The Little Green Tree/El Arbolito Verde
The Little Green Tree/El Arbolito Verde

Author: Karlene Mostek

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-07-06

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781523419449

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Fairy tales have a long history of magical story telling. Little Green Tree enters into the world of imagination, to tell of a small evergreen tree that feels lonesome in a great forest, because it is the only one of its kind. It longs to be free and see what the world is all about. It travels far and wide and learns many things. When full grown, it returns to its forest home to share its experiences. There, it is deeply challenged by a jealous and powerful leader. The Tree is not alone, however, but has wise nature friends who guide it through its challenging journey and leads it to a surprising victory. This fairy tale invites children into the world of nature to help them become aware that trees are living beings that humans everywhere need to protect and preserve. It is also meant as an aid for second language learners, in either English or Spanish. This 36 page, bilingual English/Spanish tale includes twelve pastel / ink drawings and five pages of activities.

In the Light of Contradiction
In the Light of Contradiction

Author: Roberta Ann Quance

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1351563084

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In 1926, as a young man of 28 with a growing reputation as an oral poet, Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) toyed with the idea of proving his worth in writing by bringing out a boxed set of three volumes of his verse. Because the Suites , Canciones , and the Poema del cante jondo eventually came out singly (in the case of the Suites , posthumously), readers have not always realised that they formed a single body of work -- one which, Lorca himself was surprised to note, has 'una rarisima unidad', an odd unity of aims and accomplishment. This is poetry which takes up the question of desire in progressively depersonalizing ways, and shows modernism coming into being. Through renunciation, by cutting away the personal and the taboo, Lorca created a poetry that, like no other in Europe, stood between the avant-garde and oral traditions, making their contradictions his truth. Roberta Ann Quance is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Queen's University, Belfast.

Selected Suites
Selected Suites

Author: Federico García Lorca

Publisher: Aris and Phillips Hispanic Cla

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 1786941074

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A generous selection and fresh translation of Lorca's suites, work that might have taken its place beside Songs (1927) and Poem of the Deep Song (1931) as a trilogy of Lorca's early modernist lyric. More personal than the other two works, Lorca's suites explore a 'heart without echo' in his time.

Writing in a Bilingual Program
Writing in a Bilingual Program

Author: Carole Edelsky

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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A year-long study of the writing development of 27 first through third graders in an English/Spanish bilingual program was conducted during the 1980-81 school year. Samples of the children's writing were collected at four intervals, coded for computer tallying, and analyzed in terms of code-switching, spelling, punctuation and segmentation, structural features, stylistic devices, and content. Additionally, the context in which the writing developed was evaluated by classroom observations, teacher interviews, review of familial backgrounds, and a survey of the community language situation. Myths about bilingual language proficiency, biliteracy, bilingual education, teaching writing, and learning to write are all countered by evidence presented in this study. In a discussion of implications, the concept of a whole language approach to writing instruction is supported, in which authentic and functional texts are offered to and produced by children. Examples of the children's writing with appropriate translations are given along with various tables. Informal follow-up information is presented in three epilogues dealing with changes in the researcher's commitment to the study's original writing theories, the writing of some students a year after the study; and a chronological outline of the demise of the bilingual program used in the study. Appendices list interview questions used for teachers and aides and categories for coding the writing data. This book contains 134 references. (ALL)

Non-wood Forest Products from Conifers
Non-wood Forest Products from Conifers

Author: William M. Ciesla

Publisher: Fao

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

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The objective of this paper is to provide a global review of the non-wood uses of conifers. For the purposes of this paper, conifers are defined as trees and shrubs of the botanical orders Coniferales, Taxales and Ginkgoales (Rushforth 1987). Although some services are briefly mentioned, the focus of this paper is on products which conifers provide species, which are important sources of non-wood forest products, and places where these products are harvested. With the exception of essential oils, which can be obtained from several parts of the tree, the products described are organized by the part of the tree from which they are obtained (e.g. foliage, bark and roots, resin, seeds and cones). Where possible, data on levels of production and international trade are presented. Problems associated with the sustainable management of these products and compatibility or conflicts with other land uses are also presented. Both contemporary and historical or traditional uses of non-wood products from conifers are discussed.

The Night of Las Posadas
The Night of Las Posadas

Author: Tomie dePaola

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-09-24

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0698119010

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Tomie dePaola's glorious paintings are as luminous as the farolitos that light up on the Plaza in Santa Fe for the procession of Las Posadas, the tradition in which Mary and Joseph go from door to door seeking shelter at the inn on Christmas Eve.This year Sister Angie, who is always in charge of the clebration, has to stay home with the flu, and Lupe and Roberto, who are to play Mary and Joseph, get caught in a snowstorm. But a man and a woman no one knows arrive in time to take their place in the procession and then mysteriously disappear at the end before they can be thanked.That night we witness a Christian miracle, for when Sister Angie goes to the cathedral and kneels before the statue of Mary and Jospeh, wet footprints from the snow lead up to the statue.