Educating Esmé

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781565129719

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Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

At once "a pop culture phenomenon" (Publishers Weekly) and "screamingly funny" (Booklist), Educating Esmé "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education" (Boston Phoenix Literary Section). A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé—as she prefers to be called—does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher’s perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher. Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esmé now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, Educating Esmé is a classic, as is Madame Esmé herself.

Author : Maggie O'Farrell
Publisher : Tinder Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755372263

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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell Pdf

From the Costa Award winning, bestselling author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE and I AM, I AM, I AM, comes an intense, breathtakingly accomplished story of a woman's life stolen, and reclaimed. 'Unputdownable' Ali Smith Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble with its youngest daughter. Esme is outspoken, unconventional, and repeatedly embarrasses them in polite society. Something will have to be done. Years later, a young woman named Iris Lockhart receives a letter informing her that she has a great-aunt in a psychiatric unit who is about to be released. Iris has never heard of Esme Lennox and the one person who should know more, her grandmother Kitty, seems unable to answer Iris's questions. What could Esme have done to warrant a lifetime in an institution? And how is it possible for a person to be so completely erased from a family's history?

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0340883715

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Sahara Special by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

Sahara is thrilled to be moving out of the special education class and into repeat fifth grade - at last she is 'normal dumb' and not 'special dumb'. Then her new teacher arrives and, with the aid of some unusual teaching methods, shows Sahara just how clever she actually is.

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1565123085

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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.

Author : Ira Bloom
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338030754

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Hearts & Other Body Parts by Ira Bloom Pdf

A novel of love and monsters. Sisters Esme, Katy, and Ronnie are smart, talented, and gorgeous, and better yet . . . all three are witches. They have high school wired until the arrival of two new students. The first is Norman, who is almost eight feet tall and appears to be constructed of bolts and mismatched body parts. Despite his intimidating looks, Esme finds herself strangely -- almost romantically -- drawn to both his oversized brain and oversized heart.The second new arrival is Zack, an impossibly handsome late transfer from the UK who has the girls at school instantly mesmerized. Soon even sensible Esme has forgotten Norman, and all three sisters are in a flat-out hex war to win Zack. But while the magic is flying, only Norman seems to notice that students who wander off alone with Zack end up with crushed bones and memory loss. Or worse, missing entirely. HEARTS & OTHER BODY PARTS is a wickedly addictive novel about love, monsters, and loyalty. And oh yeah, a Japanese corpse-eating demon cat.

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416990864

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Fairly Fairy Tales by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

Best-selling author Esme Raji Codell takes readers through a very different verison of some beloved fairy-tales in Fairly Fairy Tales.

Author : Esmé Weijun Wang
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141991542

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The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang Pdf

'Dazzling ... in her kaleidoscopic essays, memoir has been shattered into sliding and overlapping pieces ... mind-expanding' The New York Times Book Review Esmé Weijun Wang was officially diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2013, although the hallucinations and psychotic episodes had started years before that. In the midst of a high functioning life at Yale, Stanford and the literary world, she would find herself floored by an overwhelming terror that 'spread like blood', or convinced that she was dead, or that her friends were robots, or spiders were eating holes in her brain. What happens when your whole conception of yourself is turned upside down? When you're aware of what is occurring to you, but unable to do anything about it? Written with immediacy and unflinching honesty, this visceral and moving book is Wang's story, as she steps both inside and outside of her condition to bring it to light. Following her own diagnosis and the many manifestations of schizophrenia in her life, she ranges over everything from how we label mental illness to her own use of fashion and make-up to present herself as high-functioning, from the failures of the higher education system to how factors such as PTSD and Lyme disease compounded her experiences. Wang's analytical, intelligent eye, honed as a former lab researcher at Stanford, allows her to balance research with haunting personal narrative. The Collected Schizophrenias cuts right to the core and provides unique insight into a condition long misdiagnosed and much misunderstood.

Author : Tamara Macfarlane
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444905335

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Amazing Esme by Tamara Macfarlane Pdf

Follow the wildly imaginative adventures of Esme as she leaves behind her circus home for the first time to spend the summer with her cousins Magnus, Cosmo and Gus at Maclinkey Castle where it's easy to get lost and where you can discover all sorts of weird and wonderful animals in unlikely places - there are porcupines in beds, lizards in drawers and giraffes on the loo. It's all a little wonderful and a lot overwhelming and when her pet donkey, Donk, turns up in a parcel sent from her parents, the fun really begins. When hundreds of baby penguins hatch in Esme's top floor bedroom, the children have to figure out how to get them outside. Esme and her cousin have the ingenious idea of building a helter skelter around the castle turret, but this is just the start - soon Maclinkey Castle is turned into a full-on Fairground Circus with a big wheel, Bumper Bears, and the show stopping Flying Tigers starring Esme herself!

