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My Revision Notes: Wjec Gcse English Language Ebook
by Victoria PeersTarget success in WJEC GCSE English Language with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; clear guidance is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their skills.With My Revision Notes every student can:- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Practise the skills needed for each question type and identify areas for improvement with regular tasks, 'Test Yourself' sections and answers- Understand what the examiner is looking for by comparing answers to the annotated and graded sample responses and mark schemes- Improve exam technique through expert tips, exam preparation advice and examples of typical mistakes to avoid- Build on learning from the WJEC GCSE English Language Student Book as both books work alongside each other
My Revision Notes: WJEC Eduqas GCSE (9-1) English Language
by Jane SheldonTarget success in WJEC Eduqas GCSE (9-1) English Language with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; clear guidance is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their skills.With My Revision Notes every student can:- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Practise the skills needed for each question type and identify areas for improvement with regular tasks, 'Test Yourself' sections and answers- Understand what the examiner is looking for by comparing answers to the annotated and graded sample responses and student-friendly mark schemes- Improve exam technique through expert tips, exam preparation advice and examples of typical mistakes to avoid- Build on learning from the WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Language Student Book as both books work alongside each other
My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE English Language
by Amanda BarrExam board: CCEALevel: GCSESubject: EnglishFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Target success in CCEA GCSE English Language with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; clear guidance is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their skills.With My Revision Notes every student can:- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Feel confident tackling each question type by completing tasks for Reading and Writing in Units 1 and 4- Practise exam skills with 'Test Yourself' activities, supported by easy-to-understand mark schemes and annotated example responses- Improve exam technique through expert tips, examples of typical mistakes to avoid and exam preparation advice- Check their progress and identify areas for improvement using the online answers for every practice question
My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE English Language
by Amanda BarrExam board: CCEALevel: GCSESubject: EnglishFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2017Target success in CCEA GCSE English Language with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; clear guidance is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their skills.With My Revision Notes every student can:- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Feel confident tackling each question type by completing tasks for Reading and Writing in Units 1 and 4- Practise exam skills with 'Test Yourself' activities, supported by easy-to-understand mark schemes and annotated example responses- Improve exam technique through expert tips, examples of typical mistakes to avoid and exam preparation advice- Check their progress and identify areas for improvement using the online answers for every practice question
My Seditious Heart
by Arundhati RoyCollected essays and speeches from the bestselling, Booker-winning author of The Ministry of Utmost HappinessMy Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment. Taken together, these essays trace her twenty year journey from the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things to the extraordinary The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: a journey marked by compassion, clarity, and courage. Radical and readable, they speak always in defence of the collective, of the individual, and of the land, in the face of the destructive logic of financial, social, religious, military, and governmental elites.In constant conversation with the themes and settings of her novels, the essays form a near-unbroken memoir of Arundhati Roy's journey as both a writer and a citizen, of both India and the world, from "The End of Imagination," which begins this book, to "Azadi," with which it ends.
My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness
by Lennard J. DavisLennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents. Gracefully slipping through memory, regret, longing, and redemption, My Sense of Silence is an eloquent remembrance of human ties and human failings.
My Side of the Mountain (Lrs Large Print Cornerstone Ser.)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeSam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.
My Sidewalks on Reading Street: Smart Solutions
by Scott ForesmanMy Sidewalks on Scott Foresman Reading Street: Intensive Reading Intervention components for Grade 3.
My Signing Book of Numbers
by Patricia GillenThis full-color picture book helps children learn their numbers in sign language. Each two-page spread of this delightfully illustrated book has the appropriate number of things or creatures for the numbers 0 through 20. The signs for the numbers 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 are also included. Each sign/number appears in the corner of the page. Written explanations of how to form each sign are provided in the back of the book.
My Silver Planet: A Secret History of Poetry and Kitsch (Hopkins Studies in Modernism)
by Daniel TiffanyReveals the hidden origins of kitsch in poetry from the eighteenth century.Taking its title from John Keats, My Silver Planet contends that the problem of elite poetry’s relation to popular culture bears the indelible mark of its turbulent incorporation of vernacular poetry—a legacy shaped by nostalgia, contempt, and fraudulence. Daniel Tiffany reactivates and fundamentally redefines the concept of kitsch, freeing it from modernist misapprehension and ridicule, by tracing its origin to poetry’s alienation from the emergent category of literature. Tiffany excavates the forgotten history of poetry’s relation to kitsch, beginning with the exuberant revival of archaic (and often spurious) ballads in Britain in the early eighteenth century. In these controversial events of poetic imposture, Tiffany identifies a submerged pact—in opposition to the bourgeois values of literature—between elite and vernacular poetries.Tiffany argues that the ballad revival—the earliest explicit formation of what we now call popular culture—sparked a perilous but seemingly irresistible flirtation (among elite audiences) with poetic forgery that endures today in the ambiguity of the kitsch artifact: Is it real or fake, art or kitsch? He goes on to trace the genealogy of kitsch in texts ranging from nursery rhymes and poetic melodrama to the lyric commodities of Baudelaire. He scrutinizes the fascist "paradise" inscribed in Ezra Pound’s Cantos as well as the avant-garde poetry of the New York School and its debt to pop and "plastic" art. By exposing and elaborating the historical poetics of kitsch, My Silver Planet transforms our sense of kitsch as a category of material culture.
