**A NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR AND A NEW YORKER "ESSENTIAL READ" NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND VOGUE “Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent, and Checkout 19 is a masterful novel.” –Karl Ove Knausgaard From the author of the “dazzling. . . . and daring” Pond (O magazine), the adventures of a young woman discovering her own genius, through the people she meets–and dreams up–along the way.** In a working-class town in a county west of London, a schoolgirl scribbles stories in the back pages of her exercise book, intoxicated by the first sparks of her imagination. As she grows, everything and everyone she encounters become fuel for a burning talent. The large Russian man in the ancient maroon car who careens around the grocery store where she works as a checkout clerk, and slips her a copy of Beyond Good and Evil. The growing heaps of other books in which she loses–and finds–herself. Even the derailing of a friendship, in a devastating violation. The thrill of learning to conjure characters and scenarios in her head is matched by the exhilaration of forging her own way in the world, the two kinds of ingenuity kindling to a brilliant conflagration. Exceeding the extraordinary promise of Bennett’s mold-shattering debut, Checkout 19 is a radical affirmation of the power of the imagination and the magic escape those who master it open to us all.

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Claire McCaskill tells Lawrence O’Donnell that it is "very unusual" for the State Department inspector general to request a last minute meeting with committee staff. Lawrence also discusses the unusual development with Mieke Eoyang and Evelyn Farkas.

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R-controlled words in context are important for any reader. These fun phonics readers will give your students lots of practice with reading r-controlled vowels. These are similar to the word family, digraph, sight word, and short vowel readers. This set is part of the phonics bundle. Black and white are available. You may also like the word family and short vowel sets and digraph sets. Students can highlight all their cvc words and targeted words in the text. Teachers can create anchor charts with the colored charts. Cvc and word family words integrated for ease of reading. Key words highlighted in the colored text. There are 10 stories in color and black and white. If you would like more phonics stories check out the PHONICS READERS BUNDLE Each file is sold separately in store. To check out each file or get more phonics, click on the links below. R-Controlled Pack includes *ar *er *ir *ur *ore *air *ear *are *or Bundle Includes: PHONICS READERS BUNDLE Short Vowel Phonics Readers Word Family Phonics Readers Digraph Phonics Readers R-Controlled Phonics Readers R Blends Phonics Readers L and S Blends Phonics Readers Long A Phonics Readers Long Vowels Phonics Readers Diphthong Phonics Readers The following phonics sounds are included in bundle: VOWELS *A *E * I *O *U SHORT VOWELS/WORD FAMILIES Short A Family *ad *ap  *at  *am  *an *ag  Short E Family *en *ed *et Short I Family *it *ig *in *ip *id *im Short O Family *og *ot *op *ob Short U Family *ub *ug *ut *un BLENDS Phonics Readers L Blends *bl *cl *fl *gl *pl *sl S Blends *sc *sn *sp *st *sw *mixed story R Blends Phonics Readers *br *cr *dr *fr *gr *pr *tr DIGRAPH Phonics Readers *sh *ch *th *ph *wh Long Vowel Phonics Readers LONG A *a_e *ake *ame *ave *ale *ain *ai *ail *ay LONG E *ee *ea *y LONG I *i_e *igh *y *mixed story LONG O *o_e *oa *ow LONG U *u_e *ew *ue R-CONTROLLED Phonics Readers *ar *er *ir *ur *ore *or *are *air *ear DIPHTHONGS Phonics Readers *ow *aw *au *oy *oi *ou *oo Questions? Ask them below. Make sure you leave a review after using this resource and be sure to follow me here on TPT, TPT Facebook, and Pinterest for more resources and on Instagram to see how I use these activities in the classroom. Join the email list and receive ideas, free resources and samples of resources.

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