Best Selling Books by Deborah Davis

Oxford Handwriting for Queensland is a complete handwriting program developed under the guidance of handwriting expert and author, Deborah Davis. This fresh modern series develops the building blocks of handwriting with correct posture and grip models and opportunities to model and practice accurate letter formation and joining techniques. Student Books 3 - 7 Handwriting tips for joining techniques. Size, slope and spacing instructions. Activities to develop a fluent, automatic handwriting style. Automated formation of high-frequency Oxford Wordlist Plus words. Self-assessment pages to monitor progress.

PM Handwriting Queensland edition is a carefully sequenced handwriting program for Prep to 6, designed to enable students to master a fluent, legible and automatic handwriting style. The series provides instruction for correct letter formation and joining techniques in the Queensland Beginner''s Alphabet and Queensland Modern Cursive scripts. The workbooks feature high-frequency words, PM favourite characters, themes and topics from the PM readers, and purposeful digital extension activities accessed via QR codes.

PM Handwriting for New South Wales is a carefully sequenced handwriting program for Kindergarten to 6, designed to enable students to master a fluent, legible and automatic handwriting style. The series provides instruction for correct letter formation and joining techniques in the New South Wales Foundation Style. The workbooks feature high-frequency words, favourite characters, themes and topics from the PM readers, and purposeful digital extension activities accessed via QR codes.

Oxford Handwriting for New South Wales is a complete handwriting program designed to develop the building blocks of handwriting with correct posture and grip models and opportunities to model and practice accurate letter formation and joining techniques.Student Books 3 - 6:Size, slope and spacing instructions.Handwriting tips for joining techniques.Activities to develop a fluent, automatic handwriting style.Automated formation of high-frequency Oxford Wordlist Plus words.Self-assessment pages to monitor progress.

In 1963 maakt Andy Warhol een roadtrip van New York naar L.A., over Route 66. Warhol, als dromerig kind al gefascineerd door filmsterren, is door Dennis Hopper uitgenodigd voor een Hollywood-feestje. Hij staat op het punt om door te breken – het was de periode van de Campbell-soepblikken en de Marilyn Monroe-zeefdrukken – en tijdens zijn reis wordt Warhol geïnspireerd door de vele billboards met reclame in felle kleuren. In L.A. ontmoet hij Peter Fonda, Marcel Duchamp, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley en Frank Sinatra; onderweg ziet hij rednecks, kunstenaars, dichters en hippies. Stuk voor stuk maken ze een onuit-wisbare indruk op hem. De trip markeert de overgang van Warhols status als marginaal kunstenaar naar zijn nieuwe rol als koning van de pop art. Kortom: als de Andy Warhol zoals we hem nu kennen. Deborah Davis schreef met Andy Warhols roadtrip zowel een prachtig portret van de kunstenaar vlak voor zijn doorbraak, als een verhelderend beeld van het Amerika van de jaren zestig: het tijdperk waarin moderne kunst radicaal veranderde.

This study examines the systems of technical assistance and support that Northwest Region states implemented during 2005-2006 for schools in need of improvement. By highlighting key characteristics and differences among state systems, the intent is to stimulate an analysis of what states can do and what issues they might address to move schools out of in need of improvement status. Building on the requirements of the 1994 Improving America''s Schools Act, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires states to create an accountability system that tracks progress toward all students'' proficiency in math and reading. To increase accountability, schools are required to make adequate yearly progress by meeting state-established proficiency levels set to rise incrementally to the NCLB mandate of 100 percent by 2014. Efforts in Washington, Montana and Oregon point to early positive effects of assisting schools by employing external facilitators such as school support teams and teachers, principals or administrators who are knowledgeable about research-based programs and instructional practices and may have experience with school reform, and methods for improving educational opportunities. All Northwest Region states cited professional development as an important element of their statewide systems of support. School staff throughout the region engages in school-, district- or state-based professional development geared to their school improvement efforts. Many schools require some level of continued assistance beyond the initial intensive support they receive from their districts or the state. As states and districts provide support for schools facing increasingly stringent NCLB requirements, common strategies are emerging, such as providing professional development for principals and assigning external facilitators such as school support teams to provide consistent support. Challenges such as large percentages of rural and remote schools, high numbers of non-English-speaking and special education students, and local control issues all preclude the emergence of one overarching best solution. At this time a better understanding of the critical success factors and conditions that optimize the improvement process is needed to assist policymakers as they develop their statewide systems of support. Two appendixes include: (A) Demographic Data for Northwest Region Public Schools; and (B) Case Study: Washington''s School Improvement Assessment Program. (Contains 2 boxes and 5 tables.) [This report was prepared for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) by Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest administered by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.].

