Sentences with phrase «featuring authors reading»

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Featuring the work so prominently implicitly tells the reader that this is a book worth reading, while also providing a stronger context for the use of the insights found in the author's work.

Speaking of a system bulging with debt protruding from every crevice, Jim Quinn's Burning Platform featured a must - read article yesterday in which the author has discovered that the Loan - To - Value Ratio on Fannie Mae - issued mortgages is now at its highest level in history — nearly 10 % higher than at the peak of housing bubble 1.0:

That was one of the topics discussed at a workshop in Vancouver, B.C., on love put on by Carrie Jenkins, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia, that featured many wonderful speakers besides Jenkins, whose thought - provoking book, What Love Is And What It Could Be, comes out in a few weeks, including Marina Adshade, UBC professor of economics, author of of Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and entertaining TEDx speaker; and Mandy Len Catron, who teaches writing at UBC and whose Modern Love essay on how to make anyone fall in love with you was one of the most - read Modern Loves, and that lead her to write a book on love essays that comes out in 2017.

This month's Virtual Book Club for Kids chosen author is Eric Carle and the co-hosts are featuring activities and craft to do with 3 of his books The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Tiny Seed, The Mixed - Up Chameleon [affiliate links] and we've chosen The Very Hungry Caterpillar and are going to work on a combination of sight words and fine motor skills learning to read the days of the week.

If you've read the book hundreds of times, try this fun video featuring the author himself:

While in New York, I had the chance to sip cappuccino with She Knows columnist and author, Jamie Beckman, whose book is featured this month in the Cyber-Dating Expert Reading Room.

This easy to read book has the trainer comments on each horse followed by the author giving his thoughts on each individual featured horse.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada About Blog Find daily prayer featuring lectio divina or sacred reading by David Cathcart, Minister at Trinity United Church in Port Coquitlam and author of this blog.

USA Today interviewed Steve Harvey, author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, which we had featured in our Reading Room.

The Blu - ray debut features all the supplements of that release: three commentary tracks (one by director Terry Gilliam, one by stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and one by producer Laila Nabulsi and author Hunter S. Thompson), deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam, the 1978 BBC «Omnibus» documentary «Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood» (with Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman), the ten - minute featurette «Hunter Goes to Hollywood,» an audio documentary on the controversy over the screenplay credit, a survey of the marketing campaign, selections from the correspondence between Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson (read on camera by Depp), an excerpt from the 1996 audio CD «Fear and Loathing» starring Maury Chaykin, Jim Jarmusch, Harry Dean Stanton, and Glenne Headly, background notes on Oscar Zeta Acosta (the real life activist and attorney who inspired the character of Dr. Gonzo), and galleries of storyboards, stills, and Ralph Steadman art.

Along with the movie, the disc includes A Story from the Cast and Crew (featuring the author, Cornelia Funke) and Eliza Reads to Us (with Eliza Bennett, who played Meggie Folchart).

I haven't read any of the books in author Jeff VanderMeer's award - winning «Southern Reach Trilogy,» of which Annihilation is the first installment, but from what I understand writer / director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) has reworked the material considerably as far as the script for his feature adaptation is concerned.

Audio Commentary by Updated 2003 Audio Commentary by Film Historian Bruce Eder, and Herrmann Biographer Steven C. Smith / «Here Is A Man» preview version comparison (4:37) / Reading of «The Devil & Daniel Webster» short story by Alec Baldwin (33:41) / Radio Plays: «The Devil & Daniel Webster» (29:50) from Aug. 6, 1938 + «Daniel Webster & the Sea Serpent» (29:43) from Aug. 1, 1937 / «About the Columbia Workshop» essay / «The Devil In Context»: 6 - part Bernard Herrmann score essay with indexed film clips and 4 stills / Still and Poster Gallery with 12 images / 12 - page colour booklet featuring an essay by author Tom Piazza, and original 1941 New York Times article by Stephen Vincent Benet, and Color Bars / New high - definition transfer with restored image and sound / 12 page colour boooklet

Featuring readings from his new novel A Legacy of Spies, and a rare question and answer session, this will be an unmissable opportunity to experience the author direct and in his own words.

If your answer is YES, I highly encourage you to read the article, How to Choose The Best eLearning Authoring Tool, which features 11 helpful and time saving tips that will allow you to choose the best eLearning authorAuthoring Tool, which features 11 helpful and time saving tips that will allow you to choose the best eLearning authoringauthoring tool.

It features short interviews with ASCD authors discussing their work — it's a sampler plate, allowing you to check out an author, hear their ideas, and then decide whether to read the whole book.

*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency prreading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency prReading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!

Booknet would offer 24 - hour - a-day programming, including such features as author interviews, readings, news and reviews, teaching segments, and perhaps book - based films.

Engaging starter, featuring unusual images • Information on the author and learning objectives • You tube reading of the poem • Labelling + drawing activity • Main writing task • Review plenary Everything you need for a complete and fun lesson!

In addition, two of the most popular authors among UK pupils, Rick Reardon and Cassandra Clare, do not feature at all in the «most read» charts.

