Saying Something

Author : Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338355031

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Say Something! by Peter H. Reynolds Pdf

From the creator of the New York Times bestseller The Word Collector comes an empowering story about finding your voice, and using it to make the world a better place. The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea... say something! If you see an injustice... say something!In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day, have the chance to say something: with our actions, our words, and our voices. Perfect for kid activists everywhere, this timely story reminds readers of the undeniable importance and power of their voice. There are so many ways to tell the world who you are... what you are thinking... and what you believe. And how you'll make it better. The time is now: SAY SOMETHING!

Author : Ingrid Monson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226534794

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Saying Something by Ingrid Monson Pdf

This fresh look at the neglected rhythm section in jazz ensembles shows that the improvisational interplay among drums, bass, and piano is just as innovative, complex, and spontaneous as the solo. Ingrid Monson juxtaposes musicians' talk and musical examples to ask how musicians go about "saying something" through music in a way that articulates identity, politics, and race. Through interviews with Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Higgins, Cecil McBee, and others, she develops a perspective on jazz improvisation that has "interactiveness" at its core, in the creation of music through improvisational interaction, in the shaping of social communities and networks through music, and in the development of cultural meanings and ideologies that inform the interpretation of jazz in twentieth-century American cultural life. Replete with original musical transcriptions, this broad view of jazz improvisation and its emotional and cultural power will have a wide audience among jazz fans, ethnomusicologists, and anthropologists.

Author : Sara Dallin,Keren Woodward
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473584198

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Really Saying Something by Sara Dallin,Keren Woodward Pdf

______________________________________ 'Engaging, entertaining, brilliantly recounted' Mirror 'Captivating . . . an incredible story' i paper __________________________________ MUSIC, FAME AND A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward met in the school playground when they were four. They went on to become international stars and inspired a generation with their music, DIY-style and trailblazing attitudes. Told with humour and authenticity, and filled with never-before-seen photos, Really Saying Something takes us behind the scenes of their early days, the world tours, party games with George Michael, a close friendship with Prodigy's Keith Flint, and hanging out with Andy Warhol in New York. This is a celebration of a life-affirming friendship, with an unbeatable soundtrack. __________________________________ 'Like something from a movie' Dermot O'Leary 'A brilliant autobiography' Martin Kemp 'A blast' Metro 'What a nostalgia-fest' Kate Thornton

Author : Lisa Moore Ramée
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062836731

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Something to Say by Lisa Moore Ramée Pdf

From the author of A Good Kind of Trouble, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, comes another unforgettable story about finding your voice—and finding your people. Perfect for fans of Sharon Draper, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds. Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn’t have any friends—and she’s just fine with that. She’s so good at being invisible in school, it’s almost like she has a superpower, like her idol, Astrid Dane. At home, Jenae has plenty of company, like her no-nonsense mama; her older brother, Malcolm, who is home from college after a basketball injury; and her beloved grandpa, Gee. Then a new student shows up at school—a boy named Aubrey with fiery red hair and a smile that won’t quit. Jenae can’t figure out why he keeps popping up everywhere she goes. The more she tries to push him away, the more he seems determined to be her friend. Despite herself, Jenae starts getting used to having him around. But when the two are paired up for a class debate about the proposed name change for their school, Jenae knows this new friendship has an expiration date. Aubrey is desperate to win and earn a coveted spot on the debate team. There’s just one problem: Jenae would do almost anything to avoid speaking up in front of an audience—including risking the first real friendship she’s ever had.

Author : Peggy Moss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 141782946X

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Say Something by Peggy Moss Pdf

For use in schools and libraries only. A child who never says anything when other children are being teased or bullied finds herself in their position one day when jokes are made at her expense and no one speaks up.

Author : John Bowe
Publisher : Random House
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781400062102

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I Have Something to Say by John Bowe Pdf

A veteran journalist discovers an ancient system of speech techniques for overcoming the fear of public speaking—and reveals how they can profoundly change our lives. In 2010, award-winning journalist John Bowe learned that his cousin Bill, a longtime extreme recluse living in his parents’ basement, had, at the age of fifty-nine, overcome a lifetime of shyness and isolation—and gotten happily married. Bill credited his turnaround to Toastmasters, the world's largest organization devoted to teaching the art of public speaking. Fascinated by the possibility that speech training could foster the kind of psychological well-being more commonly sought through psychiatric treatment, and intrigued by the notion that words can serve as medicine, Bowe set out to discover the origins of speech training—and to learn for himself how to speak better in public. From the birth of democracy in Ancient Greece until two centuries ago, education meant, in addition to reading and writing, years of learning specific, easily taught language techniques for interacting with others. Nowadays, absent such education, the average American speaks 16,000 to 20,000 words every day, but 74 percent of us suffer from speech anxiety. As he joins Toastmasters and learns, step-by-step, to successfully overcome his own speech anxiety, Bowe muses upon our record levels of loneliness, social isolation, and political divisiveness. What would it mean for Americans to learn once again the simple art of talking to one another? Bowe shows that learning to speak in public means more than giving a decent speech without nervousness (or a total meltdown). Learning to connect with others bestows upon us an enhanced sense of freedom, power, and belonging.

