All I had to do was bag my drum lessons, and I’d be saving the family eighty bucks a month. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to,” he said, coming closer now, examining the scars. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper promptly put Captain Cook back inside and shut the door again, to be sure that the penguin learned his lesson. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to teach your swank a lesson in manners?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I pledge a lesson to the frog of the United States of America, and to the wee puppet for witches’ hands. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Someone—I can’t remember who it was—claimed after the lesson that what Miss Emily had said was that Norfolk was England’s “lost corner,” where all the lost property found in the country ended up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

More broadly, she can “teach to the test,” basing her lesson plans on questions from past years’ exams, which isn’t considered cheating but may well violate the spirit of the test. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He had prepared a lesson on raising pigs, but he had mistakenly brought the handouts 1 62 titled “The Close-Planting System of Rice Growing.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the next week, Shirley’s fingers seemed as clumsy as ever and now there were lessons on the piano in addition to the lessons at school. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I can remember us back in the Juniors, pleading with guardians to hold the next lesson in the pavilion instead of the usual room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This discrepancy between evolutionary success and individual suffering is perhaps the most important lesson we can draw from the Agricultural Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rusty taught me so much about animal behavior, lessons I have remembered all my life. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

PS I guess it’s okay if you can’t send me lessons anymore. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Leah thinks she is all high and mighty ever since Anatole asked her to help teach some lessons at the school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire class—the schoolhouse was full on Saturday mornings—shifted at their desks while the old man sputtered and choked on the day’s lessons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Baltimore Plot taught Lincoln a powerful lesson about public perception. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been staring at it all day, in between Spanish lessons. How do we find ‘X’ if the location of the fire pit remains unknown? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Surely they could not possibly think this was just Bandit’s scheme to escape the tyranny of piano lessons for the joys of Jackie Robinson! In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was in all the accelerated classes at school, got almost perfect grades, kept her room tidy, and always practiced for her piano lessons. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Greene turned red and started the lesson. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the Center we had a civics lesson. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Mama wanted the piano so Mary Toy could take music lessons. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mother Lois spoke fluent French; she often gave Conrad and me lessons over the dinner table. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attention and perseverance behaviors of preschool children enrolled in Suzuki violin lessons and other activities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They had a philosophy and a lesson plan and didn't need to hide behind a clip-on tie and an empty briefcase. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She asks me, “What is the most valuable lesson you’ve learned from participating in this pageant?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Keep ’em, and maybe I can give you lessons when I come down.Would that be cool? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keep in mind that any lesson can be made into an arts-integrated one, by simply delving in deeper to the art form itself to find structural details and meaning from which to draw. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For good measure I added Pi = 3.14 and I drew a large circle, which I then sliced in two with a diameter, to evoke that basic lesson of geometry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following day, when we had finished our lessons with Teacher Sarah, I lagged behind, as usual. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too often he was late or simply didn’t show up for our lessons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t see why I have to come back if I’ve learned my lesson.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor Roosevelt learned a valuable lesson from the Constitution Hall controversy. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The other lords had not been slow to take the lesson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They paid no attention to the boat or to her when, late in the day, she attempted another swimming lesson. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy didn’t mind playing chess with Bobby, but he didn’t want to take lessons from his father. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Judd’s out to teach me a lesson, and I’m out to teach him one. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad has to teach a last-minute lesson, so you might as well eat his food.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Your stories,” Mrs. Marl had said in their English lesson. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The answer is yes, but the lesson was not grasped until recently. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I shall tell all the world the lessons I learned in Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It illustrated a moral lesson, the Intercessor explained, and went on to explain what that was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. In fact, I was discussing the matter with two colleagues in a room at the Trout. And it was your Malcolm who was serving us. That’ll teach me a lesson.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom says I should . .. ... until one crazy day when this cranky old woman and this sick little boy meet a coy-dog with a heart of gold—and they all learn an important lesson about love. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elisha would smile and reprimand him gently, and the lesson would go on. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Throughout the lessons, Shirley leaned forward, barely touching her seat, to catch the meaning, but the words sounded like gurgling water. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This would become one of my early, unwitting lessons about life in politics: Schedules and plans never seemed to stick. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’d have to yelp and cry to satisfy Big Ma that I had learned my lesson. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Actually, Adria and I also came up with a third lesson: a true Cheetah Girl never lies. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then she became the one lagging in her lessons, surrounded by impatient children. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Would he decide to teach me a lesson? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to make a study of calculating and surveying with Mr. Heron who was kind and didn’t charge me for lessons. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind drifts back to my horse riding lessons. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I’d love to give you ballet lessons. But...they cost money, and...” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chong was a retired piano teacher and my mother had traded housecleaning services for weekly lessons and a piano for me to practice on every day, two hours a day, from four until six. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilfred had a heavy load of tennis lessons and could not come with me; but he gave me money to cover expenses for the day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As you can see, we are doing our arithmetic lessons while we sing!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The orange leaves were the extent of my lesson plan, but still I searched the empty briefcase, mindful that I had stupidly armed my audience with straight pins. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Tannenbaum turns back to the class and starts the lesson. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was especially focused on lessons, scribbling down everything Doc said. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Giving lessons sounds good, Miss Love,” I said finally. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But there would be one more harsh lesson to show how inattention could trump even the most inspired engineering. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Chapter Summary: This chapter looks at creative ideas for approaching and planning a successful music lesson, including a guided outline, models of full lessons, and classroom management tips. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They based this speculation on the hard lessons learned during the twentieth century about the behavior of children of similar character. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I still have some water in my ear from my swimming lesson yesterday,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Once again he saw that, in that strange land, he was applying the same lessons he had learned with his sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Learning from its lessons in Peru, Haiti, and Russia, PIH works closely with governments and their agencies to minimize political misunderstandings and to deploy their complementary resources. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered seeing CPR on television, but no one had ever given him lessons. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once class ended, after about an hour and a half, we would have open or free fencing, during which time everyone would also take individual lessons with their personal coach. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I started my lessons in the parking lot behind the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid all those childhood lessons in holiness slid off me like hot butter off the griddle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the teachers, they provide music flashcards, lesson plans, music-reinforcing word searches, and many other helpful resources, all in one location. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Not paying his taxes. Let this be a lesson to you, Willy.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Double Maths is just about the worst lesson of the week. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Pong started to protest that he certainly hadn't taught his teacher that lesson, but the old man was off and walking down the road again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Our lessons had started again, and I knew I’d have to make up the practice, plus an additional half hour as punishment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I decided a few hours ago how I wanted to handle this—I want to teach Caleb a lesson. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, my lie to Britt about needing to talk to him aside, Mr. Bonner isn’t the least bit helpful this morning: in our continued study of the book Monster, today’s lesson is about truth-seeking. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“You have not learned the first lesson yet. You will not last here.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that instant of sudden terror, the only lesson Arya could remember was the one Jon Snow had given her, the very first. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Professor Flitwick had asked them to read three extra books in preparation for their lesson on Summoning Charms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Sam, the first lesson is how to convert a water mill to electricity. Let’s make electricity when we finish the mill.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it takes a change of scenery or a good whack in the head to help you recognize the lessons you’ve learned.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the lessons. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called “bee yard etiquette.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie knew the girl’s name and what her father did because Beverly had made an announcement at the beginning of the lesson. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Estimation is generally not taught either, aside from a few lessons on rounding off numbers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the crucial lesson that survived the turbulence in the South of the fifties and sixties. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went to bed comforting himself that there was only one more day of lessons to struggle through, plus Slughorn’s party, after which he and Ron would depart together for the Burrow. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We’d been in the middle of Latin lessons when Mr. Brown came and knocked on the door of the schoolhouse and called Mrs. Guest outside. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, because right after my last lesson, I did practice—for a minute or two. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When developing your lesson, start by thinking outside of the box. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I had learned some good lessons in those four years at the Littles’. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tutor had been there a month, and it was now August, but they had done no lessons so far. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It’s a good day for a lesson.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The two men walked into the little room, and Bod stood stock still between them and thought of Mr. Pennyworth’s lessons. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“The lessons he taught me have helped me survive, too,” Alex said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I told Mrs. Viboon that you would learn a lesson. I think I know the perfect lesson to start with.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Fresh flowers popped out of the grass every day like all the new lessons I learned in school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you almost done, Madame LePoint? We are eager to get back to our lessons.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was I who had suffered through six weeks' worth of lessons and was still struggling to master “Yellow Bird.” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Volpe translates such lessons in a much more concise way for his student actors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But unfortunately for you, my dear, everyone under thirteen has to sit through lessons.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They also aid in creating positive and interesting lessons that fully engage the student. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I will consider it a sacrifice in the interest of truth, a lesson for those too rigid, too dishonest, to do what is right. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The lessons on splendor theory were long, the physical exercises intense. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cole nodded and handed Edwin his completed lessons. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Never did I think of Mama as getting root lessons from Gran. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"And let that be a lesson to you!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girls were busy watching television and Seema and I were getting settled at the table to go over her notes for the day's geography lesson when my mother’s friends knocked at the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A newspaper editor learned this lesson when he dared to criticize the Dukes’ harsh treatment of workers—including the practice of whipping children in the mill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Let this be a lesson to you,” replied Merlyn, “not to swear. I think we had better change the subject” “We were talking about Kay.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him it was a good thing, that suffering would harden him, would teach him such a lesson that he’d stop drinking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though my brother Qareeb was the apple of my eye, watching him begin the college application process was a lesson for me in what not to do. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

This was an important lesson, for I suspect I was a bit stuck up in those days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was taken to Dr. op-oi’s rooms upstairs for our lessons to be resumed, I dreaded the interview. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before she went away she would teach him a lesson. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, there’s no need to call me when Oskar doesn't come to his lessons, because I already know, because this was my decision. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they were teaching, Mr. Jenson would often come in and squeeze himself into one of the back seats and enjoy the lesson too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won’t be able to work to save up for a piano or lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the lessons get harder and harder, and when I have to type out a whole page, I get lazy and want to give up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Across the room, my mother would be learning her lessons on the harpsichord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So I hope that will be a lesson to all of you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rubbed his hands together, finished with the lesson and with me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind had been shaped by the prairies and ranges, and until the day he died, he would make order of the world with lessons learned from cow ponies, jagged land, and wide-open sky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I took her to her piano lesson, I scolded her if she did not play well. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite my pressing new activities, I was not excused from my music lessons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The lesson here IS that your happiest memories can become your saddest all of a sudden. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She spoke softly in English when we had lessons and in Igbo, although not often, when we didn’t. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Odile promised to ring Pop to see if lessons could be arranged, and I cycled back to college with the hope that soon my stomach pains would have reason to vanish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“A little. But I think we need some more lessons.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to fly them. I’m saving for lessons.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You ran away. So now you’ll have to be taught a lesson,” Buddy Ray said with that creepy voice of his. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the greatest lesson to be learned from all these issues is that as a nation we must make certain that in our desire for progress, personal rights and liberties are not denied. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then Jinny remembered the reading lesson, and she found she didn’t care very much. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Young people today. One of them thought it would be good sport to fire the house of a poor old woman who has never harmed a soul. Well, he learned his lesson soon enough." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We will learn every lesson of accent and idiom, we will dismantle every last pretense and practice you hold, noble as well as ruinous. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid, who had told them last lesson that they had finished with unicorns, was waiting for them outside his cabin with a fresh supply of open crates at his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Very well, everyone, an excellent lesson. Homework, kindly read the chapter on boggarts and summarize it for me...to be handed in on Monday. That will be all.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the lesson’s over, she rushes back to laying down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I could tell her anything, and I learned more from her about the world outside our apartment than I ever did from my rigorous lessons with Malcolm and Maud. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

What might I be able to add to a lesson to increase its effectiveness for the learner—e.g., movement? rhythm? instruments? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Way she treat you? How much she paying you to put up with Mister Johnny and the cooking lessons? Must be less than all of em.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

How might you adapt some of these to a language arts lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Thistlewood learned the lesson of terror early on: He witnessed a master who had caught a runaway first whip him, then rub pepper, salt, and lime into his wounds. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