My Soul Look Back in Wonder: Memories from a Life of Study, Struggle, and Doin Battle in the Language Wars
by Geneva Napoleon SmithermanThis is the story of Dr. Geneva Smitherman, aka "Dr. G," the pioneering linguist often referred to as the "Queen of Black Language." In a series of narrative essays, Dr. G writes eloquently and powerfully about the role of language in social transformation and the academic, intellectual, linguistic, and societal debates that shaped her groundbreaking work as a Black Studies O.G. and a Womanist scholar-activist of African American Language. These eleven essays narrate the development of Dr. G’s race, gender, class, and linguistic consciousness as a member of the Black Power Generation of the 1960s and 70s. In My Soul Look Back In Wonder, Dr. G links the personal to the professional and the political, situating the struggles, and successes, of a Black woman in the Academy within the historical experiences and development of her people. As Dr. G enters her eighth decade, in this Black Lives Matter historical moment, she seeks to share the meaning and purpose of a life of study and struggle and its significance for all those who seek racial and social justice today.
My South Seas Sleeping Beauty: A Tale of Memory and Longing (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan)
by Guixing ZhangMy South Seas Sleeping Beauty is a captivating coming-of-age tale set in the magical jungles of Borneo. Told through the vivid recollections of a Chinese-Malay youth, the novel recounts the life of Su Qi, a troubled, sensitive son of a wealthy family, and exemplifies the imaginative range of one of Taiwan's most innovative writers. "There were all sorts of stories about how my younger sister died," Su Qi begins, hinting at the power of memory to bend and refract truth. Yet whichever the real story may be, the fact is that the death of Su Qi's sister created an irrevocable rift in Su Qi's family, driving his father into the arms of aboriginal women and his mother into a world of her own invention. In an effort to escape the oppression of home, Su Qi loses himself in the surrounding jungle, full of Communist guerillas and strange tropical fauna. The jungle further blurs the line between fantasy and reality for Su Qi, until he meets Chunxi, the beautiful, frail daughter of his father's best friend. Chunxi is an oasis of kindness and honesty in an otherwise cruel and evasive world, but after a bizarre accident, Chunxi falls into a deep coma, and Su Qui flees to Taiwan. In college Su Qi meets Keyi, a vivacious siren who helps Su Qi forget not only his violent past but also the colorful tales of his youth. When a family member dies, however, Su Qi is pulled back to the jungles of Borneo where he begins to unravel the secrets of his family's past-a story stranger than any fairy tale-and learns that his cherished dream of awakening his beloved Chunxi may be more than just a fantasy. Influenced by the lyricism of William Faulkner and the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, My South Seas Sleeping Beauty is a deeply evocative exploration of sexuality and identity and a masterful reworking of Chinese and Western myth. Valerie Jaffee's careful translation retains all the tone and detail of the original work and provides rare access to a new and exciting generation of Chinese writers born in Southeast Asia.
My Southern Home
by William Wells BrownThe culmination of William Wells Brown's long writing career,My Southern Homeis the story of Brown's search for a home in a land of slavery and racism. Brown (1814-84), a prolific and celebrated abolitionist and writer often recognized as the first African American novelist for hisClotel(1853), was born enslaved in Kentucky and escaped to Ohio in 1834. In this comprehensive edition, John Ernest acts as a surefooted guide to this seminal work, beginning with a substantial introduction placing Brown's life and work in cultural and historical context. Brown addresses from a post-emancipation vantage point his early experiences and understanding of the world of slavery and describes his travels through many southern states. The text itself is presented in its original form, while Ernest's annotations highlight its layered complexity and document the many instances in which Brown borrows from his own earlier writings and the writings of others to form an underlying dialogue. This edition sheds new light on Brown's literary craft and provides readers with the maps they need to follow Brown on his quest for home in the chaotic social landscape of American southern culture in the final decades of the nineteenth century.
