The English is? series uses a creative approach to learning to inspire students to embrace the English language in all its variations and develop key skills in reading, understanding and creating. It includes structured inquiry into the big ideas or concepts that support English, underpinned by the skills needed for literate citizenship. KEY FEATURES ? Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards ? The text is always at the centre of the learning ? Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading ? Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach ? Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process ? Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts ? Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian and contemporary texts ? 'Need to know' explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English's metalanguage ? Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions ? Wide variety of assessment options at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students. English is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 8 and eBookPLUS is a hard-copy of the student text accompanied by eBookPLUS. ? Access from any digital device PC/MAC/iPad/Android Tablet. ? Worksheets - Word documents designed for easy customisation and editing. ? Interactivities and games to reinforce and enhance student learning. ? eLessons - engaging video clips and supporting material. ? Weblinks to relevant support material on the internet. ? ProjectsPLUS - unique ICT-based projects that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate creativity, thinking skills and teamwork.
The English is? series uses a creative approach to learning to inspire students to embrace the English language in all its variations and develop key skills in reading, understanding and creating. It includes structured inquiry into the big ideas or concepts that support English, underpinned by the skills needed for literate citizenship. KEY FEATURES ? Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards ? The text is always at the centre of the learning ? Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading ? Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach ? Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process ? Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts ? Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian and contemporary texts ? 'Need to know' explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English's metalanguage ? Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions ? Wide variety of assessment options at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students. English is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 8 and eBookPLUS is a hard-copy of the student text accompanied by eBookPLUS. ? Access from any digital device PC/MAC/iPad/Android Tablet. ? Worksheets - Word documents designed for easy customisation and editing. ? Interactivities and games to reinforce and enhance student learning. ? eLessons - engaging video clips and supporting material. ? Weblinks to relevant support material on the internet. ? ProjectsPLUS - unique ICT-based projects that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate creativity, thinking skills and teamwork.
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The English is? series uses a creative approach to learning to inspire students to embrace the English language in all its variations and develop key skills in reading, understanding and creating. It includes structured inquiry into the big ideas or concepts that support English, underpinned by the skills needed for literate citizenship. KEY FEATURES ? Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards ? The text is always at the centre of the learning ? Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading ? Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach ? Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process ? Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts ? Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian and contemporary texts ? 'Need to know' explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English's metalanguage ? Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions ? Wide variety of assessment options at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students. FLEXISAVER KEY FEATURES ? 30% cost saving ? Flexible format enables insertion of students and teacher notes throughout ? Lightweight option of only bringing the chapters required to school English is... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 9 Flexisaver and eBookPLUS is a shrink-wrapped, looseleaf student textbook a student binder accompanied by the eBookPLUS. Jacaranda FlexiSavers provide students with a flexible, cost-saving alternative to the student textbook on your booklist. FlexiSavers are priced at 70% of the RRP of a standard textbook. ? Access from any digital device PC/MAC/iPad/Android Tablet. ? Worksheets - Word documents designed for easy customisation and editing. ? Interactivities and games to reinforce and enhance student learning. ? eLessons - engaging video clips and supporting material. ? Weblinks to relevant support material on the internet. ? ProjectsPLUS - unique ICT-based projects that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate creativity, thinking skills and teamwork.
In this book, you will meet the beautiful characters who live in the garden shed and find out what happens when you're not there! The toys teach us how useful they can be and encourage childhood imagination. Written for the author's own children, who now hope that these simple heart-lifting stories are enjoyed and loved by other young readers.
Fifteen-year-old Maya makes every effort to take good care of her younger siblings while her mother works away from home. But when her younger brother Jackson is injured on her watch, Maya finds herself at a loss, lacking the guidance of the adults in her life. A series of devastating, life-altering events ensue, events that Maya and her family members must all begin to heal from. Life experience and the wisdom of their Elders has taught Maya’s parents, Nancy and Russell, that it is through difficulty and failure that we learn, and that the grief journey is a process. But Maya is young and vulnerable, mired in grief, guilt, and anger, despite her parents’ attempts to help her. When she starts to engage with some troubled youth in the community, Nancy and Russell fear the worst. Nonetheless, there is a reason Maya was given the spirit name “Dragonfly” at birth. Dragonflies gain colour on their wings as they mature. It doesn’t happen overnight, and it certainly doesn’t happen without pain and suffering. Tragic, meditative, tender, and wise, The Colour of Dragonfly Wings tells the beginning of a young woman’s journey to earn her colours.
The frequency and severity of crime in Canada has been declining, however, the criminalization of Indigenous women is on the rise. How to account for this disparity? With sharp intelligence, inherent wisdom, and the grit of an investigative journalist, Annette Vermette offers new perspectives to academics and the general population regarding the overrepresentation of Indigenous women in prison in Canada. Statistically, Indigenous women are arrested more frequently than those in other demographics, and their prison sentences tend to be longer, indicating that discrimination and colonialism are alive and well in Canada, despite reconciliation efforts. Research shows that neither the offenders nor their communities—nor the victims of crime, for that matter—obtain positive outcomes or necessary healing as a result of incarceration. Vermette investigates the possible political and economic motivators responsible for these skewed rates of incarceration and conceptualizes a new paradigm for justice in Canada using Two-Eyed Seeing—an approach in which one sees from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge. The passion, wisdom, and expertise required to generate vital social change already exists. The path is before us. We only need to open our eyes.
Poetry and easy-reading essays for all ages. This book is about a mother's love for her children, as they grow up. SAMPLE: An emotional-feeling arose. Time was coming fast and the baby was coming into our world. The nurse brought the baby to his mother. The mother whispered in his ear and said, "This is a cruel world. I love you. The tears that I shed for you now, I will never shed them again. I have done my crying for you. Each tear is a pain and I can't cry anymore. My heart is empty and you can now face...
Baby Ben is a Border Collie pup who knows only darkness and hunger, having lived all of his short life locked away in a gloomy, dirty shed. Then comes daylight, the joy of birdsong and the sweet smell of grass as he is set 'free' to begin his new life as Seth, where he'll learn the importance of being biddable towards his new owner. Through my Eyes brings to the forefront the sadness and injustice of animal cruelty. However, it is also a story of hope, trust, love and peace - told (with hand drawn sketches) through the eyes of Seth as he takes his journey through the seasons of his life.
Nanny Acres and her dog Henry Daly, are tricked by a mean leprechaun King into kidnapping his niece, Princess Tara. Nanny’s kindness and innocence brings out the best in King Brian, and they are invited to the leprechaun dance on midsummer’s eve. Nanny, Henry Daly and her new friend Ned dress up in their Sunday best and go to the dance. On their way to the dance, Princess Tara and King Brian’s brother, King Rory are caught by a mean man named Bull Cullen. Bull is looking for the crock of gold and is ready to surrender Princess Tara and King Rory to the Banshee, a mean old witch who takes all her victims into her Banshee’s Cradle in the heart of the forest. Nanny, Ned and Henry Daly rescue them. For their bravery, they are presented with a gold whistle each and two magic ponies. The gold whistles give them the same magic powers as a leprechaun. One day, while out beachcombing on their ponies, they come across footprints in the sand. These footprints are the beginning of an adventure, which land them in the heart of the Banshee’s Cradle.
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