| REFERENCES |
REFERENCES
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| TITLE & TYPES |
DESCRIPTION |
| Atlas, US, Canada, Mexico |
Provides students with a North American continent
geographical map. |
Atlas, World
1989 |
Provides students with geographical maps of the world. |
English Language DictionaryEnglish Language Thesaurus
 |
Several format dictionaries and thesaurus’ available
for student use. |
Listen And Read
1969 |
Workbooks and tapes. This program includes 3 levels
of language skill lessons. Level GHI-1 concentrates on
reading skills and GHI-2 concentrates on listening skills.
Level MN is designed to sharpen a student’s ability
to listen with comprehension and to analyze and evaluate
what he hears and reads. |
Slangman
Book 1Book
22000 |
Book. Introduces readers to common slang terms used
in different environments. Texts include dialogues with
popular slang and idioms; reading, writing, listening
and speaking exercises; vocabulary drills and games;
and context exercises. |
| READING
FOR WRITING |
GENERAL WRITING IMPROVEMENT
|
Best Nonfiction
Middle
Advanced
1998 |
Book. Each unit contains a nonfiction selection and
lessons that teach concepts and skills to help students
interpret selections and understand particular writing
techniques. Units include written exercises that provide
an opportunity for students to use what they’ve
learned in the lessons. |
Best Selling Chapters
Middle
Advanced
1994, 1990
|
Book. Designed to give students writing experience
and practice in critically discussing literature. Teaches
readers how to become more involved in what they read
by employing selections proven to be favorites among
young adults. Each reading selection is followed by
a lesson that helps with identifying theme, characters,
setting, and author’s language. Practice exercises
follow each lesson. |
Bridges: From Sentence to Paragraph
1986 |
Book. Designed to strengthen reader’s basic
sentence skills, grammar and writing skills. Exercises,
including cloze, sentence combining, skeletal sentences,
skits, improvisations, conversation writing, and sentence
writing based on facts and charts follow lessons. |
| Crafting Cumulative Sentences
1984 |
Book. Designed to improve reader’s skill in
constructing clear, correct English sentences. Groups
of short, choppy sentences are rewritten into more
mature and interesting prose. Focuses on finding a
sentence solution. |
Essays & Report
1989 |
Book. Helps writers learn the skills they will need
to tackle any kind of essay or report. Students will
learn how to choose appropriate subjects, use the library
more efficiently, make reports more interesting, and
to include a bibliography or footnotes. |
Foundation: Building Sentence Skills
1989
|
Book. Helps readers understand basic sentence structure
and offers frequent practice applying the methods learned
to their own work. Readers are introduced to core sentence
elements and taught about the relationships between
those elements. Methods to help readers make correct
judgments about sentence structure and word usage in
the context of differing elements are offered. |
Relationships
1985 |
Series of articles discusses the different types
of relationships people have. Provides enjoyable discussion
into writing styles. |
Reprise
1980 |
Book. Reviews basic writing skills. Pretest performance
determines what skills student needs more practice
in. Topics covered: parts of sentences, subject and
verb agreement, tenses, pronouns, and writing styles.
Post-tests measure student’s comprehension of
the material covered. |
Rules for Writers Workbook
Handbook
1988 |
Handbook and workbook. Provide rules for writing
English and practice in using the rules. Essential
writing skills include writing and revising, grammar,
mechanics, organization, special writing techniques,
and choosing appropriate words. Glossary of usage in
handbook offers readers a quick, easy way to reference
word usage problems. Workbook offers exercises that
test comprehension of the lessons introduced in the
handbook. |
Sentence Building
1980 |
Workbook. Presents readers with a group of words
and asks them to arrange those words in a specific
pattern, using a clearly defined method. Readers are
asked to repeat the patterns many times to become comfortable
using the sentence. |
Sentence Composing 101
1984
|
Book. Introduces readers to various sentence writing
techniques and styles. Readers are presented with sentences
written by professionals and are asked to produce a
sentence that is similar to the structure found in
the writing sample. The general topics covered include:
sentence scrambling, sentence imitating, sentence combining
and sentence expanding. |
Sentence Paragraphs and Essays
1979 |
Book. Offers lessons on improving writing skills.
Includes topics such as: sentence structure, sentence
combining, mechanics and usage and a section on a systematic
procedure for rewriting, revising, and editing. Exercises
at the end of each lesson provide readers practice
using concepts. |
Slangman
Book 1
Book 2
2000 |
Book. Introduces readers to common slang terms used
in different environments. Texts include dialogues
with popular slang and idioms; reading, writing, listening
and speaking exercises; vocabulary drills and games;
and context exercises. |
USAGE/MECHANICS
FOR WRITING
|
| English 26001972 |
Workbook. Offers students practice in grammar, sentence-building,
correct usage and punctuation. .Explanation of each concept
is followed by a practice exercise. Students are encouraged
to compare their answer with book’s answer immediately.
Includes an index of concepts. |
| Right Way to Punctuate1981 |
Workbook. Reference guide for rules on punctuation.
General topics covered include punctuation that gives
clues to meaning, mechanics, and capitalization. Exercises
immediately follow short lessons and tests students
comprehension of the punctuation material presented. |
