Sentences with phrase «ideas for book discussion»

Looking for another way to get oriented to popular books or ideas for book discussion?

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While the book is stuffed with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much in the way of specific on - the - ground ideas — though Keen does call for reforms to data privacy and gig economy labor laws, and for a serious discussion of a universal basic income.

The Literary Review of Canada is the country's leading forum for discussion and debate about books, culture, politics and ideas.

Finally: I'd like to issue a big thank - you to our friend, Matthew Vines, who not only wrote a great book for discussion, but who has jumped into the comment section several times to respond to your questions and ideas.

It includes questions for discussion and ideas for action corresponding with each chapter as well as a list resources for those wishing to learn more about the topics addressed in the book, (perhaps from people who don't conduct their research from the rooftops of their homes).

I have had many discussions with cell biologist PhDs about this idea that glutamine turns to glutamate at will, and they all say that this is a misstatement, and are particularly critical of Russell Blaylock for making this error in his book.

I am morphing this burlap book leaf idea into a bookmark for my book discussion group.

The discussions here offer a haven for engaging film beyond history, but Jones» doc proves to have an ugly, specific idea about its audience that the book doesn't.

Included: Annotated book list and lesson plan ideas (7 pages) Teacher - directed discussion questions for three key books: Jan Brett's, Byron Barton's, and James Marshall's versions (3 pages) ELA worksheets and charts (8, each in color and black line) A rhyming practice self - correcting puzzle game (color only)

Users get thoughtful companions to the books and useful ideas for discussion in the classroom.

There are also ideas for discussion and activities, linked to these books and to our round the world theme.

prehension and recall, feelings discussion, ideas for a week on the text - I'd suggest using other rhymes and Quentin Blake books for variation but continue exploring this book Indoor and outdoor activities and I'm sure theres loads more to add.

There are books for all ages, plus discussion and activity ideas for your Chatterbooks group, inspired by these winter reads from our children's publisher partners.

The book includes a description of 75 FACTs (Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques) that can be used for the purposes of eliciting and identifying preconceptions, engaging and motivating students, activating thinking and promoting metacognition, providing stimuli for math discussion, initiating mathematical inquiry and idea exploration, supporting concept development and transfer of knowledge, improving questioning and responses, providing feedback, supporting peer and self - assessment, and reflecting on learning.

FEATURES 18 student - centered activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Complete assortment of manipulatives for the whole class Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting big ideas of math Durable, easy - to - clean plastic INCLUDES Teacher resource book 12 Sets of Cuisenaire Rods

BOOK Access 90 activities from the 5 Teacher Resource Books for Grades 7 - 8 Hands - on activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting big ideas of math INDEX Introduction of manipulatives and their uses by Marilyn Burns Organized by manipulative and strand Comprehensive scope and sequence aligns activities with any existing curriculum INCLUDES Activity Index 5 Super Source Books including — Number Geometry Measurement Patterns / Functions Probability / Statistics

FEATURES 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Complete assortment of manipulatives for the whole class Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math Durable, easy - to - clean foam INCLUDES Teacher resource book 400 Base Ten units 200 Base Ten rods 40 Base Ten flats 4 Base Ten cubes 50 Place value sheets 4 VersaTotes storage containers

FEATURES 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Complete assortment of manipulatives for the whole class Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math Durable, easy - to - clean plastic manipulative set INCLUDES Teacher resource book 400 Base Ten units 200 Base Ten rods 40 Base Ten flats 4 Base Ten cubes 50 Place value sheets

FEATURES 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Complete assortment of manipulatives for the whole class Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math Durable, easy - to - clean foam INCLUDES Teacher resource book 400 Base Ten units 200 Base Ten rods 40 Base Ten flats 4 Base Ten cubes 50 Place value sheets 4 VersaTotes storage conainers

This can give you a great insight on the «most popular» discussion topic (s) for your book idea (s).

Opening up your books (or even possible ideas for future books) for discussion on Pinterest is an excellent strategy, namely in that your fans will feel much more connected with your work and is if they had a part to play in potential ideas or plotlines you may have been having trouble with.

