Carol H. Behrman's Books

An experienced teacher and author, Carol Behrman helps students develop the sound foundation they need to become proficient writers throughout their lives. Included are a variety of easy-to-use reproducible activity sheets to provide review and application of basic language skills as well as extensive practice in producing the types of writing called for in standardized tests. The steps of the writing process are emphasized throughout. Each set of activities is accompanied by detailed lesson plans and suggestions to the teacher for presenting and implementing the skills and concepts being addressed. Each section is followed by a practice test focusing on the concepts and skills covered in the section, plus answer keys and scoring guides with writing samples. These practical tests will help students prepare for the types of questions they will be asked on actual tests.

Profiles John Adams, an influential patriot during the American Revolution who became the nation's first vice president and second president.

A biography of Thomas Jefferson--patriot, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

This volume of Ready-to-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons & Activities gives classroom teachers and language arts specialists a powerful and effective tool for addressing curriculum standards and competencies at the eighth-grade level and preparing their students for comprehensive assessment testing. Writing Proficiency Lessons & Activities books are also available from Jossey-Bass at the fourth-grade level and the tenth-grade level. Included are a variety of easy-to-use, reproducible activity sheets that provide application and review the basic language skills as well as extensive practice in producing the types of writing called for in standardized tests. For easy use, the 240-plus student activity sheets are printed in a big 8-1/2" x 11" format that lays flat for photocopying. The activities are organized into nine sections. Here is just a sample of the topics covered in Sections 1-5: CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD: words often confused, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, adverbs vs. adjectives, sensory words, similes, metaphors, and double negatives MAKING MECHANICS AND USAGE WORK FOR YOU: apostrophes, hyphens, end marks, commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, titles, and misplaced modifiers. WRITING SENTENCES: subjects and predicates, subject-verb agreement, simple and compound sentences, complex sentences, sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and sentence types WRITING PARAGRAPHS: writing a topic sentence, writing a concluding sentence, developing the topic, using tense consistently, using transitional words, and staying on the topic ESSAY-WRITING TECHNIQUES: brainstorming, clustering, outlining, writing an introductory paragraph with a question or a surprising statement, developing the topic using examples, avoiding irrelevant details, writing a concluding paragraph, proofreading, and writing a five-paragraph essay.

Here's a unique collection of 340 reproducible writing process activity sheets that capitalize on students' natural interest in holidays and special events while reinforcing your writing skills curriculum! Organized into ten monthly sections, September through June, each month including over 30 writing activity sheets like these for November: Athletic Words (sentence writing), Last Leaf on the Tree (paragraph writing), and World Without TV (essay writing).

Presents the life and accomplishments of the eleventh president, whose term in office saw many western states added to the United States.

Introduces the life of the "people's president," who spent his childhood on the frontier, his youth as a military hero, and his adulthood as a lawyer, judge, and politician.

Examines the battles and treaties between native peoples and early European settlers of what was to become the United States, from the early 1600s to the late 1800s.

By the time Maddie learns the truth about her British cousin, they are both in a life-and-death race against the clock. To win, they must stop events that started hundreds of years ago - events that trace their spine tingling history to the Lancaster Witch."--Back cover

No one believes Judi when someone or something changes what she has written on her computer and adds terrible threats.

Traces the history of the typewriter from the invention of a writing machine in the 18th century to the sophisticated machines of the present day.

Although Ellen feels that winning the special ballet competition is more important than anything else, she has difficulty fitting the necessary practice into her busy schedule.

Art book - catalogue.

Book's by Carol H. Behrman

Ready-To-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons and Activities

Ready-To-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons and Activities

John Adams

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Ready-to-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons & Activities

Ready-to-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons & Activities

Writing Activities for Every Month of the School Year

Writing Activities for Every Month of the School Year

James K. Polk

James K. Polk

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

The Indian Wars

The Indian Wars

Tha Lancaster Witch

Tha Lancaster Witch

Programmed for Terror

Programmed for Terror

The Remarkable Writing Machine

The Remarkable Writing Machine

Catch a Dancing Star

Catch a Dancing Star

Carol K. Brown

Carol K. Brown

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