Word Wise

Author: Will Jelbert
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0762499672
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Supercharge your speech to get what you want out of every conversation with this fun and practical guide to verbal vividness. An eye-opening guide on how we talk and write to one another, Word Wise explores 400+ of the most common cases of word trash (filler words, hyperbole, and abstractions) and word power (verbs of action, ear candy, onomatopoeia). Examining social media, the language of Donald Trump, AI language research, and heard-on-the-street lingo, communication expert Will Jelbert offers simple and concrete recommendations for improving your own vernacular. With wit, practical applications, and a small dose of grammar, Word Wise will help you communicate more effectively at home, at work, and online.

A Word to the Wise

Author: Alison Cragin Herzig
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316358989
Category : African American school children
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
The thesaurus stolen from their teacher alters the lives of eight fifth-graders in a special reading group.

Word to the Wise

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593100042
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
It's no-holds-barred murder… Lindsey Norris is finally getting married to the man of her dreams—but it's not all roses for Briar Creek's beloved library director, as town newcomer Aaron Grady gives the term "book lover" a whole new meaning. Inappropriate looks and unwelcome late-night visits to Lindsey's house have everyone from the crafternooners to Lindsey's fiancé, Sully, on edge. When Grady's dead body is found outside the library and all the clues point to Sully, Lindsey knows it's up to her to find the real culprit and clear Sully's name. But becoming a thorn in the killer's side is not without its consequences, and the closer Lindsey gets to the truth, the more determined the murderer is to make her just a footnote.

A Word from the Wise

Author: Rosemarie Jarski
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780091909208
Category : Quotations
Languages : en
Pages : 592

Book Description
'A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees,' as William Blake so aptly put it. What he probably meant, being a publisher and a printer himself, was that the wise man cuts down the tree and turns the resultant paper into a one-size-fits-all book packed with the sagest advice, quips and quotations from some of the wisest and funniest people whose counsel you could ever wish to hear.A WORD FROM THE WISE is a one-stop shop with over 6,000 quotes. It's a vast resource, but every one is a gem, from such knowledgeable souls as Hunter S Thompson, The Talmud, Dorothy Parker and Daffy Duck.With each quote handily placed within every possible category you could think of, and with more quotes in every genre than anywhere else, A WORD FROM THE WISE is a must for anyone who thinks they could do with knowing a little bit or a lot more.'A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine' The Talmud'Imagination is more important than knowledge' Albert Einstein'If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars' John Paul Getty'Violence is the repartee of the illiterate' George Bernard Shaw'Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition' Timothy Leary'A narcissist is someone better-looking than you are' Gore Vidal

Word Wise, Volume One: God's Amazing Book

Author: Alison Brown
Publisher: Banner of Truth
ISBN: 9781848710276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 31

Book Description
Perfect for middle school, these word searches, jumbled sentences, number codes and crosswords provide a journey through the Bible to help children see the "big picture."

Word Wise and Content Rich, Grades 7-12

Author: Douglas Fisher
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325013824
Category : Language arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is a natural for a teacher study group. It is well worth the time spent reading and discussing with colleagues because the ideas it holds are basic to rethinking and transforming vocabulary teaching. -Karen Bromley Binghamton University, SUNY How do you teach students the words that are crucial to unlocking the concepts in your content area? Until now "assign, define, test" has been the default strategy. But with Word Wise and Content Rich, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey bring vocabulary in out of the cold and into the heart of daily classroom practice in English, math, science, and history. Word Wise and Content Rich offers a five-part framework for teaching vocabulary that's tailored to the needs of adolescent learners yet mindful of the demands on content-area teachers. Grounded in current research, this framework gives students the multiple encounters necessary to lock in the meaning of new words forever. Fisher and Frey's five-step modelshows you how to: Make it intentional: select words for instruction and use word lists and up-to-date website lists wisely Make it transparent: model word-solving and word-learning strategies for students Make it useable: offer learners the collaborative work and oral practice essential to understanding concepts Make it personal: give and monitor independent practice so students own words Make it a priority: create a schoolwide program for word learning. Use Word Wise and Content Rich, and close the word gap between low-achieving and high-achieving students. With its strategies, every student in your class-in your school-can access the textbook and develop the vocabulary needed for success in content-area reading. Read Word Wise and Content Rich and get the last word on great vocabulary teaching.

Word to the Wise

Author: Dr Bill Blocker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997915006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Originally recorded for radio, these Word to the Wise episodes are now in written form as well. Each episode has a biblical principle, which is meant to help you think about God's wisdom in daily life, perhaps from a different perspective. At the bottom of each page is a QR code you can scan if you want to listen to the audio.

Wordwise

Author: Megan Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921228346
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Wordwise aims to enhance students' use of a wide range of vocabulary and to increase their understanding of the derivation and origin of words. The words in the book have been chosen to consolidate student knowledge of commonly used, mature vocabulary and to introduce more specialised vocabulary to extend students' repertoire of language. The book is divided into forty units with each unit focusing on one aspect of vocabulary development. The focus may be technical e.g. prefixes, homophones, possessives etc; or related to context e.g. investigation words, number words, Australian words, legal words etc. Wordwise is activity based to encourage students to use the words so that they can remember them more easily. Each unit consists of a list of keywords followed by activities using the keywords and related vocabulary focusing on: - meaning - use in context - word derivation and origin - spelling hints Answers for these activities are provided in the back of the book.

Wise in the Word

Author: BARBOUR STAFF.
Publisher: Barbour Books
ISBN: 9781643522197
Category : Men
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Guys, here are devotional readings based on one hundred key Bible words and concepts--including Authority, Calm, Delight, Focus, Growth, Kindness, Perseverance, and Victory.

Wordly Wise 3000

Author: Kenneth Hodkinson
Publisher: Educators Pub Svc Incorporated
ISBN: 9780838824269
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

Book Description
Words from literature, textbooks, and the SAT--words most likely to appear on high-stakes tests. Student books include 150 words per level in books 2-3 and 300 new words per level in books 4-12.