightening net of a police investigation. Because one more breakup might just be their last…
"A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--
*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER* *INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER* *A REESE'S YA BOOK CLUB PICK* "Schwartz's magical novel is at once gripping and tender, and the intricate plot is engrossing as the reader tries to solve the mystery. She doesn't miss a beat in either the characterization or action, scattering clues with a delicate, precise hand. This is, in the end, the story of the anatomy of the human heart." - Booklist (starred review) Dana Schwartz’s Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books—she’ll need corpses to study. Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living. But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares—until Hazel. Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.
In this “raw and well-crafted (Kirkus Reviews)” romance, Bea learns that some things just can’t be controlled. When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. Sweet, strong, kinda-messed-up Beck understands her like no one else can. He makes her feel almost normal. He makes her feel like she could fall in love again. But despite her feelings for Beck, Bea can’t stop thinking about someone else: a guy who is gorgeous and magnetic…and has no idea Bea even exists. But Bea spends a lot of time watching him. She has a journal full of notes. Some might even say she’s obsessed. Bea tells herself she’s got it all under control. But this isn’t a choice, it’s a compulsion. The truth is, she’s breaking down…and she might end up breaking her own heart.
“Fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife will be blown away by Madeleine Henry’s The Love Proof.” —PopSugar A brilliant physicist studying the nature of time embarks on a journey to prove that those we love are always connected to us, leading to surprising revelations in this fresh and unique love story. Sophie Jones is a physics prodigy on track to unlock the secrets of the universe. But when she meets Jake Kristopher during their first week at Yale they instantly feel a deep connection, as if they’ve known each other before. Quickly, they become a couple. Slowly, their love lures Sophie away from school. When a shocking development forces Sophie into a new reality, she returns to physics to make sense of her world. She grapples with life’s big questions, including how to cope with unexpected change and loss. Inspired by her connection with Jake, Sophie throws herself into her studies, determined to prove that true loves belong together in all realities. Spanning decades, The Love Proof is an unusual love story about lasting connection, time, and intuition. It explores the course that perfect love can take between imperfect people, and urges us to listen to our hearts rather than our heads.