That was one of the lessons he had learned at the Dreadfort: to take what he was given and never ask for more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even when I practiced with the rotating college students, other than during lessons, I still usually played solo. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In exchange for our help on her reference library, Mom gave us all art lessons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the simplest finesse, Dennis Hoagland lesson number one, and only effective with virginals like Wen, who would never imagine anything beyond a simple polarity to the world. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think I tell you stories to teach you lessons? the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But it was customary to always be respectful of your elders, a lesson that had been drilled into her since she was a baby. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lesson book is about half finger exercises. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As she talked to us that day, we learned two very important lessons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Maa sent me into the village for some errand, I lingered under the windows of the school to listen to the students saying their lessons aloud. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything was all right. I even went on with Joe’s lessons. Me! I told her I would free both of them.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some described being transferred between bases eight or more times in as many years, in each instance needing to start over in settling their children into things like music lessons or enrichment programs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I began physical therapy a few months ago, Mr. Lawson said that it would be unlikely for me to return to ballet lessons this school year. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"You're not going to get pregnant"—all his lessons ended with the same point. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He continued on with his lesson, occasionally putting his hands on me to adjust my stance or to move my arm into the right position. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He rather enjoyed teaching the occasional lesson to the citizens of the Protectorate. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even if you don't normally take lessons, you might want to consider having a series of lessons on this. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Since the Fischers didn’t own a piano, Nigro began giving Bobby accordion lessons, lending him a somewhat battered “twelve-bass” instrument so he could practice at home. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher droned on with the lesson, about the Arabic language. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued the lesson from where he had left off. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that’s swearing, but compared to what our lesson was gonna be ’bout, swearing didn’t seem like much of a sin no more. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Your first lesson: My studio is not a democracy. Have a donut.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m ready for my first lesson,” I said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Richard asked, “What do you think, girl? You need a little lesson from Tool here? Maybe see if he teaches any better than me?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could not be that blatant, but perhaps some were clever enough to take the lesson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She announced that once our lesson was finished and the class took “the test,” all the students who passed the exam would be eligible to attend a field trip to the Medieval Times restaurant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometime before that Mr. Rice had persuaded my parents that Caroline should have voice lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a morning of brilliant sunshine and we’d all just come down to the courtyard after a lesson in the main house, when I remembered something I’d left in the classroom. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was impatient with his lessons, mouthed off at teachers, got poor grades, spent his hours coining witticisms and engineering elaborate practical jokes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been the first Elder lesson of all. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“All these shameful faces. Perhaps,” he said more coolly, “some of you are ashamed at how insufficiently you were prepared for yesterday’s lesson.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Think about it: it’s just one lesson. Now, where’s this tree?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A lightning that cannot strike twice, our lesson learned in the hateful speed of light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My boy, you need lessons from your friend on seeing clearly. I am Daedalus.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered Branwell telling me something, so I asked, “Didn’t he ask if he could skip the tennis lessons and go home early?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nabila admired my intricate orange henna designs, and Fatima hugged me and didn’t let go until she extracted a promise of a lesson as soon as our work was done. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As if she reads my thoughts, Mother Ermentrude continues her lesson, saying, “Our wills, however, are corrupt and often lead us astray. But a will that is holy is a joy to submit to.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

How could they possibly give us our lessons? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Each time we talk, he listens to me ramble, then he tries to pass on some sort of life lesson. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The high point of my day was my drum lesson. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have told Auntie Buzz that her problems had been solved, but what kind of lesson would that have taught her? Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often small school groups came to visit and were given a little lesson on the life cycle of fish. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We began meeting clandestinely on Saturday mornings at Ellis Park or some private court in the suburbs, where he gave lessons. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I realise now how you spent your days, and why you were so forgetful. Tennis lessons my eye. You might have told me, you know.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I will make each of you a list of what you need. I'll make the list in calligraphy. Watch me, and it will be your first lesson." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let it be a lesson for us,” said the good friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely sped through a two-minute lesson on what we were actually supposed to be learning from this whole dissection business, but none of us were listening. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Olanna looked at the threadbare cotton boubou plastered with His Excellency’s glowering face and realized that this unsolicited lesson was an apology. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Consider that you have to create a lesson plan to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Driving lessons, and Ray Veech wants two dollars to teach me.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had been careful not to have unprotected sex; I had learned my lesson last time I had become pregnant. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I have my piano lesson in the afternoon.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But unlike us, rats can’t pass lessons or food habits down to their many, many children. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He offered to repair a broken sash cord in one of the Tynmore windows in exchange for two voice lessons for Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the Sunday school lesson, the classes would all gather together in a large assembly before the morning service began. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is neither a punishment meted out nor a lesson conferred. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to have to stop your piano lessons,” she says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And I began to cry when she added, “Forgive us for his bad manners. My daughter, this one standing here, will be sure to teach him better lessons of obedience before he visits you again.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is our first lesson. It is about respect,” Atak said. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long after I started lessons that Mrs. Kuckleman told my parents that I have perfect pitch, since I can recognize any musical note. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It is as Valerian says. This lesson is boring. You will light the lamps and begin another, more worthy one.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For evidence that few lessons were learned from the mistakes of May 10, one need look no farther than what happened on Everest in the weeks that immediately followed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He then gave me a quick lesson in soldering. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our lessons on solidarity with Sister Mukumbu at the People’s Center hadn’t gone for nothing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There were lessons there, as powerful as the ones Pima’s mother taught when she explained how they were to survive into adulthood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Researchers have often wondered whether the Inka collapse betokens a major historical lesson. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Today is not a day to talk back. There will be no root lessons today, but you’ll learn something all the same.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was only when he spotted three only-too-familiar backs ahead of them that he realized they must be having these lessons with the Slytherins. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t afford to pay for riding lessons every week, but that didn’t matter. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, they might turn him over to some tough top sergeant to be taught ‘a lesson.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the second lesson of Blink: understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And, in the few hours of the morning set aside for lessons, they learned French, Italian, and German. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story of Bill Joy’s genius has been told many times, and the lesson is always the same. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Which gives rise to the thought that maybe he’s hiding in the last place we’d expect; the place he despises more than cauliflower and piano lessons combined—Meadow Creek Elementary School. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"A short lesson, and make certain you leave yourself time to bathe and change. I want you ready to leave by midday, is that understood?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘He is often called that here. But I thought you knew enough Elvish at least to know dún-adan: Man of the West, Númenorean. But this is not the time for lessons!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was eighteen years old when I had my first school lesson. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would sit and knit while we had our very proper lesson, no more poker or jokes, and afterward, she and the Captain would chat across my head. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That girl could use some good acting lessons,” she says. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My grandmother's words come slowly meaning this lesson is an important one. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I suppose you’ve learned your lesson,” she said at last. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have known this theoretically or at least heard it stated, but now for the first time the lesson takes hold. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a lesson I learned the hard way during the first few days here at Mobius. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When a young child witnesses such a thing and knows herself to be the cause, she learns some lessons. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You got me in trouble, boy. I might get written up. If you aren’t dumb, then you must need a lesson.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would then realize I’d come all the way to school with no memory of the journey, my mind a blank slate on which I would write that day’s lessons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Link gets on a Zoom bar mitzvah lesson, and we have to turn off the music so he can hear his rabbi. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We are very good friends now, and I’ve begun to take lessons. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione hung back in their next Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson to ask Professor Moody something. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had to pay for my lessons, competition entry fees, and travel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He continued, “On a different, though related, subject, it is my wish that you take private lessons with me this year.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d learned her lesson, and the island knew it and forgave her? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Staring nastily around at them all, he informed them that he would be testing them on poison antidotes during the last lesson of the term. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, your accrued, cultural knowledge, added to a little enthusiasm and singing, is more than enough to be able to incorporate music into a lesson or curriculum. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Anne was an accomplished pianist and gave music lessons at her house at 26 Cabot Street. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was especially concerned about Etty, but he also worried about Lenny, who, funny as he was, seemed backward in his lessons. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey said to the class, "I think you'd all better go out to the playground and amuse yourselves until the next lesson." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His lessons, too, were becoming more and more interesting now that they had mastered the basics. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see. Perhaps they will teach you a lesson, Hazel Levesque. Most heroes cannot escape their nature, even when given a second chance at life.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"If she can have a dancing lesson, why won't you let me say farewell to Prince Joffrey?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But when they were ready to talk about the latest scandal, Momma sent us to her bedroom with warnings to have our Sunday School lesson perfectly memorized or we knew what we could expect. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And horses, and a coachman, and footmen. People and animals! You’ve forgotten your lesson.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My empty belly made the morning's lessons seem interminable. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Good thing my drum lesson was canceled, because I wasn’t sure I’d regain the feeling in my hand for a few days. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the students had forgotten everything they had learned about tetanus, and the lessons they had been told weren’t translating into action. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it is about time we began lessons.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Papa gone, I knew I had to teach Jumper a good lesson. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um”—under her seat she moved her left foot forward so the heel touched on the arch of the right—“can I take ballet lessons?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Now go to sleep, and tomorrow we will begin your dragon lessons.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what you’re saying, Miss,” Tommy said, “is that everything we did, all the lessons, everything. It was all about what you just told us? There was nothing more to it than that?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chocolate dissolves on my tongue, and I think about the pounds of the stuff we devoured in the lesson rooms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her hands together, as if I needed a lesson on hygiene. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The room situation ended up being one of the best lessons of my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"The wildling woman could give Old Nan lessons in telling tales, I think," he said when Bran was done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he and some of our classmates were back to having lessons in the old nursery room upstairs. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The lesson there was simple: Life is short and not to be wasted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was Friday evening and I finished my lessons at school and started walking to the stable to do my chores. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I ought to give him a lesson,” he said to himself; then threw back his head and laughed aloud. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another two years, I could have given them all lessons. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lessons went on as normal, though each lesson was now preceded by a prayer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This is the critical lesson of improv, too, and it is also a key to understanding the puzzle of Millennium Challenge: spontaneity isn’t random. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The lesson being that in life you control what you can. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mama puttered around doing whatever she usually did on Sundays: preparing her lesson plans, ironing a few shirts, running lots of water in the bathroom for some reason. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mong guessed it would take at least six or seven hours to walk all the way to Santa Cruz in the dark, but we’d learned our lesson about hitching. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After our first evening meal, Chou and I are told to gather around the bonfire for nightly lessons. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one made a sound throughout the rest of the lesson. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My high school teacher, Miss Simpson, would approve of the lessons this new life is teaching me, even if very few of them are from a book. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They had just started this process of rehabilitation, so this was one of the first lessons they had to learn. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ernest presided happily over all this activity without bothering himself too much about the experimental results, notwithstanding the lesson of the deuteron fiasco. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She'd covered these lessons back in the third grade and took every opportunity to demonstrate her superiority. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As well as teaching, Marina also took her first flying lessons in 1934. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I tapped my fingers on the desktop, preferring to fall back into my daydream of an earlier time filled with raised hands, muffled giggles, lessons yet to be learned, and lives yet to be lived. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When her father saw how she was transfixed by the book, he allowed her to skip Ana and Clara’s lessons with Lady Isobel. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a gentle, graceful way of floating around, from years of ballet lessons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It contains active definitions for musical terms; music lessons regarding the meanings of musical notation; and exercises designed to further understanding of musical notes, chords, and many other musical aspects. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But now Mariela seems to have learned that lesson too well. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a good lesson, I think, but it limits you some.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"And you could use a few lessons in grammar." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When a blackboard was brought forward, Elizebeth gave the whole court a lesson in the basics of cryptology. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You want me to teach her a lesson?” he rumbled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

That, perhaps, is a lesson for history, and I'll leave such decisions to Jack and his ilk while I try belatedly to study the lesson of my own life. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had effectively mastered the tones and accent by obsessive listening at night to audio lessons designed for state department employees. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Bitterly, they complained: they hated art; they did not want to take lessons. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Had them leveling the dirt floor with boards when we went back to lessons, something I would’ve had to do with my leg trailing me like a tail. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first lesson is that Friedman was willing to work hard, take responsibility for himself, and put himself through school. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“So we’re going to teach you a lesson,” said Nick Farthing, and he smiled without humor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“And as far as the dancing goes, if you inherited my moves, the lesson will be a piece of cake.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“That was a really good lesson,” said Hermione as they entered the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I want you to remember this lesson for the rest of your lives.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so were their children and grandchildren, because the lessons those garment workers brought home with them in the evenings turned out to be critical for getting ahead in the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Madoc will be frowning and stabbing his meat, annoyed with me for missing his lessons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mom says, “You give me cooking lessons. Jewish apple cake, charoset for Passover, challah—the recipe and the prayers. I want to learn. Will you teach me, Nadya?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Whereas before, I had anticipated my lessons as the hour most gratifying in the day, now, in measure equal to my former pleasure, I dreaded their advent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to sidestep, as she’d told me to do, but the monster had learned his lesson. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette and a few of her chums kept guard, Paul provided lessons and gun. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I decided to try and turn this into a different sort of lesson. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her watercolors of speckled mushrooms and bonneted girls were hung with pride in the family room, and her skill was encouraged with private lessons and summer visits to sketching camp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our first lesson was all stamping, first as a group then individually across the floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To make good silk,” she then pronounced, beginning her lessons to the Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class, “you have to be pure.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Stella had generally preferred eating the goodies rather than cooking them, but Mama’s years of gentle lessons were paying off now. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Had his horde been so soundly defeated that they had learned their lesson? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I guess that is exactly none of your business. Why are you taking lessons?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You already had your first lesson. You just didn’t realize it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For the first time in their lives, chess masters could make a decent living giving lessons because they had so many new students. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Next was the family cleanup and a lesson of one kind or another—the alphabet, math, poems, or memorizing the sequence of the presidents of the United States in the order they served. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s a hard lesson but a powerful one. Any day can be our last. We must get right with the Lord.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

