Essays That Worked for Law Schools (Revised): 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation’s Top Law Schools (for Kindle)
While almost anything goes in a college-application essay, law-school applicants are expected to be a little more sophisticated. No navel-gazing allowed. But please, no pontificating, either. Like admissions officers everywhere, those at law schools are looking for something fresh. That means, says Boykin Curry, that unless you are quite certain that you’ve got a spectacular [...]
Great Books for High School Kids: A Teacher’s Guide to Books That Can Change Teens’ Lives (in Paperback)
From School Library Journal The editors have selected nearly 400 fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles, all of which have “something that made them extraordinary to readers who love books….” The list follows seven essays contributed by English teachers on their experiences with Bless Me, Ultima, The Things They Carried, Oresteia, Reservation Blues, Song of Solomon, [...]
Math Games to Master Basic Skills: Addition & Subtraction: 14 Reproducible Games That Help Struggling Learners Practice and Really Master Basic Addition and Subtraction Skills (in Paperback)
Engaging and motivating games such as Addition Aquarium and Ninety-Nine Countdown encourage students to practice and build automaticity and computational fluency in basic facts, 1- and 2-digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, and mo (click here for further information)
Janice VanCleave’s Biology For Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments That Really Work (for Kindle)
What’s the effect of osmosis on a raisin? How is water transported through plant stems? What’s the best way to grow penicillin? How are butterflies different from moths? Now you can discover answers to these and other fascinating questions about biologythe study of living organisms. In Biology for Every Kid, you’ll learn how to talk [...]
Too Old for This, Too Young for That!: Your Survival Guide for the Middle-School Years (for Kindle)
From School Library Journal Grade 5-8-A guide for youngsters in their “tween” years. Written in a lively manner, the book addresses changing bodies, health, emotions, privacy, family issues, dating, school, peer pressure, and time management. There are examples of different types of situations or problems that might arise and numerous ideas and suggestions to try. [...]