A Special Place For Charlee

A young boy tells how he cared for his dog and his sadness when she had to be put to sleep.

In this volume, Alice Crosetto and Rajinder Garcha identify hundreds of resources-including books, Internet sites, and media titles-that will help educators, professionals, parents, siblings, guardians, and students learn about coping with the loss of a loved one and the grief...

Well established as a definitive text--and now revised and updated with eight new chapters--this book translates cutting-edge research into effective guidelines for teaching writing in grades K–12. Illustrated with vivid classroom examples, the book identifies the components of a complete, high-quality writing program. Leading experts provide strategies for teaching narrative and argumentative writing; using digital tools; helping students improve specific skills, from handwriting and spelling to sentence construction; teaching evaluation and revision; connecting reading and writing instruction; teaching vulnerable populations; using assessment to inform instruction; and more. New to This Edition *Chapters on new topics: setting up the writing classroom and writing from informational source material. *New chapters on core topics: narrative writing, handwriting and spelling, planning, assessment, special-needs learners, and English learners. *Increased attention to reading–writing connections and using digital tools. *Incorporates the latest research and instructional procedures. See also Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition, edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald, which provides a comprehensive overview of writing research that informs good practice.

CHARLEE: Have you ever had one of those ah-ha moments in your life? For me that came in the form of a boy on the verge of becoming a man—someone who would change my life indefinitely. I never thought at the age of fifteen I would find my eternal love, but he was like a rattlesnake, he jumped up out of nowhere and bit me in the ass. Before him I thought my life was perfect, but oh how wrong I was. I thought I had everything life could give me. I had the perfect folks, a wonderful loving brother, and the best friend a girl could ask for, but it all changed in an instant. A moment of time that will change the course of my life—Forever. COUNTRY: Life can change at the snap of your finger. Before I joined the DreamCatchers MC, I was just existing. After them, I was learning to live. Then I met her—Charlee… and now, I know what living is supposed to be like. I’ve learned to live in the moment and never take life for granted. She changed everything for me. She gave me a home, a family, and a love that you only hear about from the older generation. You know, where they sit in their rocking chairs and talk about how they fell in love, how they raised their children together, and how life wasn’t worth living without the other. This is us, my Charlee girl and me. Sit back and hold on tight… this is our story, it isn’t all pretty—full of roses and sunshine, but it’s ours in all its messed-up glory. Note: This book has been re-written, re-edited, re-formatted, and re-published. This book is a slow burn. WARNING: If Seventeen is too young for you to read about a young lady being intimate with her man, who is three years her senior, this book is not for you. Side note: In the state of Texas, where this book takes place, 17 is the LEGAL age of consent.

This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3796-9.