Blood Relations & Other Plays (Prairie Play)
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Men of Fire: Jose Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock
List Price: Price: $24.95 DescriptionIn 1936, Jackson Pollock traveled to Dartmouth College to view Jose Clemente Orozco's mural The Epic of American Civilization, which had been unveiled in Baker Library two years earlier. The deep impact that the imagery of these frescoes had on the young artist is demonstrated by the drawings and oil paintings that Pollock made after this visit. In these works Pollock explored myth, ritual, and the creative and destructive power of fire in ways directly inspired by Orozco's art. The essays in this volume will examine the importance that Orozco's work had for Pollock during this pivotal moment in his career and bring together for the first time the work of two of the most famous artists of the twentieth century.
Making Theatre: A Life of Sharon Pollock
 List Price: Price: $22.99 You Save: $16.96 (42%) DescriptionIn Making Theatre: A Life of Sharon Pollock, Sherrill Grace has written the story of Pollock’s life from her family roots in New Brunswick through her pioneering years as a Canadian playwright to the present as she continues to make theatre. It focuses attention on Pollock’s distinguished career as a playwright, director, actor and artistic director, and it places her story in the context of what is the flowering of Canadian theatrethe four decades from 1967 to the present. Grace also discusses each of Pollock’s major plays and many of their most interesting productions in Canada, as well as their productions in the United States, Japan and England. In her research for this volume, Grace interviewed theatre people across the globe and visited archives from coast to coast.
Sharon Pollock has won the Governor General’s Award for Drama twice (for Blood Relations and Doc), received several honorary doctorates, and won numerous other prizes and awards. She has also paved the way for the creation of new Canadian plays by championing the work of younger playwrights and mentoring their work across the country, but especially during her years at Banff. While readers interested in Canadian theatre and in theatre history will find this biography of great value, those more interested in the personal story of a writer’s commitment to her craft and discipline will find Pollock’s story fascinating. While she has often called her family past a ghost story,” over the course of her career she has had to cope with many challenges much more corporeal. As a woman in a male dominated field, as a mother of six children, as the survivor of an abusive marriage, she has managed to slay what Virginia Woolf once called the angel in the house” to become one of Canada’s greatest living writers.
Sharon Pollock: Essays on her works (Writers Series 1)
 List Price: Price: $5.45 You Save: $4.55 (46%) DescriptionSharon Pollock was born in New Brunswick, and is now living in Calgary. With The Komagata Maru Incident in 1976, Sharon Pollock became the most controversial playwright in Canada. She does not shy away from confronting difficult questions, both political and personal. Her many plays staged across the country have given Canadian theatre a distinctive voice. This collection of essays is the first book on Sharon Pollock's work, a career which spans over thirty years and several cities.
Sharon Pollock: Collected Works Volume Three
 List Price: Price: $34.70 You Save: $4.30 (11%) DescriptionThird volume of plays from one of Canada's most celebrated playwrights.
Minding the Achievement Gap One Classroom at a Time
 List Price: Price: $22.39 You Save: $1.56 (7%) DescriptionThe achievement gap is a persistent and perplexing challenge for educators. While school- and system-level reforms continue to be discussed in statehouses and district offices, individual teachers are challenged to do something now to help students who are falling short of standards, including students who are English language learners and receiving special education services.A companion to the ASCD best-seller Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time, this book identifies small, specific adjustments to planning, teaching, and assessment practices that will support more effective learning in every student, every day, and help close the achievement gap on a classroom-by-classroom basis. Here, you ll learn how to * Use readily available tools curriculum documents, a plan book, and a grade book to improve all students access to, interaction with, and mastery of lesson content. * Design daily lessons that clarify learning goals and require students to use high-yield learning strategies, seek feedback, and reflect on their progress. * Promote the progress of English language learners through coordinated pursuit of content and language goals, and synchronize instruction to improve the performance of special education students in both co-teaching and resource environments. This book also features the voices of working educators who share how minding the gap has helped them engage academically at-risk students, ELLs, and special education students; improve students test scores; and sustain these gains over time. If you are a classroom teacher or specialist committed to helping all your students become more successful learners and unwilling to wait for high-level solutions or even the results of another data retreat, then this is just the resource you need. Pollock Sharon News
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