With over 10 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! The ability to put thoughts into writing is an essential skill vital to success in school—from elementary school through college. Bestselling author Dan Gutman helps kids master this important skill with his fun, informative writing guide, My Weird Writing Tips.

Dan offers tricks for spelling hard words, understanding the difference between similar

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"With Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners you will soon be talking in English as if it were your first language. Inside you will find more than 1,500 commonly used words you hear at work, at school, and on the street, with topics that range from clothing to cooking, and from doctors to digital devices. This new edition also covers numbers, and the many ways that they are talked about in daily life. This reference/workbook...

"The 25th- anniversary edition of this best-selling guide gives students simple strategies to maximize the opportunity to "tell us about yourself." Updated to reflect the experience college applicants face today, this book provides a clear path to an essay that says, "Pick me!""--Provided by publisher.

Explains some of the more troublesome and confusing aspects of English grammar under the topics of nouns, pronouns, verbs, modifiers, sentences, conjunctions and prepositions, and punctuation. Includes practice quizzes.

"How to apply digital writing skills effectively in the classroom, from the prestigious National Writing Project As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since writing in and for the online realm often defies standard writing conventions,...

Explains how to write essays.

Introduces the form of Japanese poetry known as haiku, explores the seven keys to writing haiku, and provides instructions for five haiku projects, including creating haiga, or illustrated haiku.

"The book includes: five full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained; additional sample questions with answers covering poetry and prose fiction; a review of test topics covering details about poetry, fiction, and drama; sample student essays with critiques of their strengths and weaknesses; a detailed glossary defining 175 literary and rhetorical terms; updated guidelines for determining the final AP exam score. Online resource...

From parts of speech to punctuation, the reader will learn the correct way to clear writing.

Explains what makes a good essay and offers advice on the steps necessary to write one.