This 96-page collection offers a fun and motivating way to stimulate and develop the skill of writing for teenage students of English. A wide variety of different types of writing is included : text messages, postcards, e-mails, letters, diaries, online chat room writing, creative writing, and more - all designed to appeal to this age group. Clear models provided for each activity. Specific focus on practising key vocabulary, expressions, structures, and stylistic features. A substantial number of writing activities are designed to reflect the exercise types typically found in the popular Cambridge KET and PET examinations, thus offering students the chance to develop their confidence in a lively and creative way as they prepare for them.

How can we prepare the work-force of tomorrow for the increasing writing demands of the Information Age? Anne Beaufort provides a multidimensional response to this critical question. Offering a vital view of the developmental process entailed in attaining writing fluency in school and beyond, and the conditions that contribute to acquiring such expertise, Beaufort illuminates what it takes to foster the versatility writers must possess in the workplace of the twenty-first century.

Integrate interactive whiteboard technology into your instruction and engage your students with fun activities that are designed using Promethean ActivInspire software and perfect for touch-screen technology! Designed to support existing content-area lessons with standards-based, interactive activities, this resource is teacher-friendly, based on research, and easy to use. The 128-page book includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a Resource CD with templates and examples. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards, is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and supports core concepts of STEM instruction. 128pp. + CD

In this groundbreaking book, Wynn Davis shares over 100 time management principles that will help you accomplish more while working less. This innovative, thought-provoking book has bite-sized chapters packed with practical ideas for using time effectively in every area of your life. You will learn: • How to set goals that get results • A plan for your day that works • Eleven proven ways to cure procrastination once and for all • A simple technique to help you deal with deadlines • An easy, nine-step guide for organizing your home • The simple formula that will keep you motivated for life • Life’s greatest time waster—and how you can protect yourself from it • The most effective way to zip through paperwork • Five easy planning steps, and how they can revolutionize your life • How to use the rule of the vital few and the trivial many to leverage your time • How to use the science of signals to guide your choices • The best tools, and how to use them And much, much more... Time Notes brings the very best time management ideas into one simple, easy-to-use guide.

Integrate interactive whiteboard technology into your instruction using SMART Notebook software and engage your Grade 6 students with fun activities that feature touch-screen technology! Designed to support existing content-area lessons with standards-based, interactive activities, this resource is teacher-friendly, based on research, and easy to use. The 128-page book includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a Resource CD with templates and examples.

Integrate interactive whiteboard technology into your instruction and engage your students with fun activities that are designed using Promethean ActivInspire software and perfect for touch-screen technology! Designed to support existing content-area lessons with standards-based, interactive activities, this resource is teacher-friendly, based on research, and easy to use. The 128-page book includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a ZIP file with templates and examples. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards, is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and supports core concepts of STEM instruction. 128pp.

Expand your teaching repertoire with this unique collection of instructional ideas. Author Frank T. Lyman Jr., esteemed educator and creator of the Think-Pair-Share model, offers ways to help students think critically, encounter puzzling phenomena and seek explanations, think before responding, listen to responses from others, create their own questions, visualize a scene, employ problem-solving strategies, and more. Appropriate for teachers of all grades and subjects, the ideas address the pursuit of true learning—wanting to learn, how to learn, and enabling to learn—and can easily be adapted and applied to a wide variety of contexts. The book’s format allows you to pick and choose activities for your own professional development journey and make them your own, so you can expand your teaching toolbox and bring more students to deeper levels of learning.

Integrate interactive whiteboard technology into your instruction using SMART Notebook software and engage your Grade 1 students with fun activities that feature touch-screen technology! Designed to support existing content-area lessons with standards-based, interactive activities, this resource is teacher-friendly, based on research, and easy to use. The 128-page book includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a Resource CD with templates and examples. Includes 30 easy-to-follow activities and a Resource CD with templates and examples.