Books with author Farrell

Bradley, who lives with his mom, sister, aunt, and grandmother, is your average baseball-obsessed sixth-grader. Except there's nothing average about Bradley's looks. He's incredibly handsome-- "babelicious," according to the girls in his class. And when he's unexpectedly offered the chance to earn big money by modeling for a local department store, he shrugs off his reservations about such a "wimpy" profession. He can finally step into the role of man of the house by helping to pay the bills-- even if it means having his picture plastered on the biggest billboard in town. And that's when the trouble begins, because it's easy to get bigheaded when you're twenty feet tall.

Covering many genres of writing—from romance and science fiction to mystery and adventure—this helpful guide teaches young readers the process of writing a gripping book from beginning to end. It outlines the writing process—from creating an original, memorable title and realistic characters to fashioning an unexpected plot twist with spellbinding suspense—to make a one-of-a-kind page-turner. Examples from well-known authors and published books as well as tips on how to get work noticed are also included.

Foster Classroom Questions by Amy Farrell is a teacher's resource intended for use in lesson planning, and in the classroom. It contains 112 questions to provoke student engagement and personal response while studying Claire Keegan's novel. Why choose to study Foster by Claire Keegan? Themes of family, relationships, loneliness, identity and loss. The setting of the Irish countryside. Engaging narration of the girl. Beautifully written. Scene by Scene guides are teaching resources. They are short books of questions, designed to save teachers time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. Each guide is broken down by scene or chapter, to match and complement the text it accompanies. This means that the teacher is provided with a clear list of questions, at every stage of teaching the text. These questions can be used in class, or as homework, and so provide underlying structure to lesson planning. Classroom Questions teaching guides contain both closed, comprehension testing questions, and open, higher order questions, exploring student response, opinion and analysis. Closed questions can be used to check understanding and make sure students are on-task, while open questions promote thinking and reflection. In this way, Scene by Scene Classroom Questions keep students engaged with and focused on the text, and involved in classroom discussion.