Edge Fundamentals Grammar & Writing Practice Book (Hampton-Brown Edge: Reading, Writing, & Language ©2009) - Softcover

National Geographic Learning; Smith, Michael W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736261664 ISBN 13: 9780736261661

Publisher: National Geographic School Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Develops grammar concepts in the context of each week's literature selection and systematically builds oral and written skills.

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About the Author

Professor, College of Education Temple University Dr. Michael Smith joined the ranks of college teachers after eleven years of teaching high school English. He has won awards for his teaching at both the high school and college levels. His research focuses on how experienced readers read and talk about texts, as well as what motivates adolescents' reading and writing both in and out of school. He has written eight books and monographs, including "Reading Don't Fix No Chevys": Literacy in the Lives of Young Men, for which he and his co-author received the 2003 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English. His writing has appeared in such journals as Communication Education, English Journal, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Literacy Research, and Research in the Teaching of English.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Geographic School Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736261664
• ISBN 13: 9780736261661
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216