Please Don't Say An X Word - Nikola-Lisa, W.
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Artfully designed in black and white using abstracted portions of enlarged letterforms, Please Don't Say An X Word offers a jumping off point for that all-important discussion about verbal abuse and bullying with upper elementary and middle school students. But first, what is an x word? In math, "x" stands for a missing quantity, as in the equation 2(x) = 4, where x equals 2. And so it is in this book, where "x words" stand for all the "bad, angry, hurtful words" we use to denigrate others in the heat of an argument. Using just the right amount of humor and thoughtfulness, W. Nikola-Lisa,…mehr

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Artfully designed in black and white using abstracted portions of enlarged letterforms, Please Don't Say An X Word offers a jumping off point for that all-important discussion about verbal abuse and bullying with upper elementary and middle school students. But first, what is an x word? In math, "x" stands for a missing quantity, as in the equation 2(x) = 4, where x equals 2. And so it is in this book, where "x words" stand for all the "bad, angry, hurtful words" we use to denigrate others in the heat of an argument. Using just the right amount of humor and thoughtfulness, W. Nikola-Lisa, author of the award-winning Bein' With You This Way, urges us to reflect on how we talk to each other, at the same time encouraging us to explore the incredible beauty and richness of language.
Autorenporträt
W. Nikola-Lisa is professor emeritus at National-Louis University in Chicago, Illinois where he taught in the Graduate School of Education. He is the author of numerous books for a variety of age levels. His books include the award-winning How We Are Smart, an exploration of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Magic in the Margins, a story about bookmaking in the Middle Ages, and The Men Who Made the Yankees, an homage to one of the greatest baseball franchises in history.