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Commerce.dot.com - Second Edition

Authors: Grant Kleeman, Judy Adnum, Robin Farr, David Hamper, Shani Hartley, Rod Lane, Tina O’Connor.

Commerce.dot.com: Concepts and Skills [second edition] student text and CDROM has been revised to take account of recent changes in the areas of commerce, law and the political arena.

This second edition covers the four core topics and eleven elective topics of the New South Wales Commerce Syllabus (years 9 - 10).

Knowledge, understandings and skills are developed using a variety of resources, from conventional text to ICT-based activities. The text and associated activities encourage students to achieve a level of financial literacy necessary to operate efficiently in a commercial environment. Values and attitudes are also explored to assist students to make considered decisions about present and future financial matters.

Students using this text will gain a solid foundation for the study of Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies in Years 11 and 12.

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Commerce.dot.com

Authors: Grant Kleeman, Judy Adnum, Robin Farr, David Hamper, Shani Hartley, Rod Lane, Tina O’Connor.

This text and accompanying CD ROM has been developed by a team of experienced classroom teachers to meet the specific curriculum requirements of the newly developed New South Wales Commerce Syllabus (Years 9 – 10).

The full-coloured text and CD ROM covers the four Core Topics and eleven Elective Topics.

Knowledge, understandings and skills are developed using a variety of resources, from conventional text to ICT-based activities. These encourage students to achieve the level of financial literacy required to operate effectively in a commercial environment. Values and attitudes are also explored to assist students to make considered decisions about present and future financial matters.

Students using this text will gain a solid foundation for the study of Economics, Business Studies and Legal Studies in Years 11 and 12.

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Economics, Civics and Citizenship

Authors: Grant Kleeman, Judy Adnum, Robin Farr, David Hamper, Shani Hartley, Rod Lane, Tina O’Connor.

The Economics, Civics and Citizenship student text, CD ROM and homework book have been developed by a team of experienced classroom teachers to meet the specific requirements of the newly developed Victorian Essential Learning Standards ( VELS ) Stages 5 – 6.

This full-coloured text, CD ROM and supporting student homework book allows the student to develop pathways through the three strands Physical, Personal and Social Learning, Discipline–based Learning and Interdisciplinary Learning, using a verity of resources from conventional text to ICT-based activities. These resources engage the student to achieve a level of economic and civic knowledge and understanding required to communicate and operate effectively in today’s community. Values and attitudes are also explored to assist the student to make considered decisions about present and future financial, civic and citizenship matters.

Students using this text will gain a solid foundation for the study of VCE Economics, Business Management and Legal Studies.

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Get Ahead in Grammar

Authors: Anne Quill and Anne Townsend

This book is a ready reference tool to help students understand the rules that are needed for the correct use of English grammar within the context of various text types. Students are introduced to grammar initially from an overall text level and then more micro levels are explored:

Grammar at the text level

Grammar at the sentence level

Grammar at the clause level

Grammar at the phrase level

Grammar at the word level

The guide is organised in a double page spread format. One page outlines each grammar point under the following headings: definition, types, contexts, structure and examples; the second page highlights the use of the same grammar point in a longer text. Key concepts and relationships are highlighted by coloured arrows, circles, balloons etc. Various types of text are used throughout the guide. This presentation provides the scaffolding and modelling necessary for the development of writing skills.

Get ahead in grammar: a practical guide for students has been written by two experienced classroom teachers and provides teachers, parents and students with a unique tool to improve writing skills. The guide is suitable for all students from upper primary school to post-secondary school including ESL students.

• Get Ahead in Grammar: Table of Contents
• Get Ahead in Grammar: Sample Pages

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Poetry Unlocked: Developing Skills for Reading and Understanding Poetry

Authors: Elaine Hamilton and Robin Farr.

Poetry Unlocked: Developing Skills for Reading and Understanding Poetry is a secondary school text written by experienced classroom English teachers. The book clearly explains the techniques, devices, forms and styles of poetry and illustrates these concepts through a range of poems accessible to secondary school students. In each chapter, students are encouraged to apply their knowledge about poetic forms and devices using a variety of activities – oral and written, individual and group.
This text will help students to:

• learn about the importance and relevance of poetry.
• increase their knowledge of the ‘tools’, devices, forms and styles that poets use to make their message more effective.
• increase their knowledge of the poet’s purpose and point of view in writing poetry.
• analyse poems.
• create their own poetry.

The text is clearly organised with a summary at the end of each chapter and a summary of key terms at the end of the book. It is not necessary to work through each chapter in sequence. However, previous learning is reinforced by revisiting earlier concepts in later chapters.
The text contains over 100 poems indexed by title and author.

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Poetry Unlocked: An Anthology Arranged in Themes

Authors: Elaine Hamilton and Robin Farr.

Poetry Unlocked: an Anthology Arranged in Themes is a collection of almost 200 classic and contemporary poems for secondary school students selected by experienced classroom English teachers. The anthology aims to introduce students to important and interesting poems and poets from the canon of English literature and from other languages and cultures.

The poems are arranged in themes relevant to secondary students, ranging from Animals and School to Life, Relationships and Young People. The selection of poems in each theme aims at diversity and accessibility in order to engage students’ interest in reading poetry for enjoyment. At the end of many themes there are short biographies of important and well known poets to introduce students to the people behind the poems to enhance their appreciation and understanding of the poets and their work.