While we wait for the food to cook, Mom adds in lessons on love and tells Maxine the remedy to a broken heart. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Babou’s unnecessary and humiliating lesson in how to dam tea had one benefit: I now knew where Mamou kept her tea and hel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a rat who doesn’t think I lead my horde. Cluny the Scourge sees and hears all. Watch now, and let this be a lesson to anyone that dares doubt me.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She said she would give me lessons if I would help her address the envelopes. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So far the pants have stayed up, so I think the lesson was well learned.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

At any rate it would have cost him most of his year’s earnings to buy Maddie one year of flying lessons. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“And I thank you, because once again you have provided an opportunity for a lesson in language. ‘Distraught’ is too strong an adjective to describe salmon- viewing.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I started to take lessons here and there with one of the other foundation saber coaches, a new Georgian coach named Luke Nakani. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Noggle is flipping through a stack of thick, dusty books, probably trying to come up with a lesson that Cardan will like. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Until puberty Fernanda had no news of the world except for the melancholy piano lessons taken in some neighboring house by someone who for years and years had the drive not to take a siesta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay with me. And that reminds me, we might have a first student for your lessons, a little girl named Aisha. Her mother was inquiring at the Islamic Center.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When we had a memorization test, the teacher let each of us come to his desk and say the lesson to him privately, while the rest of the class practiced copying or tracing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, whichever of the girl cousins could control their bladders for several hours and would not try to drink the turpentine were enrolled in Saturday art lessons. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The first lesson those who would serve her had to learn was that the fire must never, ever be allowed to go out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was going to take dancing lessons from an Austrian dancer named Hans. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the next day Melanie had an early-morning piano lesson, so there was no time to talk to April before school. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Molly looked pleased and passed the glasses to Jose as Hughie Smith joined them on his way to his drumming lessons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a harsh lesson to learn as a teen. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There had been a lot of Elder lessons, in those first days after Sam arrived. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to imagine a more alienating lesson for the young than that. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been here, in this very room, that Dumbledore had told him that he was to confide the contents of their lessons to nobody but Ron and Hermione. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let us do any lessons, Beth, for a while, but play all the time and rest, as the girls mean to,” proposed Amy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mates at work lent me money and stole fish for my dinner, so that I got re-registered before I starved; but I had heard the lesson. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Javier never runs to greet his father like his sisters do because he knows the lessons, the admonishments will begin the minute his father sees him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a fascinating lesson in life history—a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction marvel, to say the least. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll still have lessons, but stay alert. Like I always tell you, don’t leave the other alone.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His lessons consisted of an endless series of distractions all invented by him so that the subject of mathematics would never have to be discussed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been giving her lessons, actually,” Mr. Sen said, setting his mug on the coffee table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Did you teach him how to kneeli The graveyards of the Seven Kingdoms were full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

However, this doesn’t mean that the lesson has to be devoid of inspiration. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But this was my first one-on-one lesson, and I didn’t feel comfortable in such close proximity to an adult male who wasn’t related to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

History had taught him harsh lessons about the countries that lay on Russia's western borders, and he would not make the same mistake twice. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I’m trying to save up for piano lessons and a keyboard.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Take a lesson, Bran. The man who trusts in spells is dueling with a glass sword. As the children did. Here, let me show you something." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“As for the lessons,” Dad says, reading my thoughts. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawrence had his lesson all planned out. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Have mercy, should be the first lesson in this city, how to say the phrase instantly in forty signs and tongues. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That lesson has served Asians well in many endeavors but rarely so perfectly as in the case of mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Once the girl was out of earshot he said, “Dumbledore said we wouldn’t be having any more lessons until I got the memory!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When they were not on their shifts, the probationers were in lessons in their free time, or lectures, or at practical demonstrations or studying alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, I manage to tell her about my history professor, who swears during lessons, rides a motorcycle, and seems much more like someone you'd meet at a bar than in a lecture hall. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I know your other lessons got canceled,” he went on. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

‘So let that be a lesson to you never to use an old toothbrush. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Potions lessons were turning into a sort of weekly torture, Snape was so horrible to Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

James Halliday had taken guitar lessons for a few years in high school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even Finnick, who gives me an hour of trident lessons in exchange for an hour of archery instruction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the lessons with Mother, who danced so effortlessly, had not borne immediate fruit. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I guess I’d better start paying attention to my lessons.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She looks pleased and so begins her lesson once again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he gave the poor guy a lecture on black business and how we need to do better, while Cecil gave him a history lesson on James Brown and Ray Charles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They had started the lessons the year before, in late summer when the river was lower and the current sluggish. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And even after I had finished the Nesbit books, we continued my lessons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On September 1, 1949, Stalin taught America a hard lesson about the cost of lagging behind in the spy wars. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were on their way down to the river for the swimming lesson he had promised her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The ladies at the church saw to it that she got her dresses and lessons. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He looked at her with the same calming smile and patience he had shown me since our lessons began. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Here we go,” Princeton says, as they begin a lesson on such concepts as parallel lines and complementary angles in the quiet coziness of the family’s suburban home ... The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since they’d begun their lessons, the princess had greatly improved her fluency in the common tongue, though the girls still spoke Eyllwe. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the lesson goes really well. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I study my French and try not to bother him too much while he prepares the next day’s lessons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, she has extra Potions lessons with him,” said Harry, inventing wildly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he didn't want to turn his first solo lesson into a bollocking parade. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’m sure you’ll be even more pleased to hear that you and I won’t be having a lesson today.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was certainly better than Grandpa Will’s deadly dull Seder lessons. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could take care of Loo, and she could give him his Elder lessons, and then maybe life could continue as usual, just with ten on the island instead of nine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boy could hardly wait for his weekly lesson, and eventually he began to defeat Tommy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad can lend Uncle Spencer money, but I can’t get a piano or take lessons anymore. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Harry had a lot of trouble keeping his mind on his lessons that day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The site includes music theory lessons for students between grades 1 and 5 in the form of tables, lists, and videos to help the student better understand the many parts of music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Clancy, however, was ready to give his weekly lesson on U.S. history. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My uncle said he’d leave him alive if he untied him, so he did, and then my uncle killed him anyway just to teach him a lesson.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the Burr-Hamilton duel helped turn the tide against the practice of dueling by providing a focal point for its critics and serving as a dramatic object lesson of its self-destructive character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Partly to get my next lesson, and partly so that I could be just a little bit smug. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ain’t nothing made this point better than the lesson Mr. Travis has been pounding on us lately, both in regular classes and Sabbath school. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Harry still hadn’t decided what he was going to say to Professor McGonagall when the bell rang at the end of the lesson, but it was she who brought up the subject of Hogsmeade first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and civilization is sterilization,” Bernard went on, concluding on a tone of irony the second hypnopsdic lesson in elementary hygiene. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so worried about all those missing lessons and tests. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Penelope is your friend, I know, but she's also a dreamy girl who is about to learn a very important lesson about reality.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And if history had taught any lessons it was that humans couldn’t get along with anyone, even themselves. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We whitewashed no more than the fourth part of the roof before the church bells rang terce, the hour for our lessons to begin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a powerful lesson in oratory that Fuller would always remember. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Step on your mom’s toes for an hour, and that will be the last dance lesson you take!” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I went from learning about Grandma to bar mitzvah lessons in the blink of an eye. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And we still weren’t allowed to neglect our language lessons. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were saved a retreat into the past, and I had learnt my lesson. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby gave Michael lessons, and the young man went on to become an international grandmaster some eight years later, perhaps inspired by his meeting with the world’s greatest player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The movie that you’re going to make about your swimming lessons—Hidden Beach,” he says, but I wrinkle my nose. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could even make enough to pay for piano lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"And I suppose Miss Honey wasted the whole of one lesson teaching you to spell that one single word?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shin remembers that when one of his classmates, Byun Soon Ho, complained about a fever and feeling unwell, a guard gave him a lesson in the benefits of stoicism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When lessons weren’t happening, the first floor was deadly silent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anybody had expected the case to turn into a lesson about protecting our fellow officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You'll never know,” she told him with a firmness inspired by an old lesson. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tm going to go see if I can take flying lessons and go skydiving. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I do not think of lessons or lectures. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I see you have taken a few lessons from me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Du Barry took us into the solarium in the north wing of the house for a lesson. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She used to teach music lessons from our apartment, and Chopin would stream out the windows. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