Author : Mike Jones
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1609800419

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I Had to Say Something by Mike Jones Pdf

This is the story of the sexual relationship between Michael Forest Jones, a Denver man who worked as an escort, and the Reverend Ted Haggard, founder and pastor of the New Life Church of Colorado Springs. As a rule, Mike never delved into the personal lives of his clients. He entertained celebrities, clergyman, politicians, pro-football players, and just regular guys. In 2003, a man named "Art" called Mike to set up an appointment. For almost three years, Art came to see him at least once a month. It was simply a business relationship for Mike, yet he sensed that for Art, it was more. Like many clients who were closeted, Art revealed his vulnerabilities as he struggled to deny his true desire for sexual contact and affection with a man. One day, while working out at his gym, Mike recognized "Art" preaching hate on a religious cable channel. He soon discovered that Art was actually the Reverend Ted Haggard, who, as President of the National Association of Evangelicals, influenced the daily lives of millions of believers, condemning homosexuality and advocating virulently against gay rights and same-sex unions. On November 1, 2006, Mike made public his relationship with Ted Haggard. Within days, Haggard resigned from all his positions of power, admitting to a "sexual immorality" that shook the evangelical world, right before Election Day 2006. Once Haggard was outed, Mike's clients stopped calling. He had effectively put himself out of business and put himself at risk of being trivialized and dismissed, as sex workers often are. It was Mike’s courage and strength of conscience that ultimately led him to come forward about the hypocrisy of Haggard’s life. Here is the disarming story of how one man’s deceit inspired another man to become a spokesperson for telling the truth and for not being ashamed of who you are.

Author : Laura Swart
Publisher : Brush Education
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781550597790

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Say Something! by Laura Swart Pdf

Stop boring your professors with tedious, predictable essays. Get better grades! How do you write a great essay? It’s not about five paragraphs filled with quotations from experts—you need to discover who you are as a writer and what you want to say. In a conversational style, writing instructor Laura Swart uses real student writing to show you what to do (and what not to do). Unlock your creativity and potential as a writer and create essays that stand out from the rest of your class. In this guide, you’ll learn how to: - Avoid common student writing errors that keep your essays out of the A zone. - Use the CSI (claim, support, investigation) method to write a critical essay. - Integrate relevant and meaningful quotations and research to highlight, not overshadow, your ideas. - Write natural transitions, structure seamless arguments, and craft compelling introductions and conclusions. - Extend the boundaries of your thinking, giving a wide berth to mundane ideas and plodding expression.

Author : Karen Friedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313385865

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Shut Up and Say Something by Karen Friedman Pdf

For business people looking to get results and up their income, this book divulges no-nonsense strategies that can turn anyone into a powerful speaker who can overcome challenges and influence the right listeners. In today's high-tech world, there are more ways than ever before to communicate: email, text messaging, voicemails, blogs, tweets, video conference calls, and remote meetings. But one thing is still exactly the same as in the old days: there are effective and ineffective ways to express yourself. All business professionals need to know how to communicate clearly, concisely, and passionately if they want their intended message to impact others. Shut Up and Say Something shows readers how to convincingly communicate their expertise in any business situation. This book demonstrates how to condense complicated concepts, minimize communication mistakes, avoid misinterpretation, convey vision, and quickly influence decision makers. Strategies for expressing yourself succinctly and clearly, dodging "loaded" questions, thinking fast on your feet, humanizing inscrutable information, and using humor to engage an audience are examples of the topics covered. The importance of prioritizing outcomes is emphasized throughout the book.

