Arlene Phillips

Our Sixspell program design allows the child to see his or her diagnostic test results, work on skills specific to his or her needs, and than retest to see if he or she has learned the skills. There is enough overlap built into the program that the student will get practice with the same skills many times after having learned them. The objectives of this program are to: 1) strengthen awareness of structural similarities and rules in English spelling; 2) increase student success in spelling; 3) improve student attitude in spelling; 4) develop automaticity of spelling in all written work; 5) provide a program to replace spelling texts; 6) provide a program that integrates nicely with all subject areas; that can be set up as an activity centre as part of an active learning environment. The program can be used with a whole class or individually.

SIXSPELL BEGINNING LEVEL-1

Nik Cohn

Bee Gees

Ben Richards

Paul Nicholas

Norman Wexler

Nan Knighton

Robert Stigwood

Joanne Farrell

Paramount/RSO Picture (Firm)

London Palladium (Theatre)

Saturday Night Fever is one of those movies that comes along and seems to change the cultural temperature in a flash. After the movie's release in 1977, disco ruled the dance floors, and a blow-dried member of a TV-sitcom ensemble became the hottest star in the country. For all that, the story is conventional: a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn, Tony Manero (John Travolta), works in a humble paint store and lives with his family. After dark, he becomes the polyester-clad stallion of the local nightclub; Tony's brother, a priest, observes that when Tony hits the dance floor, the crowd parts like the Red Sea before Moses. Director John Badham captures the electric connection between music and dance, and also the desperation that lies beneath Tony's ambitions to break out of his limited world. The soundtrack, which spawned a massively successful album, is dominated by the disco classics of the Bee Gees, including "Staying Alive" (Travolta's theme during the strutting opening) and "Night Fever." The Oscar-nominated Travolta, plucked from the cast of Welcome Back, Kotter, for his first starring role, is incandescent and unbelievably confident, and his dancing is terrific. Oh, and the white suit rules. (Note: Saturday Night Fever was cut from its original R-rated version after its initial release in order to obtain a PG rating. The PG version is 11 minutes shorter and is missing parts of scenes and some street talk. Both versions are available on video.).

The Original Movie Sound Track (CD).

Saturday Night Fever

Welcome to Alana's magical world of dance . . . World-famous choreographer and star judge of So You Think You Can Dance?, Arlene Phillips's brings us Alana Dancing Star - the hottest series in girls' fiction. Alana wants to help her best friend Meena audition for a brand new show Bollywood Dreams. They both love Bollywood films, but they're not sure they've got the steps quite right. Madame Coco knows just what to do! It's one short trip to her Costume Emporium before Alana is magically whisked off to the set of a fabulous new Bollywood film, dancing with beautiful movies stars and learning all the best steps to help make Meena a star too.

Alana Dancing Star: Bollywood Dreams

Alana faces her most difficult challenge yet - to master the tricky tango. As she and her friends at Step Out Studio struggle with the complicated moves, their new show is suddenly put in jeopardy. Madame Coco knows just what will help. Putting on one of her stunning tango costumes, Alana is magically whisked away to the back-streets of Buenos Aires in Argentina where she is taught the passionate story of the tango. Can she take all she has learned back home to help her friends dance a thrilling tango?

Alana Dancing Star: Twilight Tango

Book 2: LA Moves Welcome back to Alana's world - dancing is her number one passion. But everyone at school prefers pop stars to ballroom stars. Can she and her best friend, Meena, pull off a great routine for the school review? Soon enough, a trip to Mademoiselle Coco's Costume Emporium has Alana on another magical dance adventure, this time doing the coolest street dancing moves in LA with the hottest boy band around. Maybe she can show everyone just how cool dancing can be after all? Full of magic, glamour, glitter and loveable characters, each story centres around a brand new dance - from fox trot to tango, samba to street dance. Perfect for fans of Darcey Bussell's Magic Ballerina and Katie Price's Perfect Ponies, as well as TV hits such as Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice, So You Think You Can Dance?, X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent.

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