These memories can be painful, but perhaps some things should never go away— they should be kept in the forefront of our minds to provide continuing lessons for daily life. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had always told me a person can’t learn anything without proper lessons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I was a little girl, they all played with us between their lessons with Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“My dwarf has had his lesson in humility. I think it is best we get back to our boat.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, their lessons were becoming more difficult and demanding than ever before, particularly Moody’s Defense Against the Dark Arts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the evening, after I had cooked dinner and washed up, there would be lessons in reading and writing the Tang people’s words and in the use of the abacus for arithmetic. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Randall’s sons had finished their education it was used only for assignations and all those different lessons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going? It is time for lessons.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Without any preliminaries, he picked up the cat, turned him over on his back, deftly held his head and paws and began the lesson. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Everything was about learning lessons and money and how the world worked. My parents wanted me to do better than they did.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You must study what you see around you. That is your lesson during our journey.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Or rather two pupils, for at the end of the first lesson he said Goblin was the finest natural jumper he had ever seen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to Mr. Winston's class, he was wrapping up his usual theatrics and a weeklong lesson, explaining the final stanza of the poem. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The vice-principal cleared her throat and said, “That knot on your head tells me you’ve learned your lesson the hard way. Am I right?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled like roses and something else I recognized from riding lessons at camp—the scent of freshly washed horses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She entered almost apologetically and said, “I’m so sorry to interrupt such important lessons, but I burned my hand preparing the evening meal.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I hope this experience has taught you a very valuable lesson,” says Dr. Throckmorton. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was still a book, and reading it would be better than listening to any more of Granddad’s insults disguised as life lessons. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If I can save up enough for a semester of lessons at the music school, then Mom and Dad would have to agree to let me take them. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And, doggone-it-all, learning a lesson that way just don’t stick in your head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When the shouting had ended and the lesson resumed, Shirley found herself thinking how silly Emily looked in curls, rather like that batch of old springs Father kept in the basement. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Curiously, though, environmentalists also describe Native American history as embodying precisely the opposite lesson: how to live in a spiritual balance with Nature. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Larsen rarely participates; she is busy in the evenings creating lesson plans and studying. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And after that he let us eat in there every day while he worked on lesson plans. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Books and loud noises, flowers and electric shocks—already in the infant mind these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson would be wedded indissolubly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You admit she has had lessons,” the man in the grey suit says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bandleader at his school had given him one lesson already, and he had a little book to look at. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just days before my fifth birthday, my mother took me to Philadelphia to register me for ballet lessons at the Rock School for Dance Education. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lessons were much more expensive than the dance class had been, but Mother paid for them with the money she made selling oils. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He asks Dad when he can start flying lessons, and Dad tells him he can take lessons when he’s seventeen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I expect you to go to your lessons—none of which you will now share with Scorpius, and between times, you will stay in the Gryffindor common room! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Even now, standing in one of the training gyms, when I’m supposed to be listening to Agent Magnus give us our first lesson on Sky Sprints, my thoughts keep going back to yesterday. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Morrie took comfort in her soothing voice, her school lessons, her strong character. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the correspondence exercises and lessons, some of the mechanics of grammar gradually began to come back to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang up at. the castle, signaling the end of the lesson. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then at the end of the lesson, as we were filing out, Charlotte F. came rushing into the room and the news about Miss Lucy leaving Hailsham spread through us in an instant. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lesson was done, in the foulest of moods, he fled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And then there were the actual lessons where they showed us horrible pictures of what smoking did to the insides of your body. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said, those books we got from y’all, they were all missing pages. I can fix busted furniture, but I can’t make pages appear for the little ones to learn their lessons.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t sign, but helped Mother with lesson plans in the evenings. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The lines struck me as wistful suggestions of a stricter time, of rules now observed in the breach, a memory fading like the strict lessons of the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I started taking lessons in the fall, but my parents said I have to stop them for now. They don’t have the money anymore.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of another lesson Mama had given her at the Night Zoo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Some readers do not like other people touching their cards,” Marco explains, recalling details from his divination lessons as he gently lifts the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I tell Amelia more about her previous letter, about her acting lessons and general determination. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After it was all over, Mama said, “I don’t think you’ll have any more trouble with that cat. I think he has learned his lesson.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything turned into a bribe, a warning, or a lesson. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mo said, “It was him. He started it. If it wasn’t for him...they’d never have thought of it on their own. He’s the one we have to teach a lesson. Then they’ll all behave.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“So you like Care of Magical Creatures, do you? One of your favorite lessons?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t exactly been “fully engaged in the lesson,” as Mr. Bonner would say. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It was easier to remember when I sang it, similar to a child reciting a lesson in song. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You deserved to be punished. Someone had to teach you a lesson. Your parents never raised a hand to you. They let you run wild. So the duty fell to me.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was sorely tempted, too, by the perfect, moving model of the galaxy in a large glass ball, which would have meant he never had to take another Astronomy lesson. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I mean, gotta teach her a lesson sometime. I’m a busy man. On the move. My time’s my own.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I no longer spoke Krio, not even to my sister, because Mama had promised to sign me up for ballet lessons as soon as I could understand and speak English. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piano sat neglected in the traditional sense until my father signed Gretchen up for a series of lessons. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’ll still get to save up for piano lessons and a keyboard. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Thank you for alerting me, Mrs. Viboon. I will see that he learns his lesson." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He lent her the textbook he had studied while attending the University of Glasgow, and she completed her first Greek grammar lesson before breakfast. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This first lesson of the Academy was immediately clear: Don’t stand out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal, the younger students would return to their lessons while the older ones took to their chores. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Go through Silverstein & Layne’s Arts Integration checklist below to see how to incorporate an integrated level of understanding to the lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, I ain’t stopping your boxing lessons. I just don’t care to watch.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The beginning of all true wisdom concerning the Farewell Address is that Washington’s core insights were firmly grounded in the lessons he had learned as America’s premier military and civilian leader during the revolutionary era. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I regret not paying more attention to Master Lumumba’s lessons... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was a good lesson, but I wasn’t the best driver because I delivered the ball stationary. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The MTA was a lesson in the management of Big Science in the new postwar landscape. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Like I hadn’t learned my lesson with that whole pencil on the thigh thing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only time Miss Celia walks ten feet is to come in the kitchen for her lesson or to sneak upstairs every two or three days, up in the creepy rooms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The girl has learned her lesson. Make her clean up the mess and let her be. It is distressing to me to see such a scene. It might mar our child.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was surely too much to hope that it had taught the father a permanent lesson. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’ll take lessons,” Virgil said, his voice garbled from the fruit. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“To show you one of life’s simple lessons,” the alchemist answered. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought fleetingly of trying to set something up with the D.A., but there again was the problem that people would be missed from lessons; most of them, after all, still had full schedules... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But one of the most important lessons learned in the centuries since Copernicus is that a scientific model doesn’t have to explain everything to be a good model. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m truly sorry that I forgot to start that lesson with a prayer.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One week after the lesson a Ford bumped up the main street of King City and pulled to a shuddering stop in front of the post office. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered what Father Cham had told him the day before he died: There was a time, before I learned my lesson, when I did grant the types of blessings you are talking about. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“And we were kind of right, weren’t we? He wouldn’t be giving you lessons if he thought you were a goner, wouldn’t waste his time — he must think you’ve got a chance!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“End of your first lesson,” said Mr. Powell. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Welles replied that he didn't "know what the legislation would be....Radio is new,” he continued, "and we are learning about the effect it has on people. We’ve learned a terrible lesson.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Almost as if she were reading my thoughts, Mrs. Moss said, “Standing in the corner hasn’t taught you any lessons. Let’s see if squatting gets better results.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lucretia encouraged her children to keep up their summer activities—seeing friends, going to the park, riding horses, and taking swimming lessons. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ravi, Piscine, I have a very important lesson for you today.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Campers would be having their lessons today, flying pegasi and practicing archery and scaling the lava wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could take a look at his lessons. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He would quietly tell me what the teacher was talking about during the lessons, doing his best to use French. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Stuff the whole thing in your mouth and chew real hard. That’ll teach it a lesson.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have worn my audition outfit on the bus; that’s the first big lesson. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We were able to get all of our schoolwork done early enough to make it to our lessons and team practices on time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton is a good music teacher and all, but Pop Pop is really the one who gave me my first vocal lessons. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For all our map lessons with Miss Emily, we had no real idea at that point about distances and how easy or hard it was to visit a particular place. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while he’d only had to suffer during art lessons—though that was often enough, because we did a lot of art in the Juniors. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then remembering a lesson from Ross Milton’s book, which he and Jenny had been studying together when they had a little time, he tried fitting his angry thoughts into better English. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“D’ye say,” said Serjeant Clippinger, returned with sarcasm heavy in his voice, “that this lesson is to make a better soldier of him?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been alone with him loads of times, having defense lessons against the dementors. If he was helping Black, why didn’t he just finish me off then?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma is never lacking in life lessons and surprises. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the lesson Langan learned from his childhood: distrust authority and be independent. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The one I thought was beautiful the first time I laid eyes on it—on the first day Doc let us inside his cabin to start our lessons. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“All this talking,” he said, “and I have not even had my breakfast. While you will be late for lessons.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Princess Nehemia cast a worried glance in Celaena’s direction, but the assassin waved at her to resume her lesson with the Crown Prince. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a lesson in what I had done, a lesson I already knew but had disobeyed out of desperation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was Tateh’s favorite and I was always a little jealous of her because Tateh paid for her piano lessons while he wouldn’t allow me to take them and that sort of thing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was the lesson: I was not an innocent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She taught me the most valuable lesson that anybody could ever have and to think that she is only fifteen! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Loudwing rounded up all the goslings and gave them a quick swimming lesson. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The previous summer Palmer’s mother had taken him to the outdoor Y pool for swimming lessons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Coach,” I said half laughing but still serious, “can you give me a harder lesson?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Opponents, meanwhile, worry that certain students will be unfairly penalized if they don’t happen to test well, and that teachers may concentrate on the test topics at the exclusion of more important lessons. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Classic style ignores the hired help and looks directly at what they are being paid to study: All children acquire the ability to speak a language without explicit lessons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the moment I faced these three impeccably groomed women, I forgot my English and Mrs. Johnson’s lessons on how to behave like a lady. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He already knew the lesson, which was why he was letting his mind wander down the road ahead of his body. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poachers set up a machine-gun nest at the mouth of Kitum Cave, and after that the surviving elephants had learned their lesson. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I showed her my notebook. I wanted her to know about the turtles and the crawdads and the quiet lessons. After my mother read it, she said I could come see you. One last time.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piano lessons became epic and trying, largely due to my refusal to follow the prescribed method and Robbie’s refusal to see anything good in my freewheeling approach to her songbook. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But—and this is one of the lessons I tried very hard to impart in Blink—it is easy to disrupt this gift. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The material introduces Japan to children, and provide a lesson rich in culture, literacy, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was an uneventful class otherwise, once Mrs. Torrance reined the students in, and they began their introductory lesson to Achebe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their only chance of talking to him was during Care of Magical Creatures lessons. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For one thing, she’d been taking dancing lessons all year and never went anywhere without her tap shoes in a drawstring bag. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We read Chambers English Reader and did our lessons on black slates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First lesson: Don’t be afraid of it. Grab it. You’ve held one before, remember? You got us out of the Amity compound with that shot.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“No hands on your ears during lessons, okay? As it is, you have trouble enough.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pleased by the familiarity of the arrangement: me, pressed into the corner, away from the other children, a precise reproduction of every Sunday school lesson from my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Three lessons on, Apparition was proving as difficult as ever, though a few more people had managed to Splinch themselves. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Ms. Washington gets all excited about a lesson, she gets real theatrical and starts speaking in this dramatic, booming voice like she would if she were on a stage. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at Dad’s house are piano lesson time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t feel like something that would end with me learning a lesson about forging my mom’s signature. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Part of me felt like I was wasting the coach’s time with my request for a lesson, but I pushed those feelings aside, because I needed to be in this safe space again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but don’t you come up with the lesson plans?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dad had told only me about his private flying lessons. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But today she had had too sharp a lesson in the retribution of this Puritan Colony, for the first time she felt a twinge of real fear. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Girl, you need to learn a lesson about standing in your own light," DeNice said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

From that time on it gradually became clear to me what all these lessons were for, and once. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her recite her lessons, he saw her tease the servants; he remembered how she was not above putting fish in people’s beds. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, the most humbling lessons came when I visited military communities and met with soldiers' spouses—groups of mostly women, though sometimes with a few men mixed in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The second lesson is that in good decision making, frugality matters. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

More and more, Ralph became for them a funny set of ears that came up sometimes, a lesson about falling for foreign devils. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even a phonograph record that she says contains her grandfather’s voice, lessons in science for children. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Van Riper carried this lesson with him when he took over the helm of Red Team. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There is no better lesson for a budding lawyer than that. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Ivy popped open her locker, happy to focus on schoolwork and history lessons and protractors. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Most of my teachers had continued with their lesson plans, not addressing the day’s weirdness. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Especially since I’m also diving into the middle of new lessons and new homework assignments. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Marian met her through a family friend who had offered to pay for her lessons, but Patterson refused to take the friend’s money. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Since it was summer, no one would need science lessons—POP. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I think of Amber's desk next to mine in our lesson room at home: her quill, ink pot, and handwriting ledgers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Go on to your next task, friend, I’ll see this done. Many thanks for the lesson.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mom signed me up for lessons and I played with Dad a few times before they figured the monthly dues were too expensive. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He learned the lessons before the rest of the pupils. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few lessons a day at a quarter a lesson did not make for prosperity. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson, Mrs. Richardson had decided. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leo had thought she’d meant Narcissus, but now he wondered if the real lesson for him was Echo—invisible to her brethren, cursed to love someone who didn’t care for her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Seems you need a lesson in patriotism,” he sneered. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We would bathe, dress, then rush off for lessons, where Du Barry would have a list of assignments for us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On written lessons she cracked such questions as ‘Name eight famous contemporaries of Doctor Johnson,’ and ‘Quote ten lines from “The Vicar of Wakefield.’” The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In our lessons, Du Barry said our bodies all adjusted differently to using the arcana. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She also encouraged her daughter’s natural musical talent by enrolling her in piano lessons. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She comes in for her cooking lesson afterward with dirt under her nails but she’s still not smiling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My wife Psyche learned that lesson, Cupid said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Syrio says we have time for one last lesson before we take ship this evening," she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Pretty good. Glad he didn’t decide to teach me five lessons.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whether the Warden intended it or not, hardship was part of life’s lesson. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He found him giving a zither lesson and did not draw him aside to speak to him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

After the first lesson, we parked the truck and my dad smoked a cigarette. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I hope you learned your lesson, girl. It isn’t easy to resist power, is it?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was my job to give a driving lesson every Saturday after our drawing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Cicero, then, offers an object lesson for orators in the importance of watching your mouth. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It had been a long, extended anatomy lesson purged of reverence or homage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had grown quite fond of the toothless Señora, who no longer bothered with the formality of dentures at all during their lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I thought about it like a science lesson, I wasn’t scared at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He said he wanted to teach them a lesson about trusting everything on the radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a lesson for you, Weapons Master,” she said, stalking past him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There’d been a lot of new lessons today, one in particular just might be New Maneuver Worthy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead I settled for, “Do you think you could give me a lesson?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Whatever lessons lay ahead, they were obviously being driven home with the aid of a willow switch. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d given me a couple of lessons last summer, but he wanted two dollars for the full course. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Driving lessons? From a little squirt like you?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Or broken, you know, because I want him back. I just want to teach him a lesson, thass all.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Which of the two of you are going to give me driving lessons?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

