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If Students Need to Know It, It''s in This Book This book develops the English and language arts skills of high school students. It fosters skill mastery that helps them succeed both in school and on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). Why The Princeton Review? We have more than 20 years of experience helping students master the skills needed to excel on standardized tests. Each year we help more than 2 million students score higher and earn better grades. We Know the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Our experts at The Princeton Review have analyzed the MCAS, and this book provides the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched information possible. We break down the test into its individual skills to familiarize students with the test''s structure while increasing their overall skill level. We Get Results We know what it takes to succeed in the classroom and on tests. This book includes strategies that are proven to improve student performance. We provide - content review based on Massachusetts standards and objectives - detailed lessons, complete with skill-specific activities - 2 complete practice MCAS English language arts tests.

Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good friend Tony''s stories involve him in some very troublesome and complicated situations.

"One of the merriest picture-books . . . told in very few words with a gravity that underscores the delightful comedy of the pictures--fine large pictures, strongly drawn, with a wealth of detail."--"The New York Times." A Caldecott Award winner. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The comic genius of McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America kept readers in stitches for generations. Readers follow along as a boy named Homer Price foils four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and a pet skunk. Illustrations.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of Jelly belly by Robert Kimmel Smith.

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the MCAS Grade 10 English Language Arts exam is very different from getting straight As in school. TPR doesn''t try to teach students everything there is to know about language--only what they''ll need to score higher on the exam. "There''s a big difference. In Cracking the MCAS Grade 10 English Language Arts, The Princeton Review will teach test takers how to think like the test makers and: *Score higher by knowing what will be on the test: composition, literature, grammar terms and rules, and more *Ace the open-response questions with TPR''s outlines and checklists *Earn more points by stocking your MCAS toolkit with handy techniques like Process of Elimination *Get familiar with the format of the exam to avoid surprises on test day **This book includes 2 full-length simulated MCAS Grade 10 English Language Arts exams. The questions are just like the ones test takers will see on the actual exam, and The Princeton Review fully explains every solution. "Contents Include: Introduction to the MCAS Exams Structure and Strategies II Subject Review The Language Part of the Language and Literature Exam Reading Comprehension The Literature Part of the Language and Literature Exam Cracking the Open-Response and Composition Sections III The Princeton Review Practice Tests

Novel units provide teachers with new ways to teach reading, thinking, writing, and the love of literature.

Novel-Ties study guides contain reproducible pages in a chapter by chapter format to accompany a work of literature of the same title.

Provides strategies designed to help students score higher on the TAAS exit-level reading and writing exam.

A teachers guide for the novel The westing game.

Tom is forced to stay at his aunt''s house in the country when his parents go on vacation. Unhappy at first, he slowly learns to appreciate the land and the animals. One day, he finds a fox and her cub, and this unlikely trio forms a close friendship. Tom''s adventures with the foxes make his stay in the country go by very quickly, and before he knows it, the vacation is over! Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Novel units provide teachers with new ways to teach reading, thinking, writing, and the love of literature.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The pigman by Paul Zindel.

New ways to teach reading, writing and the love of literature.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The fledgling by Jane Langton.

Activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The cat ate my gymsuit by Paula Danziger.

Novel units provide teachers with new ways to teach reading, thinking, writing, and the love of literature.

New ways to teach reading, writing and the love of literature.

He knows a lot of big words, but he doesn''t know where babies come from. He''s never heard of a stork, but he plans to be a bird when he grows up. He''s Superfudge, otherwise known as Farley Drexel Hatcher. And, according to his older brother Peter, the biggest pain ever invented. Among other things. As fans of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing already know, nothing is simple for Peter Hatcher. He is far from overjoyed at the turn the family fortunes are taking. It looks as if Peter will be spending the sixth grade far from Central Park, Sheila Tubman, Jimmy Fargo, and Henry the doorman. (He won''t miss Sheila). And it also looks as if Fudge will no longer be the baby of the family. How will Peter ever survive if his new sibling is a carbon copy of Fudge? But as Fudge fans also know, bad news for Peter generally means good news for Judy Blume''s readers-in the form of a very funny story. They won''t be disappointed!

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of I know what you did last summer by Lois Duncan.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The door in the wall by Marguerite de Angeli.

Regarded as a masterpiece of American literature, this timeless story of growing up in the South became an instant bestseller when first published in 1960 and later was made into a classic film.

Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the reading of The courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh.

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the English: Writing exam is very different from getting straight As in school. The Princeton Review doesn''t try to teach students everything there is to know about English and writing--only the techniques they''ll need to score higher on the exam. "There''s a big difference. In Cracking the Virginia SOL EOC English: Writing, TPR will teach test takers how to think like the test makers and: Eliminate incorrect answer choices by using Process of Elimination and other techniques Organize ideas and stay focused with TPR''s special "Writing Frame" Test knowledge with review questions on each reading and writing concept covered ***This book includes 2 full-length simulated exams. All of TPR''s sample test questions are just like the ones test takers will see on the actual end-of-course English: Writing exam, and TPR fully explains every solution. "Contents Include: The Mystery Exams Structure and Strategies II Cracking the Writing Process Planning, Composing, and Revising Editing Questions Mechanics Questions III Cracking the Essay Writing the Essay IV Practice Exams