Author: Sandra HeyerPublisher: Pearson Education ESL
ISBN: 9780201343137
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A picture book reader
Author: Sandra Heyer
Author: Sandra HeyerEven More True Stories
Author: Sandra HeyerPublisher: LONGMAN
ISBN: 9780131751736
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Would you believe ... ? A pilot gets sucked out of his plane and survives, as does everyone else on board. A young American woman goes to Paris to find herself and finds her long lost family instead. Even More True Stories, Third Edition, by Sandra Heyer, continues the True Stories tradition with sixteen new or updated human-interest stories adapted from curretn newspapers and magazines. The universal appeal of these real believe-it-or-not tales ensures a motivating reading experience for intermediate-level students of English. It's a book they won't want to put down. Features of the Third Edition Revised exercises for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, discussion, and writing to help students develop language proficiency. New or updated Challenge pages with authentic reading selections to motivate students to read on their own. A new To the Teacher section with background information and teaching tips to help teachers make the reading class more interactive. The True Stories series includes: True Stories Behind the Songs More True Stories Behind the Songs Very Easy True Stories All New Very Easy True Stories Easy True Stories All New Easy True Stories True Stories in the News, Third Edition More True Stories, Third Edition Even More True Stories Beyond True Stories
Easy True Stories
Author: Sandra HeyerPublisher: Pearson Education ESL
ISBN: 9780133041828
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This edition presents 20 new or updated human-interest stories that are adapted from news sources all over the world. These captivating stories are told as simply as possible - almost exclusively in the present tense - and most stories are less than half a page long. Easy True Stories, Second Edition, by Sandra Heyer, is a companion book to All New Easy True Stories, which is at the same level but features all new stories and exercises. These two parallel readers give students the option of lingering at the low-beginning level. They can go back and forth between Easy True Stories and All New Easy True Stories, or they can complete first one book and then the other. Or teachers can use Easy True Stories one semester and All New Easy True Stories the next. That way, students who stay in a low-beginning class when their classmates move on to the next level can essentially repeat the class but with all new material. Combined, the two books offer 40 stories, giving teachers multiple opportunities to incorporate reading into their thematically-based instructional units.
All New Easy True Stories
Author: Sandra HeyerPublisher: Pearson Education ESL
ISBN: 9780131182653
Category : ESOL.
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
All New Easy True Stories, by Sandra Heyer, continues the True Stories tradition with a companion book to Easy True Stories. Written at the same level, the text features all new stories and exercises. A man chokes on his favourite food, but his daughter saves him in a very unusual way. What is it? A lonely sailor puts a message in a bottle. A fisherman finds it and gives it to his daughter. What does she do with it? On a very hot day, a boy finds two puppies locked in a car. How does he keep them alive? The real believe-it-or-not tales are adapted from newspapers and magazines and are sure to captivate students of English. The stories are told as simply as possible and are written almost exclusively in the present tense. Nine pre-reading drawings introduce each unit visually and ease students into reading.
Author: George W. Cable
Author: Sandra HeyerTrue Stories of D-Day
Author: Henry BrookPublisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794511616
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a move that amazed the world, the Allied nations shipped an army across the English Channel and stormed into Nazi-occupied Europe. Millions of people were caught up in the struggle for the Normandy beaches, but victory or defeat came down to the bravery of individuals. From tank commanders to paratroopers, commando raiders to French Resistance fighters, they all have D-Day stories to tell.
Writing True Stories
Author: Patti MillerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040029914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Patti Miller's best-selling Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who has ever wanted to write a memoir or explore the wider territory of creative nonfiction. It provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid world on the page, create structure, use research, and face the difficulties of truth-telling. It first develops a wide range of writing skills for beginners, and then challenges more experienced writers to extend their knowledge and practice of the genre into literary nonfiction, true crime, biography, the personal essay, the diary, and travel writing. It offers inspiration from other nonfiction writers, such as Joan Didion, Helen Garner, Robert Dessaix, and Zadie Smith. Whether you want to write your own memoir, investigate a wide-ranging political issue, explore an idea, or bring to life an intriguing history, this book will be your guide. Writing True Stories is practical and easy to use as well as an encouraging and insightful companion on the writing journey. Written in a warm, clear, and engaging style, it will get you started on the story you want to write – and keep you going until you get there.
