Authors:Ivannia Soto, June Hetzel,
Publisher: Corwin Press
Keywords: learners, english, language, standard, strategies, gaps, bridge, building, literacy
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-08-11
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 1412975212
ISBN-13: 9781412975216

The authors provide strategies, examples, and tools to address the gap between ELLs and texts, socio-cultural differences between teachers and ELLs, and language differences between ELLs and peers.

Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: University of New Mexico Pre
Keywords: dime, nickel
Number of Pages: 189
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0826321860
ISBN-13: 9780826321862

"I’m outta here! I got a future!" crows Roberto Silva when he is down-sized out of his job as a security guard at a bank in Oakland. But Roberto’s future isn’t the one he was looking forward to. This is the 1990s, and upward mobility in the city requires resources that Roberto is short of. Before he knows it, he is living in an abandoned quonset hut and then on the street, where he crosses paths with poet Silver Mendez, a survivor of the 1960s whose luck has run out, and Gus Hernandez, a compadre from his days at the bank. The ups and downs of the lives of men who are always

Author: Hernando De Soto
Publisher: Basic Book
Keywords: fails, everywhere, west, triumphs, capital, capitalism, mystery
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0465016154
ISBN-13: 9780465016150

It’s become clear by now the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in most places around the globe hasn’t ushered in an unequivocal flowering of capitalism in the developing and postcommunist world. Western thinkers have blamed this on everything from these countries’ lack of sellable assets to their inherently non-entrepreneurial "mindset." In this book, the renowned Peruvian economist and adviser to presidents and prime ministers Hernando de Soto proposes and argues another reason: it’s not that poor, postcommunist countries don’t have the assets

Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Book
Keywords: chimps, teenage, mercy
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0152060227
ISBN-13: 9780152060220

On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp--all long armed, big eared, and gangly. He’s been muddling through each gawky day since. Now his best friend, Joey, has turned thirteen, too--and after Joey humiliates himself in front of a cute girl, he climbs a tree and refuses to come down. So Ronnie sets out to woo the girl on Joey’s behalf. After all, teenage chimps have to stick together.     Acclaimed author Gary Soto tells a fun and touching story about friendship, understanding, and the painful insecurities of being thirteen.

Author: Tatiana Soto J.
Publisher: BoD
Keywords: model, brand, bbdo, equity, evaluator, comparison, assessing, value, methods, interbrand
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2008-08-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 3836658720
ISBN-13: 9783836658720

In today’s highly competitive business environment, companies have recognised the increasing importance of brands as one of their most important assets. However, now the discussion is how to measure the value of such an important asset and what makes this valuation important. The purpose of this thesis is the critical comparison between two well-known brand valuation methods in order to choose the one that reflects the monetary value of a brand best possible. For this purpose, the methods are first analysed in relation to their compliance with the requirements for brand valuation methods

Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Graphia
Keywords: onions, buried
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0152062653
ISBN-13: 9780152062651

Eddie’s father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it’s a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers--and discovers that his closest friends may actually be his worst enemies.     Includes a reader’s guide and a glossary of Spanish words and phrases.

Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: onions, buried
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1997-09-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0152013334
ISBN-13: 9780152013332

For Eddie there isn’t much to do in his rundown neighborhood but eat, sleep, watch out for drive-bys, and just try to get through each day. His father, two uncles, and his best friend are all dead, and it’s a struggle not to end up the same way. The violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion with its ubiquitous vapors were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers after the death of his cousin and discovers that his closest friends may be his worst enemies.