You can watch her Apple Education feature that details some of the ways she has transformed reading in her classroom using iPad and iBooks Author.

While the «most read» books feature one futuristic adventure author — The Hunger Games creator Suzanne Collins — the favourite book charts are almost exclusively dominated by this genre.

However, until the recent past, it was not uncommon to find classrooms completely void of reading materials that either were written by African American, Latino, or Asian authors or which prominently featured... Read More

A Year of Reading This blog by two teachers who are also authors features book reviews and author interviews.

Read more Watch the study come to life in a webinar as two of the school leaders featured in the case study and the author of the study discuss how they used the assessment to drive improvement.

If you want to discover the 5 most awesome features SCORM compliant authoring tools have to offer, keep reading.

Splash features interactive read - alouds by world - renowned educator and author, Jill Eggleton.

The featured keynote speaker was Laura Robb, author of the books Read, Talk, Write; Unlocking Complex Texts: A Systematic Framework for Building Adolescents» Comprehension, and The Reading Intervention Toolkit.

He's been a featured presenter for young authors in Rice Lake, at the Wisconsin State Reading Association, for the Madison School District TAG writers program, for the Lakeshores Student Compilation celebration, and for individual schools around the Midwest.

Focusing students on text features, such as the illustrations and the captions help students focus on the meaning and author's intent before they actually have to read any text.

The goal of providing diverse books, authors and themes is highlighted in the Read Across America resource calendar and online curriculum, which features 36 award - winning books for year - long activities.

Encourage your students to «Fall In Love With Reading» by designing a reading bulletin board display featuring their book report projects, favorite books, or to feature a special Reading» by designing a reading bulletin board display featuring their book report projects, favorite books, or to feature a special reading bulletin board display featuring their book report projects, favorite books, or to feature a special author.

The mandate to get K - 12 students reading more informational texts is the feature of the Common Core standards that has stirred up the most complaints, as author Timothy Shanahan («You Want Me to Read What?»

I would love with your permission to SHARE this «Authors Beware» post on my «Cat Lyon's Reading & Writing Den» website and you as a featured article and guest!

Book Club Reading List (BCRL) features titles by up - and - coming authors that will turn your book club meetings into novel adventures.

These can include, but are not limited to, an author panel featuring traditional, hybrid and self - published authors from the community; presentations from local indie authors about writing, marketing and more; book readings and / or signings from local authors; presentations from local industry leaders; writing workshops and informative presentations and workshops about tools available to the writing community through the library.

Welcome to our brand - new feature: What they're reading, where authors will be sharing their thoughts on three books that they've enjoyed reading.

However, I have been burned several times by purchasing selt - published crap that read like it was written in crayon and recorded in somebody's bathroom, and which was only featured in its proudly unedited form on Audible's list because the «author» bought his way in.

I have been the featured author of Walmart and Sam's clubs for Literacy Day, traveling to multiple of their stores meeting with children and promoting reading and literacy in the United States.

With so many more options than the first wave of publishing revolution, even seasoned, published authors may find some of the new options and features a... [Read more...]

What is it about authors writing erotica featuring mythical creatures, prehistoric has - beens, and random... [Read more...]

Read the latest news articles featuring WestBow Press authors who are getting media coverage across the country.

Indeed, our not - so - independent - as - all - that bookstores here in the Portland area apparently don't even bother to read the cover blurbs (since these stores feature and proclaim the very authors cited, yet will neither schedule a reading from this novel, nor accept except — after much pleading — a very few copies on consignment.

When the new Kindle shipped with a feature that let it read texts aloud in a synthesised voice it only took a few angry huffs and puffs from the US Author's Guild before the facility was made optional, to be turned off at the behest of the publisher.

If you want more tips about how to find your readers and engage with them, watch, read about, or listen to the 3rd episode of The Author Hangout, featuring Cristin Harber, an author who sold 20,000 books in 1 Author Hangout, featuring Cristin Harber, an author who sold 20,000 books in 1 author who sold 20,000 books in 1 month!

But even beyond featuring community authors, a library could find a way to engage it's own patrons in contests or even just a bulletin board with «what we're reading now» or something where customers could make recommendations.

Indie authors are an important part of the Goodreads community and there are several ways authors can engage with readers on Goodreads for free, including sharing what you are reading yourself (Maggie Stiefvater, Rick Riordan, and Roxane Gay are three great examples of authors who do this), using our «Ask the Author» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like thisAuthor» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like thisauthor team if they are interested in doing something like this too).

The 2011 Litquake will feature 850 authors, including Thomas McGuane, Guillermo Gómez - Peña, Julia Glass, Jane Smiley, James Ellroy, Adam Mansbach, selected readings from pro-wrestler's memoirs (really), and much more.

Each of the short films captures the respective author sharing his experiences of using the Amazon Kindle and describing the various features which he finds useful for his daily reading.

One of the most useful tools an author can provide to potential reading consumers is a dedicated author page, usually available as a free feature from the ebook distribution platforms that retail the books.