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Lighting Photo Workshop 9 reviews
Chris Bucher
Wiley, 2007
Improving Your Technique
Chris Bucher's Lighting-Photoworkshop book is a great guide for any photographer looking to learn understanding and controlling lighting in photography. It starts you off with the very basics of lighting and works you in to more advanced techniques. Anyone can take a picture, but understanding where your light is coming from and how to use it separates the good from the bad.
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level A4 reviews
William H Sadlier, 2005
Outstanding vocabulary builder!
This text was introduced to me through my 5th grade son's private school. As a middle school teacher, I am always searching for add-on resources to enhance the public school curriculum. This is without a doubt the best I've found to date. It starts with level A (fifth grade) and runs through level H (twelveth grade). After finding this resource, I ordered a copy of each in the series. I ...
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Revisiting The Reading Workshop: Management, Mini-Lessons, & Strategies 3 reviews
Barbara Orehovec, Marybeth Alley
Scholastic, Inc., 2003
Quick, user-friendly, and thorough
One of THE most helpful books I've ever read regarding reader's workshop. I have used (and shared) this techniques over and over with my students & colleagues. I can't imagine my reader's workshop without this resource! You shouldn't either. It's worth the $15 and then some!! (Also just saw these same ladies came out with one on writer's workshop, can't wait to read that!)
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level H4 reviews
Jerome Shostak
William H Sadlier, 2005
Take the diagnostic test beforehand
It's a good book. Offers pronounciation, definitions, synonyms, and antonyms, as well as good practice. Chances are there are at least some words you'll learn from the book, even if you do well on the diagnostic test but I still suggest that you take that test to see if you should get a higher level book.
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Interactive Art Workshop: Set Your Mixed Media in Motion
Kim Rae Nugent
North Light Books, 2008
Interactive Art Workshop guides the reader step-by-step through the creation of more than 20 projects, each with a unique interactive element ranging from paper wheels that magically change images as they are turned, to fully functioning pull tabs, to flapping doors and slide puzzles. A gallery of inspirational examples from a wide variety of talented contributors (including Claudine Hellmuth) follow each tutorial. The author and contributing ...
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Artist Trading Card Workshop: Create, Collect, Swap78 reviews
Bernie Berlin
North Light Books, 2006
Trading card/mixed media how-to guide
Wether you're a pro or just stepping into the world of ATC's, you'll get a lot out of this book. If you're already experienced in creating ATC's you'll most likely find instructions for a technique you've never tried before. If you're new to the ATC/mixed-media/collage craft, this is a great guide.
There are numerous techniqes featured with great instructions and step by step pictures. There ...
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level B (Vocabulary Workshop)3 reviews
Jerome Shostak
William H Sadlier, 2005
Vocabulary Workshop Series by Jerome Shostak
This vocabulary series is the best one that I have found to illustrate how the word is most often used. The vocabulary list is also well thought out; the words are actually in frequent use. You can't go wrong buying this series.
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Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop33 reviews
Elizabeth Zimmermann
Schoolhouse Press, 1981
The ultimate knitting book
Elizabeth Zimmermann is most knitter's guru, up there with Alice Starmore! But EZ is more "hands on" than AS, and you can always go back to her book and find something you needed to know about even other people's knitting patterns. She is a star!
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level G (Vocabulary Workshop) 8 reviews
Jerome Shostak
William H Sadlier, 2005
only book i use
to tutor student's in vocab.
It helps them to actually know the words. It prepares them for reading comp, analogy and sentence comp. Can't get better than that!
So much clearer and effective than worldly wise.
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Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide13 reviews
Ralph Fletcher, JoAnn Portalupi
Heinemann, 2001
Excellent resource!
This book does exactly what it says. It breaks writing workshop down into its essential components and provides the reader with the basic formats of writing worshop. It doesn't give you all of the answers, but at the end of each chapter it provides points for "making it work in the classroom" and an entire chapter on troubleshooting potential problems. If you want to implement writing workshop ...