Fourth in a series of seven workbooks for prep to year 6 students designed to assist parents and teachers with the teaching of modern cursive script. The content is in line with that provided in the handwriting section of the teaching of handwriting syllabus. This book for year 3 (Vic) or year 4 (WA) guides students through the development of cursive script. Each join is covered. The activities are linked to the relevant curriculum areas. The authors are experienced teachers with a professional background in handwriting. They are authors of the ÔModern Cursive Beginner''s Dictionary''and the ÔModern Cursive Advanced Dictionary''.

One in a series of writing workbooks for Vic and WA primary school students. Introduces the basic movements for the formation of letters by progression through a series of patterns. Also provides general information on handwriting, teaching notes, objectives and a student profile. The authors are experienced teachers with professional backgrounds in handwriting.

Oxford Handwriting for Western Australia is a comprehensive and engaging program designed to introduce and develop the fundamental skills of handwriting. It includes correct posture and grip models, opportunities to model and practise accurate letter formation and joining techniques, and activities to help every student develop a fluent automatic handwriting style. The Oxford Handwriting for Western Australia series is comprised of seven student workbooks for years F-6 featuring words from the most recent Oxford Wordlist as well as themes and characters from Oxford Reading for Comprehension. Key Features of the handwriting books include:state-specific handwriting conventionsengaging full-colour illustrationshelpful tips along the waycolouring-in opportunitiesself-assessment tasksnumber tracing tasks.

Oxford Handwriting for Queensland is a complete handwriting program developed under the guidance of handwriting expert and author, Deborah Davis. This fresh modern series develops the building blocks of handwriting with correct posture and grip models and opportunities to model and practice accurate letter formation and joining techniques. Student Books 1 - 2 Patterns to introduce letter groups and develop fluency skills. Starting dots and direction arrows. Automoated information of high-frequency Oxford Wordlist words. Self-assessment pages and ''track your progress'' spreads. Links to Oxford Literacy for a connected curriculum.

Written to fully support implementation of the Language Achievement Standards outlined in the Australian Curriculum, each book in this series includes 36 assessment tests containing 20 questions with a four-page test for the end of each term. Every Achievement Standard covered in this book is described in full with the relevant ACARA code shown in each section of the test. Ideal for whole class assessment, small group work or individual student use, the tests can easily be matched to a teacher''s classroom program and are perfect preparation for NAPLAN testing. The included CD-ROM features IWB-friendly PDFs of the whole book, interactive PDFs that can be installed on your school network and student result logs."--Kookaburra Education Resources web page, viewed 15th May, 2015.

Acclaimed Director Gillian Armstrong introduced us to three working class Adelaide women when they were 14 years old in 1976, and returned to follow them as they grow older in this series of documentaries. They openly discuss their lives and views on a range of issues such as abortion, sex, boys, family and work life these are their stories. In the five films (Smokes and Lollies / 14s Good, 18s Better / Bingo, Bridesmaids and Braces / Not 14 Again / Love Lust and Lies), we see these women marry, divorce, have families of their own and face new challenges capturing the highs and lows of lifes journey. Josie, Diana and Kerry, now 47, developed their relationship with Gillian Armstrong over the series to reveal an honest, open frank and very Australian series. The collection of five documentaries follows the womens lives, as they continue to openly discuss their secrets, truths and feelings about growing up and getting old in the Australian suburbs. A compelling, humanistic docudrama series and a must see Australian collection of films.

"PM Handwriting is a carefully sequenced program of handwriting instruction for Foundation to Year 6. It is designed to support students in developing a fluent, legible and automatic handwriting style."--Back cover.

Acclaimed Director Gillian Armstrong introduced us to three working class Adelaide women when they were 14 years old in 1976, and returned to follow them as they grow older in this series of documentaries. They openly discuss their lives and views on a range of issues such as abortion, sex, boys, family and work life these are their stories. In the five films (Smokes and Lollies / 14s Good, 18s Better / Bingo, Bridesmaids and Braces / Not 14 Again / Love Lust and Lies), we see these women marry, divorce, have families of their own and face new challenges capturing the highs and lows of lifes journey. Josie, Diana and Kerry, now 47, developed their relationship with Gillian Armstrong over the series to reveal an honest, open frank and very Australian series. The collection of five documentaries follows the womens lives, as they continue to openly discuss their secrets, truths and feelings about growing up and getting old in the Australian suburbs. A compelling, humanistic docudrama series and a must see Australian collection of films.