... this isn't just a novel of ideas; Berne's scrutiny of upper - middle - class suburbia is also grounded in specific scenes that offer rich fodder for satire: a town meeting, a dinner party, and a book group (particularly ironic since Berne's novel itself is more than likely to spark heated discussion at countless book groups).

These monthly emails will share ideas for book clubs such as great reads on specific topics, profiles of clubs just like yours and tips and ideas to run successful discussions.

However, this isn't just a novel of ideas; Berne's scrutiny of upper - middle - class suburbia is also grounded in specific scenes that offer rich fodder for satire: a town meeting, a dinner party, and a book group (particularly ironic since Berne's novel itself is more than likely to spark heated discussion at countless book groups).

: Find great ideas for running a book discussion group, along with more than 150 discussion guides for individual titles.

In order to promote more open discussion and sharing of ideas, the book fair included different events as well as seminars for publishers and experts in the field.

And what quickly developed in our online discussion was a sharp picture of how resistant many self - publishing authors are to the idea of — for lack of a better term — helping the industry get a broader picture with the use of trackable «identifiers» on books.

Comments — Ann Miner's link to Seattle Channel interview by Nancy Pearl with Paul Collins that wandered into a Kindle discussion at about 22 minutes (iTunes podcast link); Craig Scarberry's recommendation of the excellent Books on the Nightstand podcast; Jean Remple on OCTO covers (more on covers here and here); Ann Miner with a good idea for Amazon; Marcy MacKenzie on a meetup with Bob Cope; an Amazon PR spokesman confirms the Facebook post stating that «a better way to organize your Kindle libraries» is coming; Jim Jones links to the Cushing Academy of Canada - Sony Reader style; Tom Lichty links to a charming coming - of - Kindle - age column by Margie Boulé in The Oregonian; Kevin Warner, a new Kindle owner from Down Under; Len Charnoff's tutorial video on Inkmesh; audio comments from Pastor Mark Pierce of Church Requel and Bob Lee.

I have a funny hunch (this is pure speculation) that he may have already written Irrational Exuberance II, the book in which he describes the strategy implications of his ideas (he was careful to avoid any discussion of how to implement the ideas in Part One) and is just waiting for the right moment to come forward with it.

Ideas were able to cross-fertilize by means of artist's books, exhibitions and manifestos so that many sources were open to experimentation and discussion, and formed a basis for a diversity of modes of abstraction.

He discusses Pop Art's place in art history; his initial feelings about being considered a Pop artist; the influence of Los Angeles and its environment on his work; his feelings about English awareness of America; a discussion of his use of words as images; a discussion of the Standard Station as an American icon; a discussion of the notion of freedom as it is perceived as a Southern California phenomenon; how he sees himself in relation to the Los Angeles mural movement (L.A. Fine Arts Squad); the importance of communication to him; his relationship with the entertainment world in Los Angeles and its misinterpretation of him; his books; collaboration with Mason Williams on «Crackers;» his approach toward conceiving an idea for paintings; personal feelings about the books that he has done; the importance of motion in his work; a discussion of the movies «Miracle» and «Premium;» his friendship with Joe Goode; his return from Europe and his studio in Glassell Park; his move to Hollywood in 1965; the problems of balancing the domestic life and the artistic life; his stain paintings and what he hopes to learn from using stains; a disscussion of bicentemial exhibition at the L.A. County Museum: «Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties,» 1981; a discussion of the origin of L.A. Pop as an off shoot from the American realist tradition; his feelings about being considered a realist; the importance for him of elevating humble objects onto the canvas; a discussion on how he chooses the words he uses in his paintings; and his feelings about the future direction of his work.

I love the idea and could see it tying in with what I'm doing by creating an inter-campus discussion zone for analysis and critique of important books.

I'm open for new ideas and do not write off the idea of electrical phenomena playing a role in climate — hence a discussion on the subject together with various curiosities such as Aurora, Elves, airglow, Sprites, the Van Allen belts, and Lightening in my book «Solar Activity and Earth's Climate» (2002; Praxis / Springer).

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