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Books : Nonfiction : Education : High School
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The runaway national bestseller, now in paperback
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The bestselling guide, updated to reflect all changes to the GED through 2002
Each year, nearly a million North Americans take the GED high school equivalency exam. Formerly entitled Contemporary's GED, one of the most popular resources for those prepping for the test has been revised for all changes to the GED, through 2002. This latest edition of the bestselling guide arms readers with what they need to score high in all five test categories, including targeted assessments, easy-to-follow instructions, hundreds of reinforcement activities, and simulated GED tests for each subject area. Outstanding features that have made for the continuing popularity of this guide include:
- Half-length pretests for each subject area that help readers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
- Two full-length practice tests for each subject area
- Special new sections on critical thinking skills, graphs, and illustrations
- New guidelines for using the Casio fx-260 solar calculator for the mathematics test
- A complete answer key explaining why each answer is correct
- Chapter-by-chapter surveys that reinforce knowledge of key concepts
- Test-taking tips and strategies
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Uses scenes familiar to high school students to present grammar lessons and conversational practice.
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For Kylene Beers, the question of what to do when kids can't read surfaced abruptly in 1979 when she began teaching. That year, she discovered that some of the students in her seventh-grade language arts classes could pronounce all the words, but couldn't make any sense of the text.
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This single book offers thorough coverage of the revised GED Test with new test information, instruction, practice, and practice tests. Success guaranteed or your money back. Answer key included. 928 pages
Workplace passages and practical documents reflect writing components.
Expanded mathematics section includes alternative answer formats for calculator use.
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It’s probably dawned on you by now that, no matter how smart and knowledgeable you are, not having a high school diploma is a major obstacle to getting ahead in life. But you know it’s never too late to fill in that gap in your resume. One way to do it is by going back and finishing high school the old-fashioned way. Sounds like something out of a bad dream, doesn’t it? Then there’s the quicker, easier, and less humbling option of a General Educational Development diploma. And while the GED test isn’t too tough, it can be very tricky, especially if you haven’t taken a lot of standardized tests.Nervous about taking the GED tests? Relax. Ideal for first-time test takers and repeat customers alike, this friendly guide arms you with proven study methods and sure-fire test-taking tips and strategies. Featuring tons of expert advice and two complete sets of practice exams, it fills you in on what you need to know to:
- Register for the test
- Prepare for the test
- Know what to take to the test and how to dress for success
- Get the hang of standardized tests
- Determine your strongest areas and which ones need more work
- Avoid traps designed to trip you up
- Significantly improve your scores
Written by two experts with years of test-prep coaching experience, The GED For Dummies takes the mystery out of the test and:
- Puts the GED in perspective and tell you what you can expect on the day of the test
- Explains how to figure out your scores when you receive them
- Provides in-depth reviews of all five GED tests—including tips, hints, and a ton of valuable information about which skills are tested for in each test
- Gets you in gear with two sets of full-length practice tests, complete with answers, explanations and suggested study materials
Even if you’ve never taken a standardized test before, The GED For Dummies can get you up and running with the know-how and confidence you need to ace the exam, in no time.
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Are your students algebra ready?*Requires Only 20 Minutes Per Day *Excellent for Home Schooling *Excellent For English Language Learners * Contains An Illustrated Step-By-Step "How To Use This Book" Section *Organized By Chapters With Pre-Tests and Post-Tests *Provides Necessary Structure and Guidance For Parents And Teachers Who Have A "Math Phobia" *Each Lesson Is Short, Concise, And Self-Contained *Aligned With NCTM Standards *Prepares Students For All Areas Of Math Curriculum *Consistent Review Built Into Each Lesson *Simple To Use And Correct *A "Helpful Hints" Section Provides Necessary Guidance For Each Lesson * Lessons Are Fun And Exciting *Daily Speed Drills Ensure Mastery And Maintenance Of Math Facts *Daily Word Problems *Parents, Teachers, And Students Love Them. Excellent for summer.
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Jim Dent, author of the New York Times bestselling The Junction Boys, returns with his most powerful story of human courage and determination.
More than a century ago, a school was constructed in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Texas Freemasons. It was a humble project that for years existed quietly on a hillside east of town. Life at the Masonic Home was about to change, though, with the arrival of a lean, bespectacled coach by the name of Rusty Russell. Here was a man who could bring rain in the midst of a drought. Here was a man who, in virtually no time at all, brought the orphans’ story into the homes of millions of Americans.
In the 1930s and 1940s, there was nothing bigger in Texas high school football than the Masonic Home Mighty Mites—a group of orphans bound together by hardship and death. These youngsters, in spite of being outweighed by at least thirty pounds per man, were the toughest football team around. They began with nothing—not even a football—yet in a few years were playing for the state championship on the highest level of Texas football. This is a winning tribute to a courageous band of underdogs from a time when America desperately needed fresh hope and big dreams.