Author : Esme Raji Codell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0053240510

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Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell Pdf

Author : Thomas Stewart Poetter,Bernard J. Badiali
Publisher : Eye On Education
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 1930556195

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Teacher Leader by Thomas Stewart Poetter,Bernard J. Badiali Pdf

Author : Esme Raji Codell
Publisher : Greenwillow Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061455164

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Seed by Seed by Esme Raji Codell Pdf

His real name was John Chapman. He grew apples. But wait. So what? Why should we remember him and read about him and think about him and talk about him today, more than two hundred years after he was born? Why should we call him a hero? Esme Raji Codell and Lynne Rae Perkins show us, in eloquent words and exhilarating pictures, why Johnny Appleseed matters now, perhaps more than ever, in our loud and wired and fast-paced world.

Author : Katy Farber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781632201881

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Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus by Katy Farber Pdf

Learn why today’s best teachers are leaving—from the teachers themselves. Low pay, increased responsibilities, and high-stakes standardized testing—these are just some of the reasons why more talented teachers are leaving the profession than ever before. Drawing on in-depth interviews with teachers all over the country, Katy Farber presents an in-the-trenches view of the classroom exodus and uncovers ways that schools can turn the tide. Farber's findings, which have been featured on Education Talk Radio, Vermont Public Radio, and in the Huffington Post, paint a sometimes shocking picture of life in today's schools, taking a frank look at • Challenges to teacher endurance, including tight budgets, difficult parents, standardized testing, unsafe schools, inadequate pay, and lack of respect • Strategies veteran teachers use to make sure the joys of teaching outweigh the frustrations • Success stories from individual schools and districts that have found solutions to these challenges • Recommendations for creating a school environment that fosters teacher retention Featuring clear analysis and concrete suggestions for administrators and policy makers, Why Great Teachers Quit takes you to the front lines of the fight to keep great teachers where they belong: in the classroom.

Author : Eugene F. Provenzo
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412965934

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The Teacher in American Society by Eugene F. Provenzo Pdf

"A critical anthology that examines the nature and purpose of the teaching profession in the United States" "" Drawing on first-person accounts and sociological, historical, and literary sources, The Teacher in American Society: A Critical Anthology examines the nature of the teaching profession in the United States and the purpose behind the work of K 12 teachers. In addition to selections from novels and first-person accounts, editor Eugene F. Provenzo draws from a wide range of popular culture sources, including films, cartoons, and YouTube videos to convey not only the work and experience of teachers, but also how teachers are perceived in our society. Features ""Popular and classic selections demonstrate that learning to teach well is a deeply reflective act.Critical questions at the beginning of each reading encourage students to think about teaching in the context of a wide range of cultures, traditions, and teaching [b1] experiences."Further Readings" and "Linking to Popular Culture" sections in each Part opener lead students to a range of resources beyond the text."

Author : Albert J. Wheeler
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1594544794

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Racism by Albert J. Wheeler Pdf

Of all mankinds' vices, racism is one of the most pervasive and stubborn. Success in overcoming racism has been achieved from time to time, but victories have been limited thus far because mankind has focused on personal economic gain or power grabs ignoring generosity of the soul. This bibliography brings together the literature.

Author : Alan S. Canestrari,Bruce A. Marlowe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761930310

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Educational Foundations by Alan S. Canestrari,Bruce A. Marlowe Pdf

This anthology of critical readings (for students about to enter the teaching profession and for those interested in carefully examining schools and schooling) features provocative, engaging authors whose views are politicized, but whose writing and opinions matte - not because they are gadflies, but because their ideas work and their achievements as teachers, principals, and policy shapers are so notable. Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings is organized around the following questions: Why teach? Who are today′s students? What makes a good teacher? How should we assess student learning? What does a good school look like? How does one develop a critical voice (in the face of state mandates, administrative edicts, and the continuous cycle of reform and retrenchment)? Alan S Canestrari and Bruce A Marlowe′s answers are bold and refreshing. They eschew the unquestioning compliance so characteristic of new teachers. Also, by taking a hard look at traditional educational practice, they serve as models for the kind of reflective practitioners we hope pre-service students will become when they enter the field. The key feature of this anthology are the readings by authors who have discovered their own critical voices so that new teachers can begin to develop their own. These readings offer a platform for discussion and debate that may be used by instructors to increase student knowledge of pedagogy and to provide authentic opportunities for potential teachers to think critically about teaching and learning.