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Sew Everything Workshop50 reviews
Diana Rupp
Workman Publishing Company, 2007
Great for Beginners
I recently decided I needed to know how to sew - I researched a sewing machine and then researched a good beginner's book. That research brought me to Diana Rupp's Sew Everything Workshop. With her book and the guidance of my aunt who sews, I have been able to complete a couple projects quite successfully. I am very excited to continue with the other projects in her book as they range from very ...
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Robin Williams Design Workshop, 2nd Edition36 reviews
Robin Williams, John Tollett
Peachpit Press, 2006
very accessible
All of Robin Williams' design books are not only well-written, but extremely accessible, and this one is no exception. In fact, this is my favorite of all of her books. I love that she includes so many details about the projects. She even includes detailed colophons in the backs of her books, which is very useful if you are at all interested in fonts and type styles. Even if you do a lot of ...
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level F (Vocabulary Workshop)4 reviews
Jerome Shostak
William H Sadlier, 2005
An Excellent Learning Tool
As a foreign student who just started learning English 5 years ago, the verbal section is definitely my major obstacle to mastering the SAT. When I first took the PSAT, my verbal percentile was only a 49, but after working through all eight levels of Vocabulary Workshop (A through H) it has increased to a 99 (that was a year ago). Therefore I highly recommend this book to you (sincerely). This ...
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Day-to-Day Assessment in the Reading Workshop: Making Informed Instructional Decisions in Grades 3-6
Franki Sibberson, Karen Szymusiak
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory an, 2008
In this book, two seasoned teachers show how to set reading goals, assess students to ensure goals are being met, and carry out instruction. Stressing that there are many ways to determine where students are and just as many ways to determine where to take them, they give teachers the tools to make that journey. They open with overview chapters on reading workshop and ""the first six weeks"" and move to detailed chapters on independent reading, ...
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level D (Vocabulary Workshop) 12 reviews
Jerome Shostak
William H Sadlier, 2005
Really learned a lot
I love this series. I used it when I was in school and can remember making fun of some of the words with friends, but I still remember most of them. Now, I use them with my students. I didn't find it hard at all to find answer key, but it is because we order from the publisher. It also has no other supplemental materials, but if you're creative they really aren't needed. We work with the same ...
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Metal Craft Discovery Workshop27 reviews
Linda O'Brien, Opie O'Brien
North Light Books, 2005
Just Plain Fun!
This book is great fun, whether you work with metal or not! It's nicely photographed and well written, and the projects are all fun(ky). Very enjoyable experience. I especially loved learning how to patina metals with potato chips... something I would like to try if only I could keep my kids out of the bowl!
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Exposure Photo Workshop: Develop Your Digital Photography Talent (Photo Workshop)8 reviews
Jeff Wignall
Wiley, 2008
Excellent Book
I couldn't be happier that I have this book. It explains everything that I needed to know about exposure, in such detail that a monkey could take better photos than Ansel Adams. I am so serious, If you have a DSLR, and you want to learn everything you can about it, you must have this book.
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Vocabulary Workshop: Level C 5 reviews
Jerome Shostak
William H Sadlier, 2005
Vocabulary Workshop Level C
We use this book in assisting students to improve their vocabulary skills. This book is part of a series which is an excellent aide in for teachers and a tremendous resource for students. It uses different ways of learning the vocabulary. Each unit helps a student to pronounce the word properly and shows the proper usage of the word as verb, noun or adjective. The unit helps the student to ...
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Fiction Writer's Workshop23 reviews
Josip Novakovich
Writers Digest Books, 2008
An excellent intermediary guide book
Once you have read an introductory book like Brayfield's Bestseller or Kings 'On writing' this is the book to buy and use.
Novakovich covers there basic elements: Setting /Character/Plot/PoV/Dialogue & Scene/Begins and endings / description/ vice and revision. He uses numerous examples form published literature and each chapter concludes with a number of good exercises.
One topic ...
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Photographing Children Photo Workshop: Develop Your Digital Photography Talent (Photo Workshop)13 reviews
Ginny Felch
Visual, 2008
Very informative
I've read this book from cover to cover. I love it. As a beginning photographer, this book was very helpful. Not a lot of technical info. Just enough guidance to get me going on my own.
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