How might this lesson be changed to reflect an Arts-Enhanced lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"They always learn. And are never grateful to us for the lesson." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She bought a secondhand fiddle for Paul Jones and negotiated lessons for him at fifty cents an hour from a man who called himself Professor Allegretto. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he got to Chicago, he grasped another elemental lesson: All geek jobs aren’t alike. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took it out on those of them who were still in school, threatening to load them down with extra lessons if they didn’t get their minds on their studies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson with the mud worms, so I drug out an old piece of plywood and lay on that. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Well,” thought I, “if they’re such fools, I will get ahead of them and teach them a lesson. One ill turn deserves another.” The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Goals and objectives: What will students be able to do when I’ve finished teaching my lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“And what is the lesson we can take from this?” he went on. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher put aside the day’s lesson plan, and we all asked questions to our hearts’ content. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Female common chimpanzees cannot take lessons from their bonobo relatives and stage a feminist revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of her suspension, Izzy had been in her seat, practicing a tricky fingering on the E string for the Saint-Saëns piece she’d been working on in her private lessons. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I signed up, a few weeks later, I lasted about ten lessons. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said ’em, I said those words that made it so the lesson ’bout familiarity and contempt’ll be fixed in my mind for’s long as I live, even if that’s to fifty. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Often students believe that writing a lesson plan is only used in a classroom setting. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Art lessons it would be for the next year. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And of course, that was a joyride, not a lesson. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As things turned out, it was a good thing rrty mom had watched that particular drum lesson, because it would be the last one we’d be able to afford for a long while. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time went on and I became very familiar with the lesson material, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt like shouting, “Obviously not, Ms. McCrea!” but I didn’t want to be the suffering kid there to teach the other students a life lesson. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Despite my exhaustion, I lay awake a long time that night, wondering how I could possibly survive another week of lessons until such time as Hamlet came around again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like all the lessons at the Institute, this one was a barrage of details—pages and pages worth—but the gist was that sickness, like a hungry predator, lurked in every nook and cranny. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In science lessons, Miss Watson called it friction. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Seems sometimes that the old lessons are bein’ lost in the worry of new things happenin’ each day, Ma,” he said quietly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg drew sharply different lessons from the history of the civil rights movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know why you're digging holes? Because it's good for you. It teaches you a lesson. If Zero digs your hole for you, then you're not learning your lesson, are you?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He conveys his message through jokes or by spinning a lesson out of a popular movie or song. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"I promised I wasn't going to get involved, didn't I? But maybe I can give you some one-on-one acting lessons, Chantal." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her father owned the stables, and they could afford piano lessons, and they had a maid but no cook. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Well, music. I thought I could teach kids who can’t afford lessons how to play piano. Because music is something that brings everyone together, and it’s a language everyone understands.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When she listened to the waltzes of Pietro Crespi she felt the same desire to weep that she had had in adolescence, as if time and harsh lessons had meant nothing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Holmes promised Minnie a voyage to Europe, art lessons, a fine home, and of course children—he adored children—but first there were certain financial matters that required their mutual attention. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson about the cooking smell the hard way after I left my hoodie in the kitchen one morning in fourth grade while Mama was up early cooking before work. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Enrique learned several lessons about the state known to immigrants as “the beast.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Warren tells us to take out our MacBooks and begins the lesson on British literature. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My first word of the lesson, and it was wrong. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

You think I have come walking out of time and earth itself to teach you a lesson in niceness? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She limbered up her fingers, glanced at the clock, was satisfied she had taken enough minutes, started the metronome, took her seat and the lesson began. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson we’ve ever had, wasn’t it?” said Ron excitedly as they made their way back to the classroom to get their bags. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I rushed over to help him with the groceries and he held a finger to his lips and whispered, “Help me set some things up. I’m going to trick Nan into a cooking lesson.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Some lessons incorporate the arts, but do not incorporate the learning objectives and other criteria that fully integrate them, while others follow a deeper level of integration. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"I hope Father did not send you all this way to plague us with history lessons," his sister said when they were alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Stuart, I hope this will be a lesson to you: never push a button on an automobile unless you are sure of what you are doing.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you come and work for me at the sports shop?” he said one Saturday afternoon as he was driving me to the black bus stop following a tennis lesson. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all thought that Ms. Gruwell’s lesson was really powerful and all, but us? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even the tiresome lessons of singing and reading would be worth doing if only he could run down the street with the other boys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Boys you secretly tutor and meet for surreptitious swimming lessons. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

You don’t learn nothing from all them lessons about pictures and what you does see with your eyes? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had no time for a prentice's lessons, or a prentice's tasks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He finished by describing the lesson he would “take most from the book.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I want to give music lessons to kids who can’t afford them,” I say. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he returned to the States, Farmer considered his year in Haiti, where he had met a beautiful and fascinating young woman and learned numerous lessons about poverty, culture, and religion, a success. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a third lesson in the Chancellorsville story, and in the time since Blink was published I’ve come to think that it is the most important lesson of all. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He said, “The lesson for today is this: It is better to travel with hope in one’s heart than to arrive in safety. Do you understand?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I have a flashback to the last time I went snooping where I didn’t belong, and for a heartbeat I wonder if maybe I should’ve learned my lesson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Skip lessons today,” I tell her again, but she won’t, so we go to school together. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I figured my dad was going to give my mom a blow-by-blow of the awkward fencing lesson and all the reasons I should never go back. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As we returned to our lessons, Julian said, "That was a brave thing you did." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go for a walk,” Arul said when he returned from his lessons at the carpentry shop that afternoon. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Toenail clippers—because you just never know when danger might arise. I’ve learned my lesson, believe me, buddy.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

All October, we didn’t get around to the silent lessons. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until the white man who had had the lesson left. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the lesson passed without further mention of Slughorn’s party. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s bin long sence you hev told me any of the old lessons Shad used to lam you, Jeth,” his mother remarked one morning, as she sat before the fire watching him pace aimlessly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, religion was a great aid to both, but not a substitute for the lessons learned from hard experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He did not arrive punctually at the opening of the lesson. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It does not hurt to learn good lessons twice. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Father was easier to satisfy and decided to write and ask for a trial lesson in “Elementary Latin.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lelia taught him not to bite through it: a good lesson in restraint. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will I see you at your lesson tomorrow? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And there’s nothing sinful about teaching a lesson to a disrespectful donkey.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They took lessons from a drawing master and a writing master. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were taking ballet lessons; Mona wanted to be a ballerina. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember well, during one of the lessons, looking at a picture of a tree. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In racial science lessons, children were taught Aryans belonged to a superior master race that was intended to rule Europe. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Black ex-farmers had not left their distrust and fear of whites which history had taught them in distressful lessons. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke up Grandma and Joey’s boxing lesson. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pap must not’ve give Ma the same shooting lessons he give me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We kept it going for years and years—it became a sort of in-joke, I suppose—and it all started from one particular lesson we had when we were pretty young. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was lucky that Harry had tea with Hagrid to look forward to, because the Potions lesson turned out to be the worst thing that had happened to him so far. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure whether they hibernate or not,” Hagrid told the shivering class in the windy pumpkin patch next lesson. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, When we began our lesson about the importance of racial tolerance, I had no idea that that lesson would be a life-altering experience. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few lessons in that sort of dancing and a pretty costume to match would have been a perfectly pleasant way to spend the afternoon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Please, Hermione, tell me you weren’t one of the forty-six,” said Ron as they left the Great Hall for their first lesson. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But once we went to the same school, I learned a very important lesson: Samira was far more valuable to me than my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

This is what he said: “You won’t be going to school for a little while. Things are not safe. Dadi and I will give you your lessons.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That meant sticking me in the back row with all the kids who didn’t take lessons over the summer, never practiced at home, didn’t come early for extra rehearsal. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Handsome One had eaten my spider lesson! The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I want a piano—I want to take music lessons, she said to herself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Even worse than our driving lessons, believe it or not." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She takes my hand and drags me merrily forward, like she's one of my sisters and we're headed to lessons, or breakfast, or to sneak off someplace we aren't supposed to go. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Arya was supposed to join them, but she was late coming back from her dancing lesson. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Because I had turned nine, I could walk alone to Mrs. Hinton’s house for my music lesson on Tuesday afternoons. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before she went inside, Lissa said, “Meet me at the terrace tomorrow. I have lessons till noon, but after that I’m free.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Say, I’m going to give art lessons. Would you like to come?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I don’t have time to give you a Norvelt history lesson today because you have to type that obituary up and run it down to the News.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I have already seen her at diving lessons, another ballet recital, practicing piano, and now I see her running across a field kicking a soccer ball. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A too-patient voice with dividers between each word explained the legal procedures as if repeating a history lesson Carla's mother should have learned long before she had troubled the police or moved into this neighborhood. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They trudged off back to lessons, Conor following in step just behind. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But while these questions were going through my head, Clementine was going ahead with the lesson. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Good to see my lessons were of some benefit to you,” Clancy snarled, raking a hand through his disheveled hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

During the lesson, the white kids glanced around at the black kids; there were just a few of us in the class. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When it came time for my first ballet lesson, I dreaded wearing a leotard. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it is one of the lessons that we poor women have to learn.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I have been meditating upon today’s lesson of obedience,” I say. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Tell her not to bother. They’re only keeping me for forty-eight hours,” Dad said, “to, quote, teach me a lesson. Talk about a waste of tax dollars!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She thought she knew because along with tennis, ballet, and diving lessons at the “Y”, she had taken art appreciation lessons last year. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the messages were smart-aleck remarks and skull-and-bones by cousins who resented me for getting out of lessons inflicted on them because of me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Fully integrating the arts requires a time commitment and instructional expertise, but often there isn’t the time, resources, or incentive to fully learn or implement the entire process for a lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that I really could give her a lesson next time I came down with Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor had just begun lessons at school when his dad had dropped out of sight and become a prisoner of the rats who probably hated music. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no hope of paying attention in lessons. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The lesson arrived, Margot set to work enthusiastically and decided to take the course, despite the expense. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This solo she plays on "Harlem Nocturne"? It's so good, it makes me want to take sax lessons. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Based on lesson grades, Amber's the top of our generation, always getting perfect scores from Du Barry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A bruise is a lesson, she told herself, and each lesson makes us better. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Tell them stories she told you, lessons she taught, what you know about her mind that has become your mind,” says Auntie Ying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems gratified that a simple science lesson has turned unexpectedly passionate. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“That what I really needed after a long day at school was another history lesson.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The basic lesson was at least an hour long. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you never liked using them, but there are lessons on how to use your abilities, too.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’m too focused on his lips and smile and eyes to listen to his lessons on Motown and a man named Berry Gordy who started it all. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even teachers would get a different look on their faces when he put up his hand during lessons. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

But there were clearly life lessons that her mom had missed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The lesson here is that you can fall in love with a story you have in your head. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Things didn’t improve for the Gryffindors as the Potions lesson continued. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He’d be reading a lesson, droning out every word, and then nothing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mother told us all about her lesson plans and complimented Judy on the job she’d done washing the windows before she got around to asking me about the first day of school. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lesson in all that, but Armpit wasn’t quite sure exactly what it was. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was as much of a lesson in that, Willow had explained, as in anything she had been told by anyone about life or death or the stages in between. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Lately she did her washing on Saturday afternoons following her school lessons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I listened to the rest of the lesson and made my notes without any more questions. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah. Really excited to advance my education in Greek, Ancient, and Modern studies, you know. I kind of want to name my son Achilles because I think there’s a lesson here about downfalls.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The real lessons start two weeks later when Dad comes home from the hospital. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kind of history lesson I don’t mind. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When they reach the point of the lesson that includes the practical demonstration, he instructs the boy to place the ring on his own hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many times he came flying back to sit on the bed and to hold the open lesson book just before Momma suddenly filled the doorway. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I get back to my piano lessons, Ms. Nancy will be impressed by how well I can read music. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because of that, I didn’t want to miss a single lesson. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On Monday last, midway through a Divination lesson, your Daily Prophet reporter witnessed Potter storming from the class, claiming that his scar was hurting too badly to continue studying. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was another lesson in nature’s savage power. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He took her home with him and gave her special lessons. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She concentrated on what was to happen next—after the showers and the hair-cutting, remembering from the lessons in Holocaust history in school. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The larger ggeh depend solely on this notion, that the lessons of the culture will be stronger than a momentary lack, can subdue any individual weakness or want. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, glowing orbs hang from the trees or large concentrations of fireflies light our lessons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson one day from an unruly donkey. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really understand the lesson Pa was trying to teach us about disappointment, but I knew he wanted us to forget all about the concert and the Jackson Five. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I remember best one of the first lessons he gave me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Going to school with the living did not excuse Bod from his lessons with the dead. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. I know. I promise. I learned my lesson. Never again.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In which George Washington learns a valuable lesson in spying. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our first lesson, Met Bong assures us that this is only one of many lessons to come. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Ingman gives us a short lesson on the importance of American literature, the bell rings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Patterson normally charged a dollar a lesson, but she offered to give Marian lessons free of charge. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We had our first lesson at dusk in the parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. I learned my lesson, thank you very much.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

