Product Description: In this vibrant second edition, the authors have drawn from their own multiple years of teaching and from the knowledge and ideas of 50 linguists and ESL teachers who specialize in particular languages. New to this edition is Part I, an entire section on English spelling as a morphophonemic system...read more

Product Description: This book shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques. Chapters address how authors use names to stretch readers' emotions, to reveal ethnic values and differences, to create "other worlds," and to establish tone...read more

Examines the short stories and novels of young adult literature author Joan Bauer.

Presents information and ideas for teaching activities on historical themes, including such subjects as the Depression, the Holocaust, and the Vietnam War.

This engaging text helps teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. It offers a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to young adult literature framed within a rich literary, historical, and social context. It also provides teachers with criteria for evaluating books of all genres, from poetry and nonfiction to mysteries, science fiction, and horror. Coverage of timely issues, such as pop culture and mass media, help teachers connect with students' lives outside the classroom.

Product Description: With new features and thoroughly updated, the number one book in Young Adult Literature continues to help teachers learn how to motivate teenagers to become life-long readers. Written with the belief that students will have a better chance of becoming life-long readers if they have choices in what they read and if they enjoy it, renowned authors Alleen Nilsen and Ken Donelson offer a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to young adult literature framed within a rich literary, historical, and social context...read more

Product Description: This special bundle brings you practical application for vocabulary and the essentials for planning vocabulary and writing lessons. Write, Right, Rite! outlines a practical, accessible format you can use to succeed at having your students revise and edit their work...read more

Product Description: Most vocabulary books either give good advice about teaching vocabulary or provide ways to teach specific words, Vocabulary Plus does both by presenting sound theory combined with workable teaching materials. The major advantage of a source-based approach is that the words have "natural" connections to each other and so can be taught through what are variously called gestalts, webs, or ladders...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

'This unique encyclopedia treats the concepts, persons, themes, and media of 20th-century American humor and humor studies. More than 100 alphabetically arranged entries highlight a broad range of humor-related topics from wit, understatement, and ambiguity to late-night talk shows and the Internet.'--'Outstanding Reference Sources,' American Libraries, May 2001. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book fulfills the promise of its title by revealing the excitement of language study, the constancy of language change, and the impact of language on our everyday lives. Sixty-one reading selections not only provide models and inspiration for writing but also help develop critical reading skills, data analysis, vocabulary enlargement, and facilitates communication...read more

A critical introduction to the life and work of the young adult novelist M. E. Kerr (view table of contents)

Offers selection suggestions for teachers and librarians in all areas of young adult literature, including novels, short stories, and drama

Product Description: Collection of essays on the subject of censorship in children's literature

An annotated booklist of recently published fiction and nonfiction for middle school and junior high students, arranged alphabetically by author under broad topical categories.

Profiles the author, drawing on personal interviews and her own autobiographical writings to delineate her humor, her characterizations, and her overall approach to writing

Examines the reasons for sexist language as well as the ways in which it is employed in modern American society