Shares a behind-the-scenes look at how race car drivers and martial-arts experts make the real action happen in Hollywood and discusses what it takes to be a great stunt performer.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: When stunt performers go to work, they make dangerous feats look fun and easy, but there is a lot of risk behind this profession. Explore what stunt people do to prepare and keep themselves safe for a truly unique profession. Readers will be introduced to a brief history of stunt performance as well as the latest tips and tricks, including stunt driving, professional fighting, and even digital effects such as computer-generated imagery and are encouraged to explore college majors and areas of study are recommended to become a stunt person. With thrilling language and stunning images in conjunction with informational text, a useful glossary, and an interview with a real-life stunt-man, readers are sure to be fascinated and stimulated from cover to cover!

When stunt performers go to work, they make dangerous feats look fun and easy, but there is a lot of risk behind this profession. Explore what stunt people do to prepare and keep themselves safe for a truly unique profession. Readers will be introduced to a brief history of stunt performance as well as the latest tips and tricks, including stunt driving, professional fighting, and even digital effects such as computer-generated imagery and are encouraged to explore college majors and areas of study are recommended to become a stunt person. With thrilling language and stunning images in conjunction with informational text, a useful glossary, and an interview with a real-life stunt-man, readers are sure to be fascinated and stimulated from cover to cover! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level S title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

The Leveled Texts for Fifth Grade series comes with leveled reading materials covering the Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies subject areas. Each subject area comes with five texts, differentiated with three levels, providing books for low-, on-, above-level, and English learners, comprising of 60 books in total. Each book comes with comprehension questions leveled for different types of readers. This time-saving series provides teachers with materials already appropriately leveled for different types of readers. Students will enjoy the vivid images, illustrations, and diagrams, designed to keep them engaged and increase content understanding. Aligned with Common Core State Standards, this series also connects to McREL, and TESOL/WIDA standards.

Stunt performers make dangerous feats look fun and easy, but there is a lot of risk behind this profession. Explore what stunt people do to prepare and keep themselves safe in a truly unique profession. Through Time For Kids© content, readers will be introduced to a brief history of stunt performance as well as the latest tips and tricks, including stunt driving, professional fighting, and even digital effects such as computer-generated imagery. With thrilling language and stunning images in conjunction with informational text and an interview with a real-life stunt-man, readers are sure to be fascinated and stimulated from cover to cover! This book also includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as well as resources such as a bibliography and a list of websites for learning more about this fascinating career.

Describes economic scarcity and explains how consumers make economic choices concerning the use and distribution of economically scarce items, including capital and natural resources.

At forty-eight, Bart Darling is about to perform a movie stunt that will in all likelihood kill him. Lorraine, his hillbilly girlfriend who is carrying his child, gives him an ultimatum: call it off or she'll split. Bart summons his emotionally distant, twenty-nine-year-old son Marcel from New York to help him hold on to Lorraine. But Marcel finds himself falling for Lorraine, even as he sorts out his ambiguous feelings for Bart.

In this fabulous collection of true stories from his stellar career, Roger lifts the lid on the movie business, from Hollywood to Pinewood.