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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.

Un lector tan cualificado y exigente como Luis Alberto de Cuenca afirma en el prólogo de este libro que Manuel Moyano nos muestra aquí toda su valía como cuentista, «urdidor de tramas, generador de argumentos, mezclando una extrema y admirable originalidad con el estilismo más depurado». "Teatro de ceniza" lo ratifica como uno de los mejores narradores de su generación, esta vez en la implacable distancia corta del microrrelato. Este centenar de piezas es «una inmersión en el universo del asombro». Nada tan fácil y placentero como sumergirse en él.

The format of debating used at the World Universities Debating Championships (also known as British Parliamentary or Worlds-style debating) is the international standard for academic debating. Ganar Debates is both an introduction to the format and an advanced consideration of strategies and tactics proven to be effective techniques for successful debating. The text combines a review of the basics of argument theory with an application of those theories to the four-team style of debate. Also addressed are the special strategic and tactical considerations for debates in the Worlds style....

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Himalayan mountains, this modern fable introduces children to the nearly extinct snow leopard and describes a Tibetan culture threatened by outside influences seeking only monetary gain. The hopeful tone of the story suggests that there is still time to save some of the last pristine areas of the world being worn away by human beings. Ambientada en las impresionantes Himalayas, esta fábula moderna les presenta a los niños la onza, un animal en peligro de extinción, y describe una cultura tibetana amenazada por influencias exteriores buscando sólo...