Kathleen Olson
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Language
English
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The Tree was born of unusual and tragic circumstances in the pre-Columbian prairie that would become Nebraska. As a young tree, it was fortunate that it was not the victim of a tornado or other weather denizens. Once The Tree was a hundred years old, it was able to take the arrows of young Pawnee honing their skills as well as being part of their festivals. Slaves fleeing the South looked for the bent branch on The Tree to point them correctly onto...
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Language
English
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Emily was not at all happy that she had to move to New Hampshire from Indianapolis. However, along with her twin brother, Jiggs, she made new friends, and they got into something she never expected. She found a very old envelope with a poem in it that promised that she, Jiggs, and their friends, Pete and Repete, would be richly rewarded if they followed the clues and the direction to keep their actions a secret. The clues led them on a chase through...
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Language
English
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Polly was, used to people coming and going at her house, at all times of the night, because her family ran, an Underground Railroad station. Strangely, tonight there was more noise than usual, and Mother said noise was the enemy. That night in June 1857, Mother called urgently for Polly to get down to the secret room and bring water with her.
When Polly was able to get the heavy sloshing bucket down the narrow stairs, she saw Mother kneeling by a...
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Language
English
Description
Did you know that 50 percent of American high school students think Sodom and Gomorrah were married? How about that in London, England, it is illegal to drive a car without sitting in the front seat? And then there is Howdy Doody's resident Native American, Chief Thunderthud, who belonged to the Ooragnak tribe. (Ooragnak is kangaroo spelled backward.)
These and thousands of other gems are included in this book. It's a book to strictly have fun...
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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This 16-unit book in the What's up? series presents many activities that build skills and knowledge of U.S. culture for adult lerners. Each unit has a reading based on an article from the newspaper and features activities that develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Author
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
©2001
Language
English
Description
Something to Talk About provides teachers, students, and conversation partners with ready-to-use material for practicing conversation and language skills. Each unit of Something to Talk About focuses on a universally common topic and asks students to talk about their own experiences, thereby drawing on existing vocabulary while developing communicative competence. Students will have the opportunity to discuss birth order, organ transplants, learning...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Description
"Ventures 3rd Edition Basic Student's Book has 10 units with six lessons each, based on relevant adult-learner themes. Two-page lessons are designed for an hour of classroom instruction and are aligned to teach students the skills needed for success in college and careers. Culture notes, speaking, reading, and writing tips enrich and support exercises. Review Units include sections focusing on pronunciation. Students can access audio and grammar presentation...
