Keyboarding Business English
Shirley M. Wong
This practical keyboarding manual is for students who wish to learn or refresh their keyboarding skills and strengthen their language skills simultaneously. It is ideal for business education and ESL courses, or for self-directed study. In addition to keyboard presentation and drill exercises in large, easy-to-read type, the lessons provide practice for sentence construction, proofreading, résumés, and letters of application. Students who master the word list will be familiar with approximately 80% of the English words used in business. A useful 500-word appendix contains examples of usage in a business context.
For secondary students in grades 7-12
Paper, 224 pp, 8-1/2 x 11, coil-bound
Vocabulary list, masters, appendices
ISBN 0-88865-039-6 $18.95
You're Allowed to Be Happy!
Barry Davis
You're Allowed to Be Happy! is about positive thinking. Written by B.C. teacher Barry Davis, this timely book will help students explore healthy and unhealthy ways of thinking and show that personal fulfillment and happiness can be part of everyone's life.
Through a variety of activities, including role-playing, discussion, debate, and drawing, students will discover ways to control unhealthy living habits and enhance their feelings of well-being. The book contains features that will enable learners to heighten their self-esteem, develop life skills, and improve their communication skills. Guidance for teachers is incorporated into the book, which can also be used by independent learners, in classes and small groups, and by counsellors working with students.
"This will be a fine text to assist in self-esteem presentations. . . . As I share the text with friends and colleagues, all are anxious to obtain a copy."-The B.C. Counsellor
For readers grades 6+
Paper, 84 pp, 8 x 10
Over 60 b&w illustratons, charts, tables, checklists
ISBN 0-86863-897-8 $12.95
These classroom-tested teacher's guides and resource kits for grades 4-7 were developed in partnership with the British Columbia Ministry of Health. The activity-based and self-motivating lessons help students analyze peer pressure, advertising, and alternatives to drugs, while gaining a realistic understanding of what drugs of all kinds, from coffee to nicotine, do to our bodies. At the same time, self-knowledge, self-esteem, and independent decision-making are encouraged, each level building on the knowledge previously acquired.
A Question of Life
A story about a spaceship discovering Earth supported by a wide range of integrated activities introducing self-awareness, decision-making, drug identification, and safety.
"Excellent . . . a winner!"-The Bookmark
A teacher resource for grade 4
Paper, 65 pp, 11 x 8-1/2
15 masters, 40+ b&w illustrations
ISBN 0-88865-014-0 $10.95
I Know
Students will develop responsible attitudes towards medicines, hazardous household substances, alcohol, and tobacco. Available in a kit that contains the teacher's guide, a poster called "You Can," and "Hazard Lotto," a board game for classroom use.
A teacher resource for grade 4
Paper, 36 pp, 11 x 8-1/2
13 masters, 15 b&w illustrations
Teacher's Guide
ISBN 1-895766-20-6 $10.95
"I Know" Kit $15.95I Choose
Students will learn about the long-term effects of alcohol and tobacco. Available in a kit that includes the teacher's guide and a poster called "Your Body Is a Spaceship."
A teacher resource for grade 5
Paper, 36 pp, 11 x 8-1/2
16 masters, 15 b&w illustrations
Teacher's Guide
ISBN 1-895766-18-4 $10.95
"I Choose" Kit $12.95Hurray for Me
A comprehensive approach to good health that focusses on helping students develop a positive self-image, understand their relationships with their family, their friends, and their own emotions, and learn how medications help them get better when they are sick. Available in a kit that includes the teacher's guide, a "Let's Get Moving" poster, and "Feeling Fit," a card game for classroom use.
A teacher resource for grade 6
Paper, 56 pp, 11 x 8 1/2
9 masters, 19 b&w illustrations
Teacher's Guide
ISBN 0-88865-035-3 $10.95
"Hurray For Me" Kit $15.95It's Your Body
This guide will foster the attitudes and knowledge students need for a healthy and balanced view of life as they learn about peer pressure, the impact of advertising, drugs and the body, and how to use personal energy in positive ways. Available in a kit that includes the teacher's guide and a "Help Is Where You Find It" poster.
A teacher resource for use in grade 7
Paper, 64 pp, 11 x 8 1/2
22 masters, 20 b&w illustrations
Teacher's Guide
ISBN 0-88865-036-1 $10.95
"It's Your Body" Kit $12.95
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