During the boredom of her abandonment her only distractions were the clavichord lessons at siesta time and the letters from her children. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I have to believe that he took at least some of the lessons we taught him to heart,” my dad says, “and that he kept his own emergency supplies—maybe even has his own bug-out.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It was good. I had a fencing lesson with Coach Mustilli today. He said to tell you hi.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He looked at Shae as he said, “Or, perhaps the lesson is that true love will always prevail.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had scoffed back then, thinking this was hardly a lesson plan for a university course. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After bailing him out a few times, Deborah started leaving him in jail to teach him a lesson, saying, “You just stay there till your bail come down to where you can afford it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It would teach her a lesson if he did. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jeffries had apparently learned his lesson and didn’t make any more pleas for help on my behalf. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You know I don’t need lessons anymore, Mullah sahib. You taught me every surrah and ayat in the Koran years ago.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mary would sit and watch me by the hour together: then she would take lessons; and a docile, intelligent, assiduous pupil she made. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a real turkey of a lieutenant that I want taught a lesson by one of your studs. Maybe put him out of commission for a little while. Perhaps ten years.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The social insects, especially ants, have been sources of all kinds of parables, giving lessons in industry, interdependence, altruism, humility, frugality, patience. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neville regularly went to pieces in Potions lessons; it was his worst subject, and his great fear of Professor Snape made things ten times worse. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most learned their lesson quickly and watched what they said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Popinjay was locked up to be taught a lesson, and Major Metcalf was shipped to the Solomon Islands to bury bodies. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Whenever Septa Mordane had gone on about the history of this house and that house, she was inclined to drift and dream and wonder when the lesson would be done. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

How might you approach or use these instruments when creating a lesson plan? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And then they might eat, and then his father would lead them in prayer, and then he would give them a Bible lesson. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And yet, there’s a lesson to be learned. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d tried standing her ground in the beginning, but three against one was never a fair fight, and she’d quickly learned her lesson. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Three nuthatches he found later provided a sorry little step-by-step lesson in cause and effect: one was feeding on an elm, another was found dying of typical DDT symptoms, the third was dead. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“But we want to beat them bad. Teach them a lesson.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure where we’d gone since the lessons in parabolic ratios the week before. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t think we’d have to teach you a lesson on the first day of school.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It included food science, this particular lesson being on Correct Menu Form and the question of what one should place first on the menu when writing it out, shrimp cocktail or Jell-O salad. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skiving off a lesson's a serious enough offense to be sent to Mr. Nixon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

From the street they could hear children’s voices singing the lesson “I Am a Person of the Middle Nation.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the children who didn’t know what today’s lesson was ’bout sensed something waren’t right and started looking at one the ’nother all nervous and worrisome. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He took piano lessons and had a public recital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s no hope left. And all because I left them free to make their own decisions. That should teach me a lesson about discipline the next time I try something like this.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps if we had a private lesson in your chambers,” he said smoothly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We drank and winced and waited for the lesson to begin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mama’s story and Doc’s lessons mixed together in my mind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I kept studying the floor like maybe my school lessons were chalked on those boards. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t have to teach me a lesson twice. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We practiced in our huts, where every night a new boy would be chosen to play teacher and lead the lesson, while everyone else played their parts as students. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Potions lessons were uncomfortable enough these days, seeing as Harry, Ron, and Hermione had to share a desk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And that,” said Slughorn, apparently coming back to earth, “is what I shall be offering as a prize in this lesson.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The hardest lesson for a soldier to learn is to obey orders he believes are wrong,” said the rat philosophically. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After suffering my Valentine’s Day heartbreak at the hands of Maylene and the handsome, charming Leonardo, I learned a valuable lesson about dating. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were talking about the lesson, Harry thought, as though it had been some sort of spectacular show, but he hadn’t found it very entertaining — and nor, it seemed, had Hermione. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to give me my driving lessons at the end of the day when he was sure his dad was out on the farm, milking. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it was not a Western; it was baton-twirling lessons at Ida Nee’s house in Ida Nee’s backyard. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Sister Gladys took time from her busy schedule to give her lessons in arithmetic. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think our young aristocrat has understood the lesson,” he said gently. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For William, and for the nation, Pearl Harbor was a painful lesson in human error—and the limits of even the most brilliant cryptanalytic machinery. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They had been looking for two weeks, after all, but as they only had odd moments between lessons it wasn’t surprising they’d found nothing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

One other lesson that Gerald had learned was never, never stay near Mama when she sniffed the white stuff. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began lessons immediately—ten classes and two hours of drilling every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Since we can’t learn everything about the Italian Renaissance today, let’s learn everything about the Egyptian rooms. That will be our lesson instead.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had received two full half-hour lessons in driving from the man who delivered the car, and in that enlightened year of 1925 this was considered quite sufficient. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mama took over, she had to come up with lessons from scratch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He walked through our circle of sitting boys and gave us our first lesson. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, Mama, Nico and I talked about it, and he wants to help me with the music lessons for kids. And with recording a song. Is that okay?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Apparently Dr. Schultz, who was running the lessons, did not realize how well they were succeeding. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This came as a strange letdown, to see how the game always went to those who knew the rules without understanding the lesson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why bother with driving lessons, her mother said, anyone as pretty as you can always find a handsome young man to chauffeur you. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Wednesday and freakishly warm, and it’s my third swimming lesson. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I think the lesson,” Ellsberg answered, “is that the people of this country can’t afford to let the president run the country by himself.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sarah thinks they go out to romantic dinners and take ballroom dance lessons or see black-and-white foreign movies with subtitles and deep meanings. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know you can get a degree in music? If you had one, you could give lessons, you could direct the church choir. Even Dad won’t argue with that, not much anyway.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Those taught the lessons of subordination are oft timid in the school of self-service. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A major lesson is the central place of maize, usually represented by a vertical ear with two leaves falling to the side, a talismanic symbol reminiscent of a fleur-de-lys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She suspected that he had made up his own lessons, and now, as her small pupils spelled out the gloomy text, she could not resist following his example. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But it don’t have a thing to do with Mr. Travis, ’cause it waren’t but a few days later that the lesson got taught to me in a way that caint help but last forever. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We get to school in time for the last three classes, since there are only ten minutes allotted for teachers to summarize their lessons. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Father, on learning that we would miss our lessons, said, “A good thing, too. A boy needs piano like a snake needs a hoop-skirt.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning, I sat down to plan my week, scheduling massage appointments, booking sessions with my trainer, arranging lesson times with my coach. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And they do have lessons to teach us, but they are not what are commonly supposed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That is when I began to understand the stories Popo taught me, the lessons I had to learn for my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned his first lesson about the necessity of counterintelligence when a young woman was brought before him for questioning about a coded letter she had been given. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t a lesson from God; it was something else, something more like putting together a puzzle, making the pieces fit to form an image. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Let this here be a lesson to you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t end up taking the stage after us, but I hoped she would get to take those Irish dance lessons she wanted. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Rae continues with the lesson, trying to prod us to share our opinions, but an unexpected blanket has come down on us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Reilly doesn’t, Mrs. Gregson says, “Would you mind? It would help her learn an important lesson about charity and kindness.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And the whole time I was gone, the only place I could think of was little old Greenwood, Mississippi. Life sure has a funny way of teaching us lessons, don’t it?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’d been doing odd jobs for Mr. Smith and his family for years, having been hired to do everything from babysitting his kids and giving them piano lessons to attempting to train their untrainable puppy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now, because Jaja was in the new gifted student program at St. Nicholas, he attended after-school lessons. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Out of spite, she told the officers that he’d stolen a valuable toe ring from her jewelry box, and demanded that he be locked up in juvenile detention to teach him a lesson. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why this failure? Could it have been prevented? What lessons could be drawn from our experiences that would enable others to avoid similar failures?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I flash back to Peeta's lesson on the various district breads in the Training Center. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bobby, for his part, was livid at the seeming collusion: “I will teach those dirty Russians a lesson they won’t forget for a long time,” he wrote from the Hotel Toplice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to give my father lessons in marching in step, in keeping time. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed as she rolled in the shallow water, cleaning herself as best she could and dreading Loo’s swim lessons. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Grandfather had taught me a bit about swordplay along with his other army lessons. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But here’s an Elder lesson for you. It turns out that the best way to teach a kid to swim is to let Joon hurl her into deep water.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Next I gave her a quick lesson on cranking the outboard motor. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’d also avoided Lily, who had returned to lessons with red, puffy eyes and a scowl you could hang meat from. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He continues to copy works of the masters, to talk with and learn from other artists, especially Mauve, and to use lessons from art instruction manuals. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Standards: Common Core or National Standards: Which state content and developmental standards are addressed in my lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There are, I think, two important lessons here. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Then you want me not to let some previous conviction injure the receptivity of my mind with regard to some strange matter. Do I read your lesson aright?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I switched the TV off and found myself watching my mother as she sat at the kitchen table, looking over some of her old lesson plans. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Before our lessons each morning, we gather in the hall to pray. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Potions lessons took place down in one of the dungeons. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As Alex took his place near the back, he wondered how he was going to get through the lesson. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was an interesting story if someone else told it, Hannah thought, but Grandpa Will had a voice that buzzed like the plague of locusts, and he made sour lessons at every pause. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like a place I used to go for dance lessons — when I was eight or nine. It was shaped just the same.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson Farmer had learned “on the ground,” not in medical school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And he would really have learned the lesson he had coming to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had taken their lessons in citizenship and civic responsibility to heart, setting an example for their teachers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may think I’m a boring old Keeper, but someday you’ll understand the importance of these lessons.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt slightly resentful at this: If their lessons were so very important, why had there been such a long gap between the first and second? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I have about one and a half minutes, I guess, to get to my swimming lesson,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon I set off with Papi for my first piano lesson. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Why not? You don’t have any clubs or lessons this afternoon.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“She used to give lessons. For forty years. It was how she raised us after my father died.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Love is one of those lessons that you grow to learn, the way one learns that one shoe is made to fit a certain foot, lest it cause discomfort. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I will remember your lesson well. Now I must ask a favor of you. Would you come with me? I want you to be present when I speak to Captain Snow.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The nerve of that kid! Always asking questions—it’s what got him sent to the Waiting Room last time, you know. I thought he’d learned his lesson.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amy was fretting because her lessons were not learned, and she couldn’t find her rubbers. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether she had family or if she was going to spend her vacation preparing lessons and grading tests. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Beings,” she said to her husband, “that we’ve got the fiddle for Paul Jones, little Blossom could take lessons too and both could practice on the same fiddle.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day was more or less a history lesson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Syrio says that every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was five or six at the time, I could barely read, but regardless, my dad gave me this impromptu geography lesson in preparation for an upcoming road trip or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I delivered lessons in my own baby talk. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hurrying along the path, Kit told him about the reading lessons. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. No high school. But maybe I can get in if I tell them I don’t want a diploma or any grades—that I just want the lessons.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was off before he even had a chance to get back to the lesson. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Together, the two crazy kids grow, have madcap escapades, and learn an important lesson about love. They learn to resist the feed. Rated PG-13. For language,” I whispered, “and mild sexual situations.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the lesson went on, it seemed like all Crazy Kelvin wanted was to get us to call the police “the pigs.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could see you every day. I think we’d have a lot of fun and probably teach each other valuable lessons and somebody would write a movie about it. And we'd play ourselves.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“That was very good! One lesson, and you’re already putting me to shame!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need a grammar lesson, Foaly, just zoom in, would you?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I take dancing lessons, which I love, and I also like to play baseball with the kids that live on our hill. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Lucy had said that since everyone at Hailsham was talking about little else, we should forget the play-reading and spend the rest of the lesson exchanging our views about the tokens. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you would play like that in your lessons.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She bought him a cornet and made him take lessons, figuring he’d be put in an army band and play at parades and reviews only and be kept away from the front. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lesson finished, Caroline told me to buy a leotard and dance shoes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I started ballet lessons when I was four years old. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There is a powerful lesson in classical music’s revolution. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Sorry to keep you from your class, but it’s your lessons I want to discuss with you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I am told that occasionally the two camps gather together for lessons on the Angkar, and afterward, they celebrate the Angkar’s victories with dances and songs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A caring man who was aware of Regina’s strained financial state, he never charged her for the lessons he gave Bobby, whether chess or music. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then the priest quizzed us on some lessons we had already been through. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked a good deal calmer than at the end of Moody’s lesson, though still not entirely normal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a history lesson and a chess tutorial, but mainly it was an amazing feat of memory. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He visited them nearly every day, played games with them, lectured to them on German history, played their piano, gave them lessons in conversational German. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you're quite done trying to kill one another," Mr. Armin said, "we'll continue with our lessons. Not you, Nick," he added as Nick retrieved his singlestick. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Forgot the lessons of a lifetime, and concentrated on the wide, shining blade, because who knew? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a rainy day, she wouldn’t give a lesson. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even so, she could do only one lesson over and over.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was lucky to learn that lesson at such a young age. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If she learns her lesson, will she undo all her gifts?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s obvious, isn’t it? There was a great vat of it down in the dungeon... He could’ve nicked some any time during that lesson...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that many prescriptive rules are worth keeping does not mean that every pet peeve, bit of grammatical folklore, or dimly remembered lesson from Miss Thistlebottom’s classroom is worth keeping. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was really mad with that kid and would have to teach him a lesson. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She said, “Rise and shine, Miss Nee. It’s lesson time.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He had already learned the lesson he would teach me that day: that his body was in constant jeopardy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I smile and nod, and tuck away the note, then turn my attention to the board, where Ms. Rucker has begun the lesson. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’d sometimes hear her chewing out her students for not having practiced enough or chewing out their parents for delivering them late to lessons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She called on people by the alphabet and kept her grade book open during the lessons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t yell at Vonetta, Fern, and me to wash up, hang up our clothes, or get our lessons started like she’d been doing every day after school. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Margot sends her Latin lessons to a teacher, who corrects and then returns them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Genie took it all in, trying to imagine his dad and Uncle Wood as kids, getting shooting lessons from Grandpop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Th e next few days I settled into a routine that felt almost normal, if you don’t count the fact that I was getting lessons from satyrs, nymphs, and a centaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

