The House Guest
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"Brilliant, shocking and very creepy. Mark Edwards has done it again." --Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway series
A perfect summer. A perfect stranger. A perfect nightmare.
When British twenty-somethings Ruth and Adam are offered the chance to spend the summer housesitting in New York, they can't say no. Young, in love and on the cusp of professional success, they feel as if luck is finally on their side.
So the moment that Eden turns up on the doorstep, drenched from a summer storm, it seems only right to share a bit of that good fortune. Beautiful and charismatic, Eden claims to be a friend of the homeowners, who told her she could stay whenever she was in New York.
They know you're not supposed to talk to strangers--let alone invite them into your home--but after all, Eden's only a stranger until they get to know her.
As suspicions creep in that Eden may not be who she claims to be, they begin to wonder if they've made a terrible mistake...
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Rated 4 starsVocabulary is important.
This is one of many books that instructors can use to teach vocabulary. There's nothing that I haven't seen before in other places, but it is nice to have it in one book. The thing that makes this book unique is the listing of vocabulary terms specific to each subject and on 4 ability levels. For example, in "general history," the first term in Level 1 is "Abraham Lincoln," in Level 2 it is "A.D.," in Level 3 it is "adaptation,"...
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Rated 5 starsA Must-Have for any teacher
This book changed the way I teach vocabulary! I've tried for years to improve vocabulary instruction in my classroom, and using the strategies from this book is the first time I've observed real, solid and enjoyable vocabulary learning in my students! This book has everything you need "soup to nuts" to set up a vocabulary program in your room. The best part is, you can do in about 15 minutes per day! I can't recommend...
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Rated 4 starsGreat ideas inside
I found some great advice on teaching vocabulary for my middle school social studies class. I especially liked the graphic organizer where students must write their own definition and draw a picture to illustrate the concept. I used it for some Ancient Civilization terms and my students quickly grasped the concepts I taught them.
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Rated 5 starsBest Enjoyed with Building Background Knowledge For Academic... by Robert J. Marzano
This book was worth the purchase because of the leveled word lists for ALL subjects. Almost 8,000 for 11 subjects - that includes all the topics covered in Social Studies, noncore classes, all leveled by grade range. It does refer to the accompanying Marzano work often and I found I needed to purchase both to receive the full amount of understanding I wanted on the subject. You need this if you are wondering how to start...
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