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A Stack of Stories

Authors: BJ Kenny, Elli Housden, Mike Kenny

This book contains a new and exciting collection of stories for middle to upper secondary students. Features of the book include:

Each story has a choice of four accompanying activities asking students to:
Respond; Review; Recreate; Research.

The book is designed to:

Special Features include:

• Stack of Stories: Table of Contents
• Stack of Stories: Sample Pages
  
• Stack of Stories: Matrix of Activities for teachers

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Senior Text Types: a writing guide for students

Author: Elli Housden

Senior Text Types: a writing guide for students has been written by an experienced classroom teacher to provide a ready reference tool for students, teachers and parents to assist in the production of over 30 different types of written texts.

Texts presented in the guide cover a wide range of genres and include:  

• different types of general academic essays
• specific essays on poetry, plays, the novel and Shakespeare
• formal reports and meetings
• film and book reviews
• speeches
• job applications and interviews
• narrative fiction, poetry and short story writing
• media article
• speeches
• job applications and interviews.

• a glossary of terms
• writing activities
• a matrix of text types.

Each text type is presented in a double page format, with one page analysing the structure of the genre and the second page presenting an example of the text. This presentation provides the scaffolding and modelling necessary for the development of writing skills.

Senior Text Types: A Writing Guide for Students is a unique tool for improving writing skills and can be used by students at the middle to upper secondary school level and beyond.

Senior Text Types: Sample Pages

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Text Types: a writing guide for students

Authors: Anne Townsend, Anne Quill and Philip Oostenbroek.

Text Types: a writing guide for students provides a clear reference tool for students, teachers and parents to understand 21 different types of written texts, both literary and factual.

An easy-to-use double-page format presents an analysis of the structure of the text type together with an example of the text type.

The structure is analyzed under the following headings:

A. Purpose
B. Types
C. Context

• Subject matter
• Roles and relationships of writers and readers.
• Medium
• Mode

D. Text: How to write the text

• Structure
• Vocabulary
• Grammar

The examples provide clear guidelines on how to write the texts. Each example aims to provide the necessary scaffolding and modeling to assist in the development of writing skills.

Text Types: a writing guide for students has been written by three experienced teachers and is a unique tool for use by students from middle primary to secondary school.

Text Types: Sample Pages

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Wordwise

Author: Megan Robinson

Wordwise aims to enhance students' use of a wide range of vocabulary and to increase their understanding of the derivation and origin of words. The words in the book have been chosen to consolidate student knowledge of commonly used, mature vocabulary and to introduce more specialised vocabulary to extend students' repertoire of language.

The book is divided into forty units with each unit focusing on one aspect of vocabulary development. The focus may be technical e.g. prefixes, homophones, possessives etc; or related to context e.g. investigation words, number words, Australian words, legal words etc.

Wordwise is activity based to encourage students to use the words so that they can remember them more easily. Each unit consists of a list of keywords followed by activities using the keywords and related vocabulary focusing on:

Answers for these activities are provided in the back of the book.

• Wordwise: Table of Contents
• WordWise: Sample Pages
  

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HIV and Me

Author: Steve Lambert

Illustrator: Matt Tesch

HIV and me presents the facts about HIV and AIDS in easy to understand language for early adolescents. Using colourful, quirky drawings, the book informs readers of all ages about the complex topics of HIV and AIDS and their prevention.

This version of the book has been produced for the Pacific / Papua New Guinea market. However, translations of the text and drawings tailored to other markets can be produced on request. Please contact the publishers for further details.

Tok Pisin version now available. Contact FarrBooks for details.

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Albert Speer

Series: Historical Personalities of the Twentieth Century

Author: David Van Tol

Albert Speer: Historical Personalities of the Twentieth Century has been written specifically with the senior modern history student in mind. Its easy-to-read biographical style makes it an excellent resource for students of all abilities. Throughout the text, the historical figure of Albert Speer is considered within the context of inter-war Germany and the rise of Nazism; World War II; the Nuremberg war crimes trials and the post-war era. Students studying ‘Germany, 1918-1939’ will therefore also find this book a most helpful companion.

Twelve chapters cover the span of Speer’s life – from his early life and rise to prominence as Hitler’s architect, to his major achievements as Armaments Minister, his trial at Nuremberg for war crimes, his years in Spandau prison and finally his career as a celebrated author. A historiographical overview is also provided to give students an opportunity to assess the competing interpretations and debates that exist among historians and biographers of Albert Speer.

To help engage the reader, the book contains::

Six Source Investigations are included to provide students with the opportunity to work as historians with key primary and secondary documents. The Source Investigations cover the following periods of Speer's life and career:

• Albert Speer: Sample Pages

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Leon Trotsky

Series: Historical Personalities of the Twentieth Century

Author: David Van Tol

This book offers a detailed examination of Trotsky's career and the contributions he made to the Soviet Union, both as a participant and later as a critic.

Fourteen chapters cover the span of Trotsky's life - from his early life and rise to prominence, to the major achievements of his political career and his decline and assassination in 1940. The final chapter considers different historical interpretations of Leon Trotsky and explains the debate surrounding key controversies in his career.

Features of the book include:

B. Source investigations are included to provide students with an opportunity to critically reflect on the major issues in Trotsky's life and career:

• Leon Trotsky: Sample Pages 1
• Leon Trotsky: Sample Pages 2

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