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CliffsNotes for Romeo and Juliet. CliffsNotes are a series of student study guides.The guides present and create literary and other works in pamphlet form or online. . Detractors of the study guides claim they let students bypass reading the assigned
All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten is a book of short essays by American minister and author Robert Fulghum.It was first published in 1986. The title of the book is taken from the first essay in the volume, in which Fulghum lists lessons normally learned in American kindergarten classrooms and explains how the world would be improved if adults adhered to the same basic rules ...
The book brands itself as "A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines," [1] and is commonly used throughout advanced English courses in the United States. [citation needed] The book also includes sample interpretations of Katherine Mansfield's short story, "The Garden Party".
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is a memoir by American author Stephen King that describes his experiences as a writer and his advice for aspiring writers. Originally published in 2000 by Charles Scribner's Sons, it was King's first book after he was involved in a car accident a year earlier.
[4] [6] In the nearly 40 years since then, Elbow has written more than 10 books and over 100 articles on writing—theory and practice—and the teaching of writing. His most recent book is an ambitious treatment of writing, speaking, and the theory of written and spoken language: Vernacular Eloquence: What Can Speech Bring to Writing.
An updated trade paperback edition was published in 2006 as a "Teacher's Edition", with updated coverage of the Supreme Court Justices (including Samuel Alito and John Roberts, who were appointed after the 2004 book's publication), and fact checking by Stanley K. Schultz, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison ...
A Kind of Spark was generally well-received, including a starred review from School Library Journal. [2]Kirkus Reviews called the book "[e]arnest and perceptive", noting, "the bullying Addie endures will leave readers’ stomachs in sympathetic knots, but Addie's nuanced relationships with her sisters and a new friend, Audrey, infuse humor and heart."
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is a 1995 book by James W. Loewen that critically examines twelve popular American high school history textbooks. [1] In the book, Loewen concludes that the textbook authors propagate false, Eurocentric , and mythologized views of American history .