Author : William Carlos Williams
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0811209555

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Something to Say by William Carlos Williams Pdf

Something to Say: William Carlos Williams on Younger Poets collects all of Williams' known writings--reviews, essays, introductions, and letters to the editor--on the two generations of poets that followed him, from Kenneth Rexroth and Louis Zukofsky to Robert Lowell and Allen Ginsberg. What might have been a random collection of occasional pieces achieves remarkable coherence from the singleness of Williams' poetic vision: his belief that the secret spirit of ritual, of poetry, was trapped in restrictive molds, and, if these could be broken, the spirit would be able to live again in a new, contemporary form. Only a revived clarity and accuracy in sight and expression would enable the modern world to reform social order which Williams saw in complete disarray. To resuscitate American Poetry, Williams concentrated his efforts on the purification of poetic speech--his American idiom--and on remaking the poetic line in a new measure--his variable foot. And while his battles with his contemporaries on these issues could be heated, he was always a nurturing father to the young, "a useful presence," "a model and a liberator." He told Ginsberg to pare down and economize, Roethke to open up, and encouraged Lowell and Levertov to shake off poetic conventions. But in all his emphasis on the poem as a made object of concrete physicality or as a field of action, he would return again and again to this basic advice to young writers: "The only thing necessary is to have something to say when at last the opportunity comes to say it."

Author : H. Mark Abbott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625647344

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Something to Say? Say It Well! by H. Mark Abbott Pdf

If you ever share God's word in public, this book is a must-have. How would you like your own public-speaking coach helping you prepare your biblical teachings? That's what this handbook is like. Preachers, church staff members, youth pastors, Bible study leaders, evangelists, and more will return again and again to Something to Say? Say It Well! for hands-on advice. Moving one step at a time from nugget idea to delivery, author Mark Abbott not only supplies a treasury of practical tools, he also helps build speakers' confidence to share God's word with Christ-honoring, biblical excellence. With a conversational, easy-to-read style, the author shows how to: - _Connect to the listener's world by "holding the Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other." - _Crystallize a sermon's "big idea" _into a single sentence. - _Draw on biblical materials, quotes, stories, and other tools to support the main theme. - _Shape muddled notes into a logical, smooth-flowing sermon. - _Create openings and closings that "start with an earthquake and end in a climax." - _Use passion, voice, gestures, eye contact, and emotion for an impacting delivery.

Author : Dainin Katagiri
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834828315

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You Have to Say Something by Dainin Katagiri Pdf

Dainin Katagiri (1928–1990) was a central figure in the transmission of Zen in America. His first book, Returning to Silence, emphasized the need to return to our original, enlightened state of being, and became one of the classics of Zen in America. In You Have to Say Something, selections from his talks have been collected to address another key theme of Katagiri's teaching: that of bringing Zen insight to bear on our everyday experience. "To live life fully," Katagiri says, "means to take care of your life day by day, moment to moment, right here, right now." To do this, he teaches, we must plunge into our life completely, bringing to it the same wholeheartedness that is required in Zen meditation. When we approach life in this way, every activity—everything we do, everything we say—becomes an opportunity for manifesting our own innate wisdom. With extraordinary freshness and immediacy, Katagiri shows the reader how this wisdom not only enlivens our spiritual practice but can help make our life a rich, seamless whole.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Liability (Law)
ISBN : UCSD:31822038354171

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See Something, Say Something Act of 2011 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution Pdf

Author : Petra Koehler
Publisher : tredition
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9783748223474

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Dog, please say something by Petra Koehler Pdf

Relationship and trust. A dog is a dog. At this point I would like to start with what most people are not prepared to accept: we are dealing with a dog and not with the replacement of a partner, family member or even stuffed animal. Unfortunately, I often find that a dog is bought for a child, but this child is understandably unable to cope with the upcoming responsibility. Problems are thus inevitable. If we are willing to deal with the origin of the dog to start with in the first step, we will approach the dog with a corresponding appreciation and more respect, which we should also show the dog. The most important thing we should be willing to accept is the fact that we are dealing with an animal. An animal capable of self-acting and thinking, which is intelligent, has its own character and differs from others, not only in species or breed. At the same time, we should have the willingness to accept that there are many deep-rooted dispositions and that the innate social structure may not be underestimated. But whether in a pack or a social community (group), they are all looking for guidance and therefore for someone who is not only able to provide food, but at the same time can protect their social structure and lead them competently through life. The moment we become too fixated on loving, cuddling, overwhelming, or even humanizing our dog, this can cause problems.

Author : Joe Rhatigan
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781087628660

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See Something, Say Something by Joe Rhatigan Pdf

Learn how to react when you see something wrong or dangerous with this relevant nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected civics project, a glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book explains in an easy-to-understand way that students should talk to a trusted adult about things that make them uncomfortable or scared. It also covers serious subjects such as bullying and “stranger danger”, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore kindness, leadership, and standing up for what is right.