In this indispensable work, prominent authorities review the latest research on all aspects of ELL instruction (K-12) and identify what works for today's students and schools. Provided are best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies, and other core skill areas; assessing culturally and linguistically diverse students; and building strong school-home-community partnerships. Chapters include clear-cut recommendations for teaching adolescent ELLs and those with learning disabilities. The comprehensive scope, explicit linkages from...

In this indispensable work, prominent authorities review the latest research on all aspects of ELL instruction (K-12) and identify what works for today's students and schools. Provided are best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies, and other core skill areas; assessing culturally and linguistically diverse students; and building strong school-home-community partnerships. Chapters include clear-cut recommendations for teaching adolescent ELLs and those with learning disabilities. The comprehensive scope, explicit linkages from...

When Eve bit the apple, a catastrophe occurred and a legacy was born in this "seat of Mars." These are stories of those left behind. These are their extraordinary lives and the stories of how they managed to battle their way out of the playground of evil and surmount the obstacles like hate, jealousy, even murder to come out over on the other side to live their lives in peace and happiness. No longer would they feel as if they were the victims of a cruel joke and any minute someone was going to say, "Oh, we were just playing a trick on you." They overcame all the difficulties and trials and...