This was the only way to keep Cynthia from disrupting and derailing the entire lesson. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

While I waited for it to boot up, I tried to remember what I’d learned at that lesson in that man’s garage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Your ma should know how hard this is for you. That old battle-ax is ornery and spiteful to boot. Maybe waiting for her tea will teach her a lesson.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If there was a lesson I was supposed to learn here, I didn’t. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Base survival, for instance. Surely you’ve learned this lesson, in all your many travels.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“But, forgive me, I am keeping you from your lessons. I am glad to see the children are safe. Good day, Miss Lumley.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They caught him by himself, coming home from his violin lesson. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“We could use the fringe’s slide show to supplement a basic history lesson,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Although he consulted the map as often as he could, sometimes making unnecessary visits to the bathroom between lessons to search it, he did not once see Malfoy anywhere suspicious. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She had laughed through her lessons, much preferring her cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But all, I think, provide us with critical lessons of how we can better understand and come to terms with the extraordinary power of thin-slicing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was inept at my new lessons, especially with die needle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As they tried to absorb their lessons and experience, and to synchronize their efforts, they lived in constant fear of making any of the many egregious errors Bolles kept pointing out to them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lesson on lesson they’ve suffered through, recognizing, more profoundly each time, their indignity, shame, triviality. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret was first surprised and then delighted at the notion of giving a dancing lesson to the children. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who’s driving this thing, but he could do with a few lessons.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Just when everybody was thinking their regular African gods were aggravated with us and fixing to teach us a lesson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Church was where we had lessons on how to play the piano. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When we came out of our lesson, Mia cheerfully skipped over to our mother and said, “Mama, I just loved dance class!” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what’s worst is when Ma quits talking and starts doing something to make a lesson permanent. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her mother made her quit, sent her for dance lessons, strapped her to a stick- and-chalk contraption that was supposed to help her attend to her movements. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he takes his boredom out on me—my viola lessons grow more intense. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Two men Cora’s age joined the lessons in the meeting house, eager runaways more ignorant than she was. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When Gogol is in the third grade, they send him to Bengali language and culture lessons every other Saturday, held in the home of one of their friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva said she still doesn’t know if Sor Asuncion agreed to help Hilda out of the goodness of her heart or because this was a perfect lesson to teach that fresh girl. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to Mrs. Caperdeen’s class, and by the time she taught the lesson about Aaron Douglas, I had collected like a thousand Family Circus clips. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Please show this man what you can do, just like in your lessons.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That was not learned for several days, however, leaving enough time for the putative lessons of the irradiated mouse to sink in deeply. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

All the growned folks that hadn’t never learnt to read nor write whilst they were ’slaved in America had to take lessons at the schoolhouse at night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Craig, who was in the first grade, was already making trips downstairs for weekly lessons on Robbie’s upright and returning relatively unscathed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a while I had two lessons a week before school and Hollands put me through pretty much all the training they’d do with any kid my age. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Kids who sing in the choir, learn to play the violin, and take gymnastics or ballet or swimming lessons after school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was another lesson on what it meant to be black in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What should children be able to do by the end of the lesson that they couldn’t do at the beginning? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In response, Sam routinely came to my lessons late or would cut my lesson time short. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Their "lessons" include eating massive amounts of chocolate and cheese curls. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why, that last test wasn’t even fair. Questions on the proper address of European nobles? And European-style place settings? We ain’t even talked about that stuff in our lessons.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her father taught her informally until she was old enough for professional lessons. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not a bad lesson for your first day in the lab.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I was beaten that night and told that over the summer I would have to relearn all the lessons in which I had done poorly. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I hated hem, Denna’s men taught me a lesson that I might never lave learned otherwise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever I showed up to practice and Luke noticed Akhi’s absence, he’d immediately make time in his busy schedule, even if he had a previous lesson or class scheduled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

One of the cooks rang the bell, drawing the lesson to a close. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was Pacheco’s wife who taught him for free back when she gave piano lessons to any kid in the valley eager to learn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I go back to Raleigh,” I said, “I’m gonna take swimming lessons like I did last summer.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Nazis censored every newspaper, radio broadcast, movie, sermon, and classroom lesson. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His mother said, “Roy, honey, they’re not going to arrest him. But he needs to be taught a lesson. He could seriously hurt somebody, picking on smaller kids the way he does.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting a lesson in the sort of influence a wealthy baron’s firstborn son could bring to bear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s hard to concentrate right now, but we do have a lesson to get through.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We’d learned our lesson two summers earlier when we got to the market later in the morning and all of the best produce was gone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

How might you use this type of song in a lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll wait, and in the meantime, you could be learning to like me. Would it be a very hard lesson, dear?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But inside the walls of the CIA, the spymasters absorbed hard lessons. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One day, after she had rushed off to take Nna to his piano lesson, she called Obinze to say, laughing, “Can you believe I forgot to brush my teeth?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That was the central lesson conveyed through the experience of memorizing hundreds of questions and answers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I had learned an important lesson: If you were going to survive in jail, the goody-goody stuff had to go. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I was understanding the lesson and moving along with the work, she’d test me at the end of each unit, rather than make me take all the chapter tests in between. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Trust me, I do. I know who I am and I know who you are. Thanks for the swimming lessons. We’re even. See you Monday.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I wished Mr. Mann would actually do his job and teach a lesson, or at least pay attention to the class. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“When can we get to our first cooking lesson?” she asks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Who praised me when I learnt my lesson?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gave a hesitant nod, trick questions were fairly common around lesson time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lupita, feeling grateful for her dancing lessons, smiled tentatively once or twice, but Rafael did not look her in the eye. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It’s our first art lesson as kids, isn’t it? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But Samantha is so eager to help me that I say, “Yeah, that sounds really great,” and resign myself to the math lesson. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This does not make the lesson integrated, but rather an Arts-Enhanced-Curriculum as discussed above. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Here, the class fidgets and talks loudly and the teacher rushes his lesson. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A good story will always sell, book or movie or man. Political lesson number one.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frenzy to rebuild was so great that architects had no time at all to draw lessons from the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

As for my lessons with the Captain, my mother, sensitive to the least hint of inappropriate behavior, always went with me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, they were heavily involved in our lessons. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t either, I thought, but he had enough mental power left to give me one last lesson in tragedy. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to think about the lessons the beaver had to teach but he grew frustrated by how poorly he carved. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We’re reading this book called Monster, and today’s lesson is on symbolism: cue my realization that the key Daddy gave me was symbolic. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

After a quick lesson, they ran out onto the beach and started combing it for Nazis. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The first time the office was threatened the caller had made racist remarks about the need to teach us a lesson. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I been the one giving your girl lessons,” he said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

How might you utilize the music teacher in your school to enhance your lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He held her elbow for a moment before she ran off toward the Armenian Quarter and her Arabic class, which was already two minutes into its lesson on how to ask questions. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first and last time Kaori had tried to teach Gen how to tell time, but she never stopped hounding her about one of life’s most important lessons: be punctual. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She’d put me through lessons, of course, but like most kids, I whined until she let me quit. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Often they even forgot their Elders as the years slipped by, all the hours spent, all the lessons learned together. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

An online metronome, guitar tuner, blank sheet music, music theory lessons, and music converters are all available at 8notes.com. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"What he needs," Julian said, "is not fencing lessons but lessons in manners." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She then ignored the ghost on her chest and chanted her lessons for the next day’s classes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mom was always getting confused and filling in the wrong dates on the lesson plans or losing the homework. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the lesson of the Power of Context is that we are more than just sensitive to changes in context. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knowed the reason why Mr. Travis went and made us write all them lines and passed out all them swats, it was ’cause he was trying to make the “familiarity breeds contempt” lesson stick. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They were now spending lesson after lesson learning how to look after flobberworms, which had to be some of the most boring creatures in existence. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At my first lesson, my legs dangled from the piano bench, too short to reach the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A siren screams over Miss Xinh’s voice in the middle of a lesson on smiley and bald President Ford. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My feelings weren't hurt as much when I wasn't included in other programs and dance lessons with the boys, either. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Guess it's my turn. I owe you both an apology for issuing the challenge. It is not my place to teach you a lesson.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

So fifty cents more a week was scraped up and folded into Blossom’s reluctant hand and she was sent off to take fiddle lessons, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So babe, if you see him, treat him regular. He's forgiven. He's got enough on his plate, and something tells me he's learning his lesson in a much harder way than he ever thought." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The Korean table is a lesson in plates. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always told myself that since my lessons with Sam were usually only thirty minutes out of a two-hour practice, I could suck up the abuse. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My inventive mother solved this problem by going to the mainland and finding a Crisfield piano tuner who could also give lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the lesson is that you never know the damage you might do, when you’re trying to help. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She paid Delores the fifty cents a week she got for lunch money to give her lessons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t doing this to teach the kid a lesson. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Colette tried to avoid our lesson this morning by complaining of a mysterious illness,” tattled Jeannine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned against the wall and would have enjoyed the lesson had someone not grabbed her arm hard enough to hurt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, what if I told you that I’ve learned my lesson?” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dreams became lessons, lessons became dreams, things happened all at once or not at all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I did my best to go on with my chores and lessons, but it was hard. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A couple of kids quit the a cappella group,” he says, “but that’s to be expected. One girl needs to focus more on her cello lessons.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have to pay anything, Papi said, because “he’s willing to give you lessons in exchange for some carpentry on his porch.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson blacks would not forget. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Now you’ve had your lesson. You don’t have to go back to that awful school anymore,” our neighbor Mrs. Floyd said as Grandma ushered me past her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably the coolest part was my drum lesson with Mr. Stoll on Saturday afternoon. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lessons, especially English, gave him something to concentrate on, a way to block out the confusion for an hour or two at a time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all we knew, he could have been a small Inuit woman living in Anchorage, Alaska, who had adopted this appearance and voice to make her students more receptive to her lessons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dad says fine, I can spend the whole day on my stupid home-school lessons. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps a lesson for the girl, instead of a death. A gift of wisdom to the young.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In eugenics lessons, children were taught that Aryans should marry only healthy Aryans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His teachers, at least some, were annoyed by his aloofness and lack of interest in the lessons at hand. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When my name is called, I glide across the stage, imagining I’m a bird or a deer as Dona Amelia suggested in our lessons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But another lesson might be that maybe you’re not the hero of every story, and maybe Farhad was Shirin’s true love, or maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

