Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 11 More Pack A: Dangerous Trainers

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 11 More Pack A: Dangerous Trainers
Author: Susan Gates
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780198447450

Dangerous Trainers tells the story of a boy who discovers that his brother's new trainers are not safe. At night, the trainers can move by themselves. But where do they go? TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

Dangerous Trainers

Dangerous Trainers
Author: Susan Gates
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Readers (Elementary)
ISBN: 9780199168996

A further 24 Treetops titles in Oxford Reading Tree's series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged 7 to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, the stories are accessible, motivating, and humorous. The series is organizedinto Oxford Reading Tree stages (from Stage 10 to Stage 14), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, extended reading vocabulary, and more text per page.Each stage is supported by the Teacher's Guide, which offers guidance on using Treetops to assess children's reading ability, and includes a variety of activities, many on photocopiable sheets.

Blackbones Saves the School

Blackbones Saves the School
Author: Alan MacDonald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Readers (Elementary)
ISBN: 9780199185672

This story has been specially written for children who need the support of carefully-monitored language levels. It aims to be accessible, motivating and humorous. The book is part of the Oxford Reading Tree series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged seven to 11. The series is organized into Oxford Reading Tree stages (from stage 10 to stage 14), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text, and fewer illustrations.

Flans Across the River

Flans Across the River
Author: Nick Warburton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 29
Release: 1995
Genre: Bakers
ISBN: 9780199168651

This is an Oxford Reading Tree series of fiction for pupils aged 7 to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, the stories are accessible, motivating and humorous. The series is organized into five stages, with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; and extended reading vocabulary. Each stage is supported by a Teacher's Guide, which offers guidance on using Treetops to assess children's reading ability. A variety of activities are included.

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 12 More Pack A: Billy's Luck

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 12 More Pack A: Billy's Luck
Author: Paul Shipton
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780198447719

In Billy's Luck Joel and Alex play for the same team, Beaver Road Juniors. They are hopeless. Joel hopes that when the team's new player, Billy, arrives their luck will turn. TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading!

The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct
Author: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0062032526

"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

Afoot in England

Afoot in England
Author: William Henry Hudson
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1775454614

This charming travelogue from William Henry Hudson, expert birdwatcher and renowned chronicler of English country life, gives readers unparalleled access to the quaint rhythms of village existence at the turn of the twentieth century. These essays and observations will please readers who have a love for English culture and the great outdoors.

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States

A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
Author: Frederick Law Olmsted
Publisher:
Total Pages: 756
Release: 1856
Genre: Enslaved persons
ISBN:

Examines the economy and it's impact of slavery on the coast land slave states pre-Civil War.

Purple Buttons

Purple Buttons
Author: Angela Bull
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Buttons
ISBN: 9780199168972

Treetops is the Oxford Reading Tree series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged seven to 11. Specially written for children who need the support of carefully monitored language levels, this story, entitled Purple Buttons, seeks to be accessible, motivating and humorous. The series is organized into Oxford Reading Tree stages (from stage ten to stage 14), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including: flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text, and fewer illustrations. Each stage is supported by the Teacher's Guide, which offers guidance on using Treetops to assess children's reading ability, and includes a variety of activities, many on photocopiable sheets.