My Spiritual Alphabet Book
by Kim Howard Holly BeaFour youngsters lead the way in a lively, colorful romp through the letters of the alphabet. Lighthearted rhyming verse and joyful illustrations combine to teach children the alphabet and introduce them to their spiritual world. With an emphasis on positive interaction with all creatures and the natural environment, this book will invite discussion and inspire the imaginations of children of all faiths.
My Sporting Heroes
by Jason MohammadFirst-hand account from the heart of Welsh sporting action. One of the country's most recognized sport presenters - Jason has rubbed shoulders with the greats: from Brazilian footballers Zico, Ronaldinho and Juninho; to rugby giants Graham Henry, Lawrence Dallaglio and Martin Johnson; and even filmstar Al Pacino. In My Sporting Heroes Jason chooses his favourite Welsh sporting stars - including his boyhood hero, the former Wales manager Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh rugby stars Sam Warburton and Ieuan Evans, boxer Joe Calzaghe and swimmer David Davies - and gives us a personal and intimate view of each of these different characters as well as of life as a TV presenter.
My Sunday Best: 101 Curious Contemplations on Modern Life
by Oliver PritchettA witty compendium of musings on modern life from two of Britain’s best-loved father and son humorists.Ever unafraid to tackle the great matters of the day—and even more at home in the company of the apparently trivial—Oliver Pritchett might lament the lost art of how to end a tedious phone conversation, report on his investigations into the world’s “superfruits,” or answer such a pressing question as, How does one spot a Bank Holiday? Why do we clap at things that don’t need applause? or, What is the correct protocol should Prince William land a helicopter in one’s garden?Anthologized for the first time, and illustrated by his son Matt’s brilliantly witty cartoons, Oliver’s writings reflect upon just how quaint, odd and beautifully absurd life is.So we invite you to sit back and enjoy this whimsical and comical collection of curious contemplations, which quite simply, well, “Just occured to me . . .”
My Teacher Is an Idiom
by Jamie GilsonWith a friend like Patrick, who needs enemies? Patrick is a showoff and a prankster, and Richard is his usual target. Resolved not to let Patrick get him in trouble, Richard is sucked in by The Mosquito, a way to eat red Jell-O through a straw, and of course trouble ensues. Complications arise when the new girl from France thinks the boys are seriously injured, and miscommunication is all too easy when idioms in English and in French are taken literally. The shifting alliances, interests, and concerns of second-graders are authentically and humorously depicted in this easy-to-read school story.
My Tower (Rigby PM Plus Blue (Levels 9-11), Fountas & Pinnell Select Collections Grade 3 Level Q #Red (levels 3-5))
by Beverley Randell Susy Boyer RigbyMost children will have had experiences of building with blocks. The little girl's disappointment turns into triumph as she becomes aware of the logical process of stacking blocks of different sizes.
My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing
by Carl PhillipsAn invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture &“A lovely, loving letter to aspiring writers.&”—Diego Báez, Booklist In these intimate and eloquent meditations, the award-winning poet Carl Phillips shares lessons he has learned about the writing life, an &“apprenticeship to what can never fully be mastered.&” Drawing on forty years of teaching and mentoring emerging writers, he weaves his experiences as a poet with the necessary survival skills, including ambition, stamina, silence, politics, practice, audience, and community. In the tradition of Anne Lamott&’s Bird by Bird, Rainer Maria Rilke&’s Letters to a Young Poet, and Marcus Aurelius&’s Meditations, this is an invaluable companion for writers at every stage of their journey. Phillips&’s book serves as a partner in speculation and an invitation to embrace mystery.
My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs: The Nobel Lecture
by Kazuo IshiguroThe Nobel Lecture in Literature, delivered by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go and When We Were Young) at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 7, 2017, in an elegant, clothbound edition. <P><P>In their announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy recognized the emotional force of Kazuo Ishiguro’s fiction and his mastery at uncovering our illusory sense of connection with the world. In the eloquent and candid lecture he delivered upon accepting the award, Ishiguro reflects on the way he was shaped by his upbringing, and on the turning points in his career—“small scruffy moments . . . quiet, private sparks of revelation”—that made him the writer he is today. <P><P>With the same generous humanity that has graced his novels, Ishiguro here looks beyond himself, to the world that new generations of writers are taking on, and what it will mean—what it will demand of us—to make certain that literature remains not just alive, but essential. An enduring work on writing and becoming a writer, by one of the most accomplished novelists of our generation.