The Mighty Mites remain a notable moment in the long history of American sports. Just as significant is the depth of the inspirational message. This is a profound lesson in fighting back and clinging to faith. The real winners in Texas high school football were not the kids from the biggest schools, or the ones wearing the most expensive uniforms. They were the scrawny kids from a tiny orphanage who wore scarred helmets and faded jerseys that did not match, kids coached by a devoted man who lived on peanuts and drove them around in a smoke-belching old truck.
In writing a story of unforgettable characters and great football, Jim Dent has come forward to reclaim his place as one of the top sports authors in America today.
A remarkable and inspirational story of an orphanage and the man who created one of the greatest football teams Texas has ever known . . . this is their story—the original Friday Night Lights.“This just might be the best sports book ever written. Jim Dent has crafted a story that will go down as one of the most artistic, one of the most unforgettable, and one of the most inspirational ever. Twelve Mighty Orphans will challenge Hoosiers as the feel-good sports story of our lifetime. Naturally, being from Texas, I am biased. Hooray for the Mighty Mites.’’
—Verne Lundquist, CBS Sports
“Coach Rusty Russell and the Mighty Mites will steal your heart as they overcome every obstacle imaginable to become a respected football team. Take an orphanage, the Depression, and mix it with Texas high school football, and Jim Dent has authored another winner, this one about the ultimate underdog.’’
—Brent Musburger, ABC Sports/ESPN
“No state has a roll call of legendary high school football stories like we do in Texas, and, admittedly, some of those stories have been ‘expanded’ over the years when it comes to the truth. But let Jim Dent tell you about the Mighty Mites of Masonic Home, the pride of Fort Worth in the dark days of the Depression. Read this book. You will think it’s fiction. You will think it’s a Hollywood script. But Twelve Mighty Orphans is the truth, and nothing but. It is powerful stuff. Some eighty years later, the Mighty Mites’ story remains so sacred, not even a Texan would dare tamper with these facts. And Jim Dent tells it like it was.”
— Randy Galloway, columnist, Fort-Worth Star Telegram
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- The best way to teach is to learn together with the students. One of the rare breed of teachers who do know this is Nancie Atwell.
- The New York Times- Reading this book can be revolutionary. . . . Atwell leads us to new understandings of teaching and learning in a workshop classroom.
- Voices from the MiddleThe second edition still urges educators to "come out from behind their own big desks" to turn classrooms into workshops where students and teachers create curriculums together. But it also advocates a more activist role for teachers. Atwell writes, "I'm no longer willing to withhold suggestions and directions from my kids when I can help them solve a problem, do something they've never done before, produce stunning writing, and ultimately become more independent of me."
More than 70 percent of the material is new, with six brand-new chapters on genres, evaluation, and the teacher as writer. There are also lists of several hundred minilessons, and scripts and examples for teaching them; new expectations and rules for writing and reading workshops; ideas for teaching conventions; new systems for record keeping; lists of essential books for students and teachers; and forms for keeping track of individual spelling, skills, proofreading, homework, writing, and reading.
The second edition of In the Middle is written in the same engaging style as its predecessor. It reads like a story - one that readers will be pleased to learn has no end. As Atwell muses, "I know my students and I will continue to learn and be changed. I am resigned - happily - to be always beginning for the rest of my life as a teacher."
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How does Toni Morrison make bad times seem sweet? How can Shakespeare make a character say one thing and mean another? Help your students understand how writers control voice so they can express a voice of their own.Voice Lessons procides 100 historically and culturally diverse passages from world literature. Each sharply focused exaples targets a specific component of voice, presenting it in a short manageable exercise that functions well as a class opener. Activity pages may be reproduced.
The activities also serve as writing promprs, with space on the reproducible pages for students to respond to discussion suggestions for teachers.
Use Voice Lessons with any high school curriculum. Prepare your high school students for Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and other examinations tha tdemand an understanding of the subtle elements that comprise an author's unique voice: diction, detail, imagery, syntax, and tone.
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Some children learn easily, while others struggle. How can teachers make sure that every child has opportunities to develop his or her talents? The answer is differentiation: changing the pace, level, or kind of instruction in response to learners' needs, styles, and/or interests. In this timely, practical guide, Diane Heacox presents a menu of strategies for any teacher faced with a spectrum of student needs and styles. Some are quick and easy-differentiating discussions, creating tiered assignments. Others are more comprehensive-matrix plans for designing curriculum units, "one-sentence lesson plans" that encompass content, process skills, and evidence of learning. Individual chapters focus on evaluation in a differentiated classroom and how to manage both behavior and work tasks. Diane describes ways to get to know your students and recognize that all have strengths and limitations. Not every gifted student is always ready for higher-level thinking; not every child with learning differences is always incapable of succeeding in a "higher group." Any curriculum can be differentiated-even a standard or mandated curriculum. Drawing on Bloom's Taxonomy, Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, other experts in the field, and her own experience in the classroom, Diane explains how to differentiate instruction in a wide variety of scenarios to provide variety and challenge in how teachers teach and in how students learn. Templates and forms simplify planning; examples illustrate differentiation in many content areas. Recommended for all teachers committed to reaching and teaching all learners. Includes reproducibles.
