Amelia Bedelia is the lovable, literal-minded housekeeper who always seems to be getting it wrong in the book series of the same name. When she hears instructions like "make a sponge cake," she makes a cake with real sponges. Her fumbling offers a great opportunity to teach students about ...
And that’s not some pious,tryrockist view meaning you’ve got to put down what you’re reading, sit up, and pay complete attention. It’s just good to give things a chance to get beyond your initial scrobbler – which makes quickfire connections, comparisons and judgments based on an i...
His hair was very black, and worn rather long, and his complexion, a pale bronze; but this lack of red colouring added to the fascination of his dark eyes, which were remarkable for that deep glow always meaning mental or moral power of some kind. They were often half shut–and then–...