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The Official GameSalad® Guide to Game Development
by Jeannie NovakTHE OFFICIAL GAMESALAD GUIDE TO GAME DEVELOPMENT teaches readers how to make their own games with the simple, powerful, drag-and-drop GameSalad Creator software. Using techniques based on key game development concepts, current trends, and established best practices, readers will be able to use GameSalad Creator from concept to prototype--and beyond. The text's wide-ranging coverage encompasses desktop, mobile, online, social, and serious games--as well as key platforms such as iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and HTML 5. This reader-friendly, highly visual guide is equally suited for formal game development courses and self-paced learning--with a balance of depth and detail that is ideal for both professionals and those working on their first game. Basic tutorials and terminology are available in the book's Appendix. GameSalad has also provided manuals, templates, and a Cookbook containing video tutorials at http://gamesalad. com/manuals and http://cookbook. gamesalad. com.
Oliver Twist: A Dramatization
by Forrest Stone Charles Dickens Jeffrey B. FuerstSet in nineteenth-century England, Oliver Twist is a classic rags-to-riches story about an orphan boy determined to escape his circumstances and find a better life. Read or perform this three-act play to experience a new version of the story.
On the Ball (Reading Wonders #Approaching Level, Grade 3)
by Emma Turner Ron MahoneyNIMAC-sourced textbook
Operaciones con números decimales: Calcular con números decimales y porcentajes
by Glenda Lappan Elizabeth Difanis Phillips James T. Fey Susan N. FrielNIMAC-sourced textbook
Opinions About Freedom of Speech: Reports from the Trenton Bulletin
by Carrie Smith Jeffrey B. FuerstThe First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech. However, the Supreme Court has placed some restrictions on free speech when what is said is a lie that hurts someone's reputation or puts people in real danger. Read two newspaper articles about individuals on trial. Were they within their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech? Then read three opinions about the articles. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guides and Text Evidence Question Card)
Opinions About Ocean Health
by Andy Sloan Jeffrey B. FuerstEarth's oceans are home to 80% of the life-forms on the planet and are a vital part of Earth's food chain. Unfortunately, climate change, pollution, and overfishing are damaging the oceans. Read about these threats to ocean health, then read three writers' opinions about which of those threats is the greatest.
Opinions About Odysseus: A Greek Hero
by Cynthia Swain Jose Ramos Jeffrey B. FuerstRead about a hero from Greek myths, Odysseus, and some of his adventures. Then read and evaluate opinion pieces about his use of violence to combat various monsters from Greek myths.
Opinions About Putting Humans in Space: Worth the Cost?
by Racheal Rice Jeffrey B. FuerstPeople have always dreamed of traveling into space and exploring the universe. Prompted by considerable funding for NASA and a challenge from President Kennedy in 1961, that dream became a reality with the moon landing in 1969. Now we are planning--and spending billions more--to put a human on Mars. Read about these two space exploration projects, and then read three writers' opinions about whether putting humans in space is worth the cost. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guides and Text Evidence Question Card)
Opinions About the Voting Age
by Kathy Kafer Angelo Parra Jeffrey B. FuerstAmerican citizens over the age of eighteen have had the right to vote since 1971, when the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was passed. However, not everyone believes teens should still have this privilege. Read two newspaper articles that look at teens and voting. Then read three writers' opinions about the voting age.
Opinions About The Trail of Tears: The Indian Removal Act
by Rebecca Grudzina Joanne Tangorra Molly SmithRead about the period of history when the U. S. government forced thousands of Native Americans to leave their land and travel hundreds of miles along what would become known as the Trail of Tears. Then, read and evaluate three opinions about this forced removal of the Native American people.
Opinions About Two Fairy Tales: "Baba Yaga" and "Hansel and Gretel"
by Laura Layton Strom Joanna Czernichowska Niki Leonidou Jeffrey B. FuerstRead a Russian fairy tale and a German fairy tale with many similarities. Each has a pair of children who live with their poor father and wicked stepmother. Both have evil witches who live deep in the woods and eat children. Then read and evaluate three opinion pieces about which of the adult characters in the fairy tales acts the worst.
Opinions About Weather Scenes: Creating Mood in Literature and Art
by Donna Schmeltekopf Clark Jeffrey B. FuerstWriters and artists create specific moods in their works in order to get an emotional response from their audiences. Yet, each reader and viewer interprets those moods in his or her own way. Read excerpts from novels, a newspaper report, and a memoir about dramatic storms. Look at paintings of weather scenes that bring to mind the texts. Then read three opinion pieces interpreting the moods in the writing and artwork. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guides and Text Evidence Question Card)
Opinions about Workers' Rights: The 1913 Ludlow Coal Miners' Strike
by Kim T. Griswell James Palmer Jeffrey B. FuerstIn 1913 Colorado miners went on strike to protest unsafe conditions, low pay, and a very long workday. Read this historical fiction story based on that tragic-but-pivotal event in the development of the American labor movement. Then read the opinions of three writers about whether or not going on strike was the right thing to do.
An Orange in January (Elementary Core Reading Ser.)
by Dianna Hutts Aston Julie MarenNIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>An orange begins its life as a blossom where bees feast on the nectar, and reaches the end of its journey, bursting with the seasons inside it, in the hands of a child.
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 2], Libro de práctica: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Peter StowasserNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 2], Libro del alumno: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Peter StowasserNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 3], Libro de práctica: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Debi DePaulNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 3], Libro del alumno: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Debi DePaulNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 4], Libro de práctica: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Peter StowasserNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 4], Libro del alumno: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Debi DePaulNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 5], Libro de práctica: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Debi DePaulNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade 5], Libro del alumno: Spanish Edition
by James Burnett Calvin Irons Debi DePaulNIMAC-sourced textbook
ORIGO Stepping Stones, Programa de matemáticas [Grade K], Libro del alumno: Spanish Edition
by Rosemary Irons James Burnett Peter StowasserNIMAC-sourced textbook
El otoño se va (¡Arriba la Lectura!, Read Aloud Module 6 #3)
by Loretta Holland Elly MacKayNIMAC-sourced textbook