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Provides secondary educators with the information and skills they need to establish management systems in today's richly multicultural classroom, and is based on the authors' 25 years of extensive research conducted in more than 500 classrooms. It addresses the planning decisions teachers must make, including arranging the physical space, establishing rules and procedures, planning and conducting instruction, encouraging appropriate behavior, addressing problem behavior, and using good communication skills with care to the increasingly ethnically diverse classroom profile. All examples, checklists, case studies, and group activities are designed specifically for the secondary level. Promotes effective learning and smoothly-functioning classrooms with practical, step-by-step guidelines that emphasize proactive planning. New case studies in Chapter 10 teach inclusion by expanding on the importance of teaching every student. Encourages educators to rise to the diversity challenge. Completely updated readings with special attention to culturally diverse students and students living in extreme poverty provide readers with important information and actual case studies. This new edition maximizes technology tools in the classroom by introducing technology management. Chapters 1-6 include information on technology safety for students, using technology to manage classrooms, incorporating technology with developing rules and routines, managing special groups, and designing cooperative learning. Secondary Educators.
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A study guide is available for this title. Click here to download (PDF, 117KB).
This is the time to think boldly about adolescent literacy. So much of what we know about adolescents and their learning has changed in the last decade, and since then both the world of education and the world at large have become very different places. Adolescent Literacy convenes a conversation among today's most important educational thinkers and practitioners to address crucial advances in research on adolescent learning, to assess which of our current practices meets the challenges of the twenty-first century, and to discover transformative ideas and methods that turn the promise of education into instructional practice.In Adolescent Literacy renowned educators Kylene Beers, Bob Probst, and Linda Rief lead twenty-eight of the most important and widely read educators across the country in a conversation about where we are in the teaching of literacy to adolescents and how best to move forward. From researchers to classroom teachers, from long-treasured voices to important new members of the education community, Adolescent Literacy includes the thoughts of central figures in the field today.Adolescent Literacy discusses the most provocative issues of our time, including:- English language learners
- struggling readers
- technology in the classroom
- multimodal literacy
- compelling writing instruction
- teaching in a “flat world”
- young adult literature.
Each of its chapters builds on the previous to create a unified story of adolescent literacy that will help all middle and secondary teachers and administrators envision literacy instruction in exciting new ways. In addition Adolescent Literacy'sassessmen rubrics for teachers, administrators, and staff developers make it an ideal resource for schoolwide and districtwide professional development, while its accompanying study guide is perfect for small-group discussions.Now is indeed the time to create a powerful vision of how to teach adolescents. The research on their learning has reached a critical mass, modern technology has allowed them to engage in a far wider range of literate behaviors than ever before, and their world has become increasingly connected, increasingly competitive, and increasingly polarized. Read Adolescent Literacy, consider the thoughts of leading educators, and join a conversation about what it means to teach and learn in this dynamic new environment. And do it soon, because the need to turn education's promise into classroom practice has never been more urgent.
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In this memoir and call to arms, Erin Gruwell, the dynamic young teacher who nurtured a remarkable group of high school students from Long Beach, California, who called themselves the Freedom Writers, picks up where The Freedom Writers Diary (and the movie The Freedom Writers) end and catches the reader up to where they are today. Teach with Your Heart will include the Freedom Writers’ unforgettable trip to Auschwitz, where they met with Holocaust survivors; toured the attic of their beloved Anne Frank (Gruwell had the kids read Anne’s Diary in The Freedom Writers Diary); visited Bosnia with their friend Zlata Filipovich, and more. The book also includes what happened with the Freedom Writers as they made their way through college and graduation. Along the way, Gruwell includes lessons for parents and teachers about what she learned from her remarkable band of students.
In this passionate, poignant, and deeply personal memoir, Gruwell tells the tale of her journey through the emotional peaks and valleys on the front lines of our nation’s educational system and her commitment to awaken personal power in students and people everyone else discounts. Teach with Your Heart is a mesmerizing story of one young woman’s personal odyssey and of her remarkable ability to encourage others to follow in her footsteps.
Teach with Your Heart is marked by the enviable radiance and irrepressible force of nature that is Erin Gruwell and her unbelievable determination to ensure that education in the United States truly meets the needs of every student.
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Our proven Spectrum Math grade 8 workbook features 176 pages of drills and practice in math fundamentals. Recently updated to current national math and testing standards. This workbook for children ages 13 to 14 uses everyday math applications to teach basic skills.
Math skills include:
•Ratio and proportion
•Fractions, decimals, and percents
•Calculating interest
•Perimeter, area, and volume
•Algebra
•Geometry
•Probability and statistics
Our best-selling Spectrum Math series features age-appropriate workbooks for Preschool to grade 8. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in math fundamentals to ensure successful learning!