• How To Write Any High School Essay: The Essential Guide

    What do high school teachers expect from your writing? Here's the inside information on how your teachers think.If writing essays is challenging for you -- or if you want to turn a B essay into an A essay -- you'll want to read this book. How To Write Any High School Essay is the essential, easy-to-use, and comprehensive guide for any high school essay you could ever want to write -- no matter the teacher, no matter the subject.Grounded in more than a decade of tutoring in New York City's most demanding schools, How To Write Any High School Essay offers clear and creative guidance for both hig... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1539029816
    • ASIN: 1539029816
    • ISBN: 1539029816
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

    Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals for the first time the proven study secrets of real straight-A students across the country and weaves them into a simple, practical system that anyone can master. You will learn how to: • Streamline ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0767922719
    • ASIN: 0767922719
    • ISBN: 0767922719
    • Brand: Broadway Books
    • Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

  • 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less)

    Becoming a more effective learner and boosting your productivity will help you earn better grades - but it’ll also cut down on your study time. This is a short, meaty book that will guide you through ten steps to achieving those goals: Pay better attention in class Take more effective notes Get more out of your textbooks Plan like a general Build a better study environment Fight entropy and stay organized Defeat Procrastination Study smarter Write better papers Make group projects suck less Whether you’re in college or high school, this book will probably help you. But not if you’re a ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1517004446
    • ASIN: 1517004446
    • ISBN: 1517004446
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • A Professor's Guide to Writing Essays: The No-Nonsense Plan for Better Writing

    This isn't a typical book on writing essays. First, it's for college students, graduate students, and even high school students - good writing is good writing; all that changes is the length and complexity of what you write. But the plan stays the same. Second, I'm not going to tell you any cute stories about writing. I'm not going to tell you the standard information about writing. Nor am I going to give you a simple formula for writing an essay. They don't work, and in the long run, they won't help you. What I am going to do is give you a plan for how you should approach writing essays. This... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0692822526
    • ASIN: 0692822526
    • ISBN: 0692822526
    • Manufacturer: Jacob Neumann

  • Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Big Fat Notebooks)

    It’s the revolutionary English language arts study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.     Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts . . .takes students from grammar to reading comprehension to writing with ease, including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, Greek and Latin roots and affixes; nuances in word meanings; textual analysis, authorship, structure, and other skills for reading fiction and nonfiction; and writing arguments, informative texts, and narratives. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible co... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0761160914
    • ASIN: 0761160914
    • ISBN: 0761160914
    • Brand: Workman Publishing Company
    • Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

  • The College Bound Organizer: The Ultimate Guide to Successful College Applications

    #1 Amazon Best Seller! ─ College Bound?The College Bound Organizer is your step-by-step comprehensive guide to organize every step of the college application process from college search through college admission.College admissions is tougher than ever: Between now and 2020, about 90 million high schoolers in the U.S. will try to get into college. Each of these students will apply to many schools―5, 10, perhaps as many as 20―and each of those applications has a daunting number of T’s to cross and I’s to dot. With standardized test taking and school visits, the college application es... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1633536831
    • ASIN: 1633536831
    • ISBN: 1633536831
    • Manufacturer: Mango Media Inc

  • Perfect English Grammar: The Indispensable Guide to Excellent Writing and Speaking

    Expert linguist Grant Barrett gives you all the tools you need to improve your everyday communication―from perfecting your punctuation to polishing your speaking skills―with his accessible, go-to grammar guide. Language learners of all levels can turn to this easy-to-navigate grammar guide again and again for quick and authoritative information. From conjugating verbs to crafting sentences to developing your own style, Grant Barrett provides you with the tools and motivation to improve the way you communicate. Perfect English Grammar helps you clearly say what you want to say―and the bes... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1623157145
    • ASIN: 1623157145
    • ISBN: 1623157145
    • Brand: Zephyros Pr
    • Manufacturer: Zephyros Press

  • The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source for Every Writing Assignment

    Never stress over a comma, colon, or dash again! The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically excellent. Whether you're creating perfect professional documents, spectacular school papers, or effective personal letters, you'll find this handbook indispensable. From word choice to punctuation to organization, English teacher Susan Thurman guides you through getting your thoughts on paper with polish. Using dozens of examples, The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need provides guidelines for: –Unde... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1580628559
    • UPC: 045079208551
    • ASIN: 1580628559
    • ISBN: 9781580628556
    • Brand: Adams Media
    • Manufacturer: Adams Media

  • College Essay Essentials: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Successful College Admissions Essay

    Writing an amazing college admission essay is easier than you think!So you're a high school senior given the task of writing a 650-word personal statement for your college application. Do you tell the story of your life, or a story from your life? Do you choose a single moment? If so, which one? The options seem endless.Lucky for you, they're not. College counselor Ethan Sawyer (aka The College Essay Guy) will show you that there are only four (really, four!) types of college admission essays. And all you have to do to figure out which type is best for you is answer two simple questions: Have... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 149263512X
    • UPC: 760789258534
    • ASIN: 149263512X
    • ISBN: 149263512X
    • Brand: Ethan Sawyer
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks

  • SAT Prep Black Book: The Most Effective SAT Strategies Ever Published

    Click the "look inside" feature above to browse the SAT Black Book and get a feel for how it approaches the SAT! The fully up-to-date SAT Prep Black Book, Second Edition gives you unique, effective SAT strategies from Mike Barrett, an SAT tutor with clients all over the globe who pay him hundreds of dollars an hour for phone tutoring. In addition to extensive and effective training on every aspect of the SAT, the SAT Black Book gives you detailed, systematic, easy-to-follow walkthroughs for every question in 4 of the College Board's official SAT Practice Tests.The Black Book is a must-have in ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0692916164
    • ASIN: 0692916164
    • ISBN: 9780692916162
    • Manufacturer: ACT Prep Books

  • Thank You for Arguing, Third Edition: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

    A master class in the art of persuasion, as taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill, newly revised and updated. The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of code language to appeal to specfic groups and an eye-opening assortment of persuasive tricks, including the Eddie Haskell Ploy, the Belushi Paradigm, Stalin's Timing Secret, and the Yoda Techn... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0804189935
    • ASIN: 0804189935
    • ISBN: 0804189935
    • Brand: THREE RIVERS
    • Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

  • MLA Handbook

    The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book--or perhaps listened to in an audio version. On the Web, modes of publication are regularly invented, combined, and modified. Previous editions of the MLA Handbookprovided separate instructions for each format, and additional instructions were required for new formats. In this groundbreaking new edition of its best-s... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1603292624
    • ASIN: 1603292624
    • ISBN: 1603292624
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: The Modern Language Association of America

  • Small Great Things: A Novel

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”—Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0345544978
    • ASIN: 0345544978
    • ISBN: 0345544978
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

  • The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

    "HELP! My Students Can't Write!" Why You Need a Writing Revolution in Your Classroom and How to Lead It. The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback. Insurmountable as the challenges faced by many students may seem, TWR can make a dramatic difference. And the method does m... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1119364914
    • ASIN: 1119364914
    • ISBN: 1119364914
    • Brand: JOSSEY BASS
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

  • How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

    With bold Southern humor, journalist and performer Kirk Read takes readers on a guided tour of his precocious and courageous adolescence. Recalling his years as an openly gay high school student, Read describes how he navigated the hallways with his sense of humor and dignity intact. He fondly recalls his initiations into sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, as well as his "shy as neon" acts of rabble rousing during high school. How I Learned to Snap is a refreshingly victim-free story in which queer teenagers are creative, resilient, and ultimately heroic.

    • ASIN: 0142002992
    • ASIN: 0142002992
    • ISBN: 0142002992
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • Discourse Interpretation. The Use of Discourse Markers in High School Students' Argumentative and Narrative Essays - eBook

    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Englisch - Pädagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Writing, as a macro skill, has been a central focus in most Philippine curricula in the last three decades

    • UPC: 886634434

  • Composition Notebook College Ruled Writing Journal: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Designs for G

    Composition Notebook College Ruled Writing Journal: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Designs for

    • UPC: 680766323

  • Funny Gift Dot Grid Notebook for Elementary, High School, College or University: Best Student You Are: Dotted Journal Paper: Bullet Style Notepad Plan

    Funny Gift Dot Grid Notebook for Elementary, High School, College or University: Best Student You Are: Dotted Journal Paper: Bullet Style Notepad

    • UPC: 964540885

  • Composition Notebook College Ruled: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Unique Designs Kids Elephant

    Composition Notebook College Ruled: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Unique Designs Kids

    • UPC: 328469073

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    Composition Notebook College Ruled Writing Journal: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Animal

    • UPC: 234815670

  • Composition Notebook College Ruled Writing Journal: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Unique Design

    Composition Notebook College Ruled Writing Journal: Writing Journal Best Paper Notebooks Middle School High School College Students Cute Unique

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  • Funny Gift Notebook for High School Student: Best Student You Are: College Ruled Journal: Notepad for Elementary, Junior High, Middle Grade & Universi

    Funny Gift Notebook for High School Student: Best Student You Are: College Ruled Journal: Notepad for Elementary, Junior High, Middle Grade &

    • UPC: 706774337

  • The Complete Guide to the Gap Year : The Best Things to Do Between High School and College

    This is the go-to book for anyone considering a year to re-charge, to follow a passion, to become immersed in another culture, or to find their love of learning again. It includes everything a student,

    • UPC: 10986708

  • Unicorn Teacher: High School Teacher Besties Teacher's Day Best Friend Composition Notebook College Students Wide Ruled Lined Paper Mag Paperback

    Unicorn Teacher: High School Teacher Besties Teacher's Day Best Friend Composition Notebook College Students Wide Ruled Lined Paper Mag Height : 0.23 In Length : 9.00 In Width : 6.00 In Weight : 0.35

    • UPC: 835624280

  • If the World Only Knew: What Sixty-Six High School Students Believe : 826 Valencia's 2015 Young Authors' Book Project

    "This essay collection is a product of 826 Valencia's Young Authors Book Project, an annual program that partners with a San Francisco high school to publish an anthology of student work. Here, students from Mission

    • UPC: 45963402

  • How to write a good essay: Paraphrasing the question

    Papers & Essays: Crash Course Study Skills #9

    How to Write an Effective Essay