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Ayyildiz, Judy Light was born on February 9, 1941 in Teays, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Jewel Garnet and Laura Gladys (Perry) Light.
(An American grandson of a Turkish immigrant learns about ...)
An American grandson of a Turkish immigrant learns about his Turkish and Ottoman heritage. (Creative non-fiction and fiction. Ages 6-12) Includes history, foreign language, orgin of words, geography, cross-cultural studies, social studies and Turkish words A great introduction for Ancestors/Family Tree Studies, International Studies and Turkish-American Awareness. A one-of-a-kind book.
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(Cross-curriculum fun and easy to challenge students' crit...)
Cross-curriculum fun and easy to challenge students' critical thinking skills. Great for Home-Schoolers, substitute teachers. Ready lessons can be completed in short time. Each lesson has extensions. Authors have combined 50 years teaching experience. Each lesson features a teacher's page with Purpose, Focus, Suggestions. Holiday and school theme related.
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(This Middle School cross-curriculum Writing Workbook has ...)
This Middle School cross-curriculum Writing Workbook has been designed to help teachers, substitute teachers, home school parents who want a fun and simple way to challenge students and to strengthen students' critical thinking skills. Students are challenged to write stories and poems, design projects, work math problems, conduct surveys, do research, and more. The lessons presented can be completed by students in a relatively short period of time with materials that are readily available. Each two or three-page lesson also includes suggestions for extensions that may be completed over a longer time period. The activities focus on a diversity of topics such as using figures of speech, imagery, and alliteration; budgeting time and money; solving and creating secret codes; the environment; food chains; genealogy; probability; interpersonal relationships. The format of each lesson enables the teacher to easily see the content and activities involved. Each lesson features a teacher page and one or two reproducible student activity pages. The teacher pages include the purpose and focus of the lesson, suggestions for ease in implementing the lesson, and extensions that increase the students' understanding of the lesson or provide opportunities for students to apply what they have learned. The student activity pages contain interesting and relevant activities that require students to work in different situations and in different ways. Depending on the activity, students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups. The skills emphasized in this writing workbook include problem solving, visualizing, defining, synthesizing, listing, recalling, examining, planning, formulating, and applying.
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(Overnight, everything in her life alters when Judy awaken...)
Overnight, everything in her life alters when Judy awakens paralyzed from the waist down by a mysterious illness. As she struggles for the courage to find a way of escape from this well of isolation, pain and powerlessness, her creative imagination takes flight. Armed with insight gleaned from her own stories about events and people in her past and present -- told with restrained humor and often with Appalachian flavor -- Judy discovers that her spiritual desire to "walk" is stronger than the fear of falling
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Ayyildiz, Judy Light was born on February 9, 1941 in Teays, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Jewel Garnet and Laura Gladys (Perry) Light.
Bachelor in Music Education, Marshall University, 1963. Master of Arts in Liberal Arts, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, 1980. Master of Arts in English and Creative Writing, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, 1981.
Music teacher, Buffalo Public Schools, 1964-1965;
music teacher, Roanoke City Schools, 1965-1966;
writing consultant, Roanoke City and County, since 1983. Writing consultant Hollins Summer Program, Richmond City, Salem, Roanoke College. Writing instructor and consultant Hollins Women's Center.
Founding board member Blue Ridge Writers Conference, Roanoke, 1984-1993. Board directors Appalfolks ofAm., Clifton Forge, Virginia, 1987-1994.
(This Middle School cross-curriculum Writing Workbook has ...)
(Overnight, everything in her life alters when Judy awaken...)
(An American grandson of a Turkish immigrant learns about ...)
(Cross-curriculum fun and easy to challenge students' crit...)
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President Roanoke Academy Medicine Auxiliary, 1973. Board directors Southwest Virginia Opera Company, Roanoke, 1971. Director Medical Auxiliary Chorus, Roanoke, 1968-1978.
Member Poets and Writers, Associate Writing Programs, American Academy Poets (Hollins College Gertrude Claytor prize 1981), Artemis/Artists and Writers, Writers Guild, Blue Ridge Writer's Conference (founder).
Married Vedii Ayyilidiz, November 20, 1962. Children: Kent, Kevin, Karen.