What kind of community lessons did they learn from that, Dad?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Especially for a kid who hasn’t paid for a drum lesson in over a month. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well,” Dad said, "they are very entertaining. They are French and German language lesson records. You don’t have to listen to them consciously. Just play them. And they’ll finally make an impression.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not unschooled in the arts of gallantry, but my lessons were administered through observation rather than practice; and I found myself unpossessed of even the slightest article of sense. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I remember a lesson from my psychology class about an experiment in which volunteers were asked to torture people who were in another room by pressing a button that supposedly delivered an electric shock. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“But your gran taught me lessons just like your uncle is teaching you and Jay. I simply decided I didn’t want to learn anymore. For reasons I will tell you when you’re older.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In a fifth-grade “reading for comprehension” lesson, students read a short passage and then were prompted to mine facts and define vocabulary words. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Learn to make a plus sign so that both the vertical and horizontal strokes are the same thickness. That is your second lesson. You can practice as soon as you buy your materials." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Regina discovered that lessons would cost a minimum of $8 an hour—money she just didn’t have. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I tried my best, because I knew about her disappointment over her father and the driving lessons. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, he gave them a lesson about volcanoes. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The more I participated in class, the more I realized that I was no longer interested in the lesson plan because of the possible reward, but because I genuinely found the lesson captivating. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soon I was begging for those ballet lessons that Mama had promised me in the hotel room in Ghana. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued her piano lessons at three in the afternoon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I imagined it to be the best possible watch in the world, and when Kerry brought it to show me at my next lesson, it was just as good as I’d thought it would be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was funning with me again, but she was trying to teach me a lesson too. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was a coach giving a lesson on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was not in the mood for a vocabulary lesson. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

So the code-breaking part was fun for the first lesson, but a little of it goes a long way. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I glance at my pile of piano books that have been collecting dust since we got here, and I wish I had a lesson today. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The bishop, Reggie wrote “taught him a lesson without directly saying anything to him. “Valjean did not promise anything to the bishop at this time and the bishop didn’t expect him to. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we taught him a lesson,” the Texan said, his voice fading in and out with the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But again, similar to Prohibition, gun control laws can only be as effective as the organizations that enforce them—another lesson to be learned from the past. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The lesson for our first rehearsal is how to walk across the stage like models. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve was the age when lessons in Sunday school began to include words like purity and chastity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The histories of the Fertile Crescent and China also hold a salutary lesson for the modern world: circumstances change, and past primacy is no guarantee of future primacy. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in psychology, probability, and manual dexterity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go have a talk with him? I’ve got to pick up your sister from her piano lesson.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hall was starting to empty as people headed off toward their first lesson. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then, before I could express my regret, , he asked me—addressing me as M. Daumier-Smith—if I would kindly correct a few lessons. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

All the lessons I’d learned from teachers and my parents told me not to get in the truck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You need some lessons!” laughs Aliya when she takes my place at the table. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. There are many hidden lessons waiting to be seen and heard and felt. They want to be understood. I will reveal them to you.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

If Cardan were to try to stop her lesson, she looks like she would eat him alive and crack his bones for marrow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

These are feats that the boy has seen only in his lessons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were no more piano lessons, for one thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below this there were corrections from a previous lesson. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was always telling me stories, giving me lessons, Bible lessons especially. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Every time he finished a lesson, Teacher cried,“Very good!” and printed a smiley face on his paper. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life at the camp continues as always while I divide my time between the field and the training lessons. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I tried to focus on yesterday’s lesson. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the strangest thing, to spend all this time in school—forced through all these mandatory lessons—despite the fact that most of these subjects lead nowhere. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He would bring out their lessons and talk with them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I also heard that he’s been taking flying lessons over in Kecksburg, so I’d hate to make him plow up this new runway.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You never know when a teacher is going to overhear you, and I’ve learned my lesson about that.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was pleasantly surprised when a bunch of kids added their names to volunteer for apartment setups and helping with free music lessons and tutoring for kids. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After Jaime had made his confession, to drive home the lesson, Lord Tywin brought my wife in and gave her to his guards. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As far as reading lessons go, this isn’t so bad. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

By now, even the youngest Yearlings have learned Blackcliff's most essential lessons: Obey, conform, and keep your mouth shut. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Had Dumbledore forgotten the lessons he was supposed to be giving Harry? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ever week, she still get her Aibileen lesson, her secret story. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After we ate our fill, Sister Mukumbu gave us a lesson on the California grapes that we had just eaten and how the migrant workers who picked them had to fight for their rights. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the failure of Prohibition would provide the nation with a powerful lesson in the pitfalls of attempting to legislate morality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He paid for us to take private lessons in sewing and knitting and record keeping from other people. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She generally came at the hour when Mr. Rivers was engaged in giving his daily catechising lesson. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As for the ants themselves, they are plainly not in need of lessons from us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at one of the tables in the waiting area and watched Coach finish up the lesson he was giving. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Eurhythmics for young children: Six lessons for fall. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When she was Shirley’s age, she had pleaded with her father for permission to take piano lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anytime a teacher called on me, I had no idea where we were in the lesson. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But something happened in their first lesson, Transfiguration, that drove the Chamber of Secrets out of their minds for the first time in weeks. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She quit studying school lessons at night so she could have more time to spend on music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Part of the money was set aside for lessons with Agnes Reifsnyder, one of the few white voice teachers in Philadelphia willing to accept black students. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I'm wishing for a fire -eating raw rabbit can give you rabbit fever, a lesson I learned the hard way -when I think of the dead tribute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It had been in the afternoon near the “dead hour”—when the lessons were finished but there was still some time to go until supper. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, you've never been to Paris before, but let that be a lesson to you." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our family had no piano and we couldn’t afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking no more notice of her than if she had been a fly, Mr. Laurence talked on about Laurie’s lessons and teachers. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't wait for the lesson to be over. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I assumed she was rehearsing a lesson or maybe one of her assembly talks, and I was about to hurry past before she spotted me, but just then she turned and looked straight at me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The boy has to learn a lesson, he’s far too headstrong.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feedcast went on and on, and they all went up the mountain on skis and shot at each other and finally they all learned an important lesson about love. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing about being a refugee is that you lose those little lessons, and you have to teach everything to yourself. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the nuns got to her young, and Vic has nodded himself silly several times to catechism lessons disguised as dinner conversations. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She was also determined about learning; they wouldn’t skip a lesson so easily. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He just told me that he was going to get even with you, going to cut you and teach you a lesson,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a self-administered test at the end of each week’s lesson. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sat there staring at Snape as the lesson began, picturing horrific things happening to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To make matters even worse, Harry’s anti-dementor lessons were not going nearly as well as he had hoped. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I looked up from my desk where I was reviewing the lesson plan I knew I’d never actually get to teach, and considered my answer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I remembered the exact same lesson from ninth grade. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was living in a hotel for women in Greenwich Village, working as a waitress in a German restaurant, and taking art classes and even fencing lessons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty was taking lessons “with some other studs,” and he intended one day to organize his own small band. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been in the weapons den nearly every day for lessons, but to be there alone, nothing but her and instruments of death, was entirely different. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Storybook magic or no, I was not eager to study under a man whose first set of lessons had left me with three broken ribs, a mild concussion, and a dislocated shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rest, children of the island’s slightly more affluent, paid fifty cents a lesson. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rarely had accidents like that, but when he did, Mama sometimes made him keep it in his pants all day to “teach him a lesson.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young students and beginning musicians should go through it with a teacher, in either a classroom or lesson setting. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I agreed, and, as the days went on, delighted in the lessons. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the very least, maybe I’ll be able to start my piano lessons again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thus the little tiger began to absorb the lessons that prepared him for his destiny. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Take lessons of Amy, she has a regular talent for it.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was so beautiful I couldn’t understand how she’d never had lessons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“This is a new, challenging lesson plan. One step at a time.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since I did not understand Miss Scalapino when she explained the art lessons, she let me do whatever I wanted. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yessir,” I said, “but it seems like some people never learn any of those lessons no matter how many times they’re taught.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I have to say this for our minister, he never stopped giving us the lesson. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our lesson involves the history of the delicately negotiated peace between Orlagh, Queen of the Undersea, and the various faerie kings and queens of the land. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ramsay had taught him that lesson, finger by finger and toe by toe, and it was not one that he was ever like to forget. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Who praised me when I learnt my lesson?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

So he waited while Mr. Fantana gathered his lesson plans, put the tops back on his dry erase markers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

All of this is a salutary lesson in the way tottering edifices of theology can be built on a small textual misunderstanding. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She talked about her life and the lessons she had learned from being in a concentration camp. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lessons had been designed by Mr. Curtain himself, and when all of them had been gotten through, they were repeated from the beginning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He won’t. He thinks he’s going to teach us a lesson. But we’re going to teach him one. We already taught him one at Lexington.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you have beautiful hands. You have the hands of a gifted pianist. We should put you in piano lessons. Li!” she called to Virgil’s mother. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Through all my time in Tarbean, I continued to learn, though most of the lessons were painful and unpleasant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Usually I have a piano lesson at the same time as Malia’s ballet class. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. I’ve been so wrapped up in lessons that I forgot.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had been in Paris for several weeks when, one afternoon, returning from a French lesson, I stopped at a café to check my email. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He meets other artists through Van Rappard and begins taking lessons from another painter. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I would have evaded—and for how long could I have afforded to delay?—learning the great lesson of school, that I had a public identity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the lesson exactly at this point. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s too freaked out that I lied, then unlied, then started a psychotic art history lesson? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On the first Thursday of July, at twelve noon, Miss Celia gets up from the bed for her cooking lesson. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Every day, our nightly lessons grow longer and longer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They splurge on their children’s sports and tutoring and piano lessons and deny them computers and televisions in their rooms and cellphones. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And these lessons and this learning will be rooted in what all of you brought to this classroom these last few weeks.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It might even be that Dumbledore did not want anything to distract Harry from their lessons, or from procuring that memory from Slughorn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The hours of lessons pay off in this moment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel like I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving through the world. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He makes no secret of his displeasure, drawling to Locke about how boring these lessons are and sneering at the lecturer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And the lesson here is that people are unlikeable. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Using thick “presentation books” that scripted each word, teachers at the school signaled commands by snapping their fingers, clapping, or pounding on a book or desk, so the lessons were fast-paced and rhythmic. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He told Kappe that "It would be enough if the others learned their lessons perfectly." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that I’m able to get the zipper over my hips is a lesson in inertia or just willpower. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Black? White? Don’t tell me you’re one of those racial Negroes? Who said anything about black people? This is just a geography lesson.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night for years the children had memorized the required lessons for school, often yawning with boredom. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whitlock spent most of our Biology lesson saying how certain patriotic young men cycled to Worcester hospital to give blood. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If it had not been for Roberto and those driving lessons in the van behind the gas company, I would have done worse, and I would not have gotten my driver’s license. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, for goodness’ sake, Crow, we’ll have a geography lesson when we get home,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I have to confess, I’ve never thought too much about giving lessons... Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Recitation was a huge part of the lessons at her school. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Whoever it is, we’ll teach him not to start fires in the devil’s own domain—we’ll teach him a lesson, right here and now!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’d learned that lesson before he could walk, before he could speak. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m planning on heading back to the classroom for more scintillating lessons from the history teacher. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit will not say, though the move clearly marks the end of formal lessons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gerald was only three, but he had already learned many such lessons. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Creative problem solving requires that you be able to see and manipulate your lesson material in unique ways to reach all types of student learners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The next day I came back and had my first half-hour lesson. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Now, if Mr. Guareschi will show you your seats, the class will work through the day’s lesson.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I quickly handed the laptop back to Ema, never taking my eyes off my adversary—another lesson drummed into me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis and I sate awkwardly in silence, the pretense of tuition abandoned; knowing that the coming lesson would be but a simulation of learning; and being unwilling to begin this pretense without an audience. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He also made sure that she got to her skating lessons on time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Was this really the time and place for a chemistry lesson? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Piper learned a valuable lesson from that: never assume you’re safe, and never, ever tempt the Fates by announcing that you think you’re safe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Had they been taking lessons all week from how Natalie treated her mother? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"This one isn't scary at all. She even lets my friend Rani sleep outdoors and have lessons under the trees." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We are all well I do my lessons always and never corroberate the girls—Meg says I mean contradick so I put in both words and you can take the properest. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For once he had no words to instruct our minds and improve our souls, no parable that would turn Ruth May’s death by snakebite into a lesson on the Glory of God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he certainly didn’t miss his piano lessons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby absorbed these lessons and would act on them for the rest of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, Doctorita. I didn’t understand this part of the lesson today. Could you go over it one more time?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hollander, a reading enrichment teacher, shaped her lessons around robust literature—her classes met in small groups and talked informally about what they had read. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m happy to, but you should also take lessons. There’s a Korean-language school that is based in our church. We can sign you up to take Korean class with kids your age.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I believe I will stay with Stinky. But I do thank you for the lesson.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“How dare you leave me! You need a lesson, is what you need!” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a big lesson for me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I got to get them sheets washed and ironed and then I got to get to this old chifforobe you done let go dry as Texas. And then we cooking—” “No learning lesson today, Minny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He ran me up and down the strip, giving me the hardest lesson I’d ever had. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I did not even quarrel with Nick, for he no longer took lessons with us mere prentices. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, me too. I guess I didn’t figure we’d be painting the house as a root lesson.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She said, “Now, lessons.”It was high summer. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

This is