Macmillan: Full Excerpt for Spring Break: Books: Kayla PerrinKayla PerrinMacmillan
Teachers love him, he got elected to student council without even trying, and he’s the MVP coder of the robotics team, which has awards hanging up in the school’s front office. He doesn’t even have to try to be the best person at this school. It’s like looking at a photo that...
“Well, I…” My words faltered. I’d spent the past hour driving and trying to figure out how to tell Azalea about why I’d finally returned, but every time I tested the words out loud, they failed. Clover had listened with confused curiosity before giving up and falling asleep. “Y...
elevators. they could imagine the show was theirs alone. but the dakota was a rental; its tenants had no sense of ownership. and its west side location was odd, almost antisocial, so it didn’t attract the elite, who were sometimes called the bon ton. the first cooperative apartment build...
“I think we should tell Padar that our teachers know about those boys and that they have already gotten in trouble so they won’t be bothering us anymore,” Parwin suggested eagerly. “Parwin, that’s not going to work. What are you going to say when Madar asks Khanum Behduri about...
If we just throw students into the reading without breaking the learning sequence into chunks, our students might just "drown" and give up! • Third, take the teaching suggestions with a grain of salt. I created these teaching moves after working with students and teachers in many different...
Poppy wasn't conventionally pretty, but she was stylish and well- liked. Schoolwork was her curse. She was one of those borderline cases where year after year, teachers had talked themselves into pass- ing her along without requiring a command of core subjects. This had always worked to ...