El dragon de papa (My Father''s Dragon): An Instructional Guide for Literature

This standards-based instructional guide for literature will support second language learners as they read the novel My Father's Dragon, a captivating story about a boy's attempt to rescue a baby dragon. Using the engaging Spanish activities and lessons, students will learn how to use close reading techniques, respond to text-dependent questions, analyze the text to determine meaning, make summaries, and more. This invaluable resource with instructions in English for teachers is crucial to the support of the rich exploration of literature in today's classrooms.

La convivencia escolar es un factor fundamental para asegurar los aprendizajes del estudiantado, mejorar la calidad educativa y garantizar el bienestar de toda la comunidad escolar. Por tanto, la prevención de la violencia escolar y el favorecimiento activo de la convivencia positiva es uno de los principales desafíos de los sistemas educativos actuales. ¿Cómo se manifiesta la violencia en un centro educativo? ¿Cuáles son los pilares para construir una convivencia escolar positiva y prevenir la violencia? El libro responde a estas y otras preguntas y, sobre todo, ofrece estrategias...

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a forgotten society: the Dutch colony centered on Manhattan, which predated the thirteen "original" American colonies. For the past thirty years scholar Charles Gehring has been translating this trove, which...

Ross Leckie estudió literatura clásica en la Universidad de Oxford. Ha sido colaborador en diversos medios de prensa escrita y es autor de tres ensayos, pero es internacionalmente conocido sobre todo por la trilogía narrativa sobre Cartago iniciada con Aníbal, publicada en esta misma colección, y de la que Escipión es la segunda entrega.

Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.