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21) My fair lady
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English
Description
Features the musical tale of Eliza Doolittle, the scruffy flower girl who is tutored by Professor Henry Higgins and passed off as a Duchess.
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English
Description
Opens with a discussion on the need for punctuation. Presents the proper use of end punctuation, abbreviations, sarcasm and irony, and indirect questions. Discusses commas, expressions, interjections, phrases, and participles. Explores using commas for style and compound sentence formation. Concludes with a discussion on semicolons, colons, and permitted fragments.
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English
Description
Cameron falls for the most beautiful girl in school. However, she is forbidden to date until the most hated girl in school, her ill-tempered older sister, goes out too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad-boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
25) The Gift of love
Language
English
Description
Set against the tapestry of early 1900's New York City, a wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage to a man of socially acceptable class. When her heart is captured by a young Swiss immigrant, she silently wages the struggle to fulfill her relatives' expectations yet experience the joy of love.
29) Macbeth
Language
English
Description
Told by a trio of witches that he is fated to become King of Scotland, the warrior Macbeth, aided by his wife, murders his king and assumes the throne.
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English
Description
The Standard Deviants interpret Shakespeare's Macbeth. Explores the characteristics of the witches, Lady Macbeth, and the Macduffs, profiling the types of characters Shakespeare was trying to portray. Explains how motives determine a character's course of action and identifies the external and internal conflicts of major characters in the drama.
Language
English
Description
"This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexity, design challenging text sets, and help students get the most out of what they read. Provided are practical instructional ideas for building background knowledge,...
Language
English
Description
Presents the true account of the relationship between Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan. Portrays how this blind and deaf child is challenged by a teacher who is determined to help her overcome her physical handicaps. Captures the patience and perseverance displayed by Sullivan as she instructs this mute young girl to communicate using sign language and introduces her to the power of words.
33) Julius Caesar
Language
English
Description
Portrays power, assassination and revenge in ancient Rome, presenting a broad range of historical personalities as complicated human beings in conflict with one another and themselves, charging the audience to determine the identity of the hero and the villain.