Michael Harris Knihy

Grammar focus lessons guide students through the language and give thorough grammar practice. Skills focus lessons and communication workshops provide a solid skills base. Learning strategies throughout teach students how to become independent learners. Culture corners give students a taste of life in the English speaking world. Regular use of the FREE Mini-Dictionary extends students vocabulary further. Graded activities in the Language Powerbook provide practice for students of mixed levels.

Opportunities is a five-level course for teenagers. Modules of topic-based units provide rich, contemporary content based on a wide variety of information themes. With a discovery approach to grammar and an upfront focus on vocabulary, Opportunities ensures the most effective language learning for students.

'Check your grammar and vocabulary' and 'Check your progress' sections 'Word Power' boxes contain new vocabulary items 'Key Word bank' pages expand new vocabulary Includes clearly labelled graded exercises Mini-grammar offers additional explanation of the grammar covered Self-assessment tests for students Module diary allow students to check and assess what they have learnt 'Working with Dictionaries' section schovat popis

The ever-popular blue jean originated in the Old West frontier of San Francisco in the late 1800s, and here is an extensive look at the entire era of Old West denim. Gathered from collections around the world, it presents never-before-seen pictures of antique "miner's denim" worn in the frontier communities of Nevada and California, including Levi denim that is over 120 years old. More than a dozen other brands that helped make blue jeans what they are today include Greenebaum Brothers, Neustadter Brothers, S. R. Krouse, A. B. Elfelt & Co., Heynemann & Co., Harman Adams, W. & I. Steinhart & Co., Toklas, Brown, and others. Many of these innovative blue-jean designs have been lost in the dust of history and were inaccessible to the public until now. Over 300 color photos and illustrations chronicle examples, patent drawings, and the histories of the manufacturers. This is invaluable information for fashion historians and collectors alike.

In the first book to present Star Wars as a mirror for contemporary politics, Michael Harris reveals Star Wars' new Left roots.

Exploring the intersection of classic sci-fi films and contemporary reality, this book uncovers the prophetic elements within iconic movies from the past fifty years. Michael Harris analyzes how these films forecasted societal challenges we face today while offering insights on how to navigate and potentially avert the dire futures they depicted. Through a blend of film critique and cultural commentary, the work encourages readers to reflect on the lessons embedded in these cinematic narratives.

Themes are: related to students' own world (friends, shopping, films, neighbours, holidays, sport) cross-curricular (science and technology, history) develop citizenship education (belonging and identity, diversity, awareness of disability) about other cultures around the world (lifestyles, charity concerts, technology) Organisation: Get Readypage introduces topics first lessonpresents grammar through reading texts and practice second lessondevelops reading, presents vocabulary and practises speaking third lessondevelops the story with a focus on speaking and listening Across Cultureslessons with reading, speaking project work Your Challenge writing tasks and Understanding Grammarspots the end of every module has a language check and learner development spot Fact or Fictiontexts extend students' language by deciding whether information is true or false *Time Outmagazine with fun activities like puzzles, games and reading for pleasure. Picture Dictionary

Step back in time to the birth of the United States of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation—The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War.