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This Workbook provides many activities to help a student practice the grammar and writing skills being learned from the main text, Writing Sentences, which introduces students to grammar in a friendly and easy-to-understand way. It covers basic parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article), simple sentence structure, and basic punctuation with an emphasis on writing.

Full of interesting illustrations, this book introduces students to grammar in a friendly and easy-to-understand way. It covers basic parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article), simple sentence structure, and basic punctuation with an emphasis on writing.With the accompanying learning guide and workbook, students will increase their ability to write sentences people love to read!Workbook sold separately.

In a friendly and inviting way, this book covers the main topics useful for writing essays that have impact.

This is a comprehensive glossary of the history, geography, beliefs and customs as represented in Amos Fortune Free Man by Elizabeth Yates. Amos Fortune was a remarkable man who overcame terrible events and circumstances in his life. He was born a free man in Africa, then was captured and enslaved as a young man.

This workbook accompanies the main Working With Grammar text, and provides all of the exercises that help students apply what they are learning. Working With Grammar is a general grammar text for middle school, teaching grammar through writing exercises. It covers all parts of speech, types of sentences, functions and case of nouns and pronouns in sentences.

This is a comprehensive glossary of seamanship and customs as represented in The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. There are over 80 entries including English words, historical terms, nautical terms and more that can't commonly be found in a middle school student's dictionary.

A book for young learners, Learning Starts with You sets the stage for independent learning by teaching what learning is, what learning on your own means, different ways to learn, what skills are and some basic learning skills. With the accompanying learning guide, the young student is able to explore the world of learning in a way that includes, but is not focused on, reading about things.

This book provides easy-to-read information on successful public speaking, including types of speeches, speech writing and delivery basics, opening and closing a speech and common public speaking errors.The accompanying learning guide provides a step-by-step approach and lots of practice, including making videos of all speeches. By the end of the course, the student will be able to prepare and deliver a 10-15 minute presentation to a group of eight or more people.The course is designed to be done with a study partner.

Originally written for 7th grade readers, this is a useful companion glossary for anyone reading or teaching The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare. There are over 90 entries including English words, religious and historical terms and more that can't commonly be found in a 7th grade student's dictionary.

This is a comprehensive glossary of the history, languages and customs of Indian jungle life as represented in the stories of The Jungle Book, Book 1 by Rudyard Kipling. There are over 100 entries including English words, historical terms, Indian language words and more that can't commonly be found in an elementary student's dictionary.

This is a useful companion glossary for anyone reading or teaching The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It lists words that might not be found in the dictionaries used by elementary-level students. To accommodate different editions of The Hobbit, words are listed by chapter in the order they appear in the book with an alphabetical index in the back.

This is a comprehensive glossary of the culture, customs and language of early 1900 Yorkshire, England as represented in The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. There are over 400 entries for English words, slang words, Yorkshire dialect, medical terms, gardening terms and more.

This is a comprehensive glossary of the culture, customs and folklore of mid-1800 America represented in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. There are over 700 entries for English words, slang words, southern dialectal words, medical terms, religious terms and more that can't commonly be found in an elementary dictionary.

This is a comprehensive glossary of the history, beliefs and customs as represented in King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry. There are over 100 entries including English words, foreign language words, historical and horse-racing terms that can't commonly be found in an elementary dictionary.

This is a glossary of the uncommon words a student will encounter in My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. There are 28 entries including plant names and descriptive words (some invented) that can't commonly be found in an elementary student's dictionary.

This fully illustrated book combines map and globe skills with an engaging look at the land forms, climate zones and biomes of our planet. With the accompanying learning guide, the student will learn how to read simple maps, use latitude and longitude coordinates, and correlate climate zones with life on Earth.

An engaging look at the relationship of Earth to the sun, moon, other planets and asteroids.

A general grammar text for middle school, teaching grammar through writing exercises. It covers all parts of speech, types of sentences, functions and case of nouns and pronouns in sentences.The book is accompanied by six individual learning guides, which direct the student through the book and workbook.

In a clear and simple way, this fully illustrated book covers atoms and electrons, what electricity is, how it can be produced, and how it is used to power our everyday lives. With the accompanying learning guide, a student will have the opportunity to explore how electricity is produced, create and experiment with simple circuits, and find out how electrical circuits work in a home.

Beautifully illustrated, this book introduces the five main senses people use to explore the world. With the accompanying learning guide, students will do fun activities that exercise the various senses.Note: the teacher will need to acquire and prepare various items ahead of time for use while doing this course.

This book provides easy-to-read information on these basic solid geometric shapes: cubes, cylinders, spheres, square pyramids and cones. The book includes activities such as finding the shapes in the environment, drawing the shapes and making clay models. With the accompanying learning guide, children are able to move step by step through the book and activities independently, building their own models using using paper patterns provided with the learning guide. The Flat shapes course should be done before this one.

This beautifully illustrated book teaches how the Earth moves in space to bring about days, nights and years. The student learns about gravity, the moon, stars and the sun and how the relate to each other. With the accompanying Learning Guide, student will explore gravity and the motions of the earth and moon.

This beautifully illustrated book presents information about animals of long ago at a level easily accessible to a young student. The book touches on possible explanations for the extinction of those huge animals, and discusses how other animals were able to evolve and change in order to survive. Children also learn how paleontologists use fossils to find out about prehistoric animals. Fun activities include making a dinosaur display or poster of the dinosaurs covered, and two types of imitation fossils.The accompanying learning guide directs the student through the book and activities.