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He completed the first two readers within a year of signing his contract, receiving a fee of $1,000 ($30,000 in 2024 dollars). He compiled the first four readers (1836–1837 edition), while the fifth and sixth were created by his brother Alexander Hamilton McGuffey during the 1840s. The series consisted of stories, poems, essays, and speeches.
Decodable texts vary in quality in terms of the sequence in which sounds are introduced, the rigor of the controlled language, the richness of stories under severe sound limitations, the appearance (font sizes, illustrations, paper weight to avoid bleeding which can be very distracting to the readers, etc.), length in pages and the pace of ...
Volo's Guide to the Dalelands details the Dalelands, with its guide Volo taking readers from Daggerdale in the North through to the High Dale in the South. [14] Volo's rating system goes by five pipes or tankards to indicate a top tavern, five coins to mean high prices, and five daggers a dangerous place to hang out. [ 14 ]
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks.
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2nd BC; 1st BC; 1st; 2nd; 3rd; 4th; 5th; 6th; 7th; Subcategories. ... Pages in category "2nd-century texts" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
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Of the second edition [ edit ] Jason Fisher , also writing in Tolkien Studies , notes that early reviewers were correct to predict the "lasting value" of Scull and Hammond's work, calling it "an indispensable resource" alongside the pair's other books, especially "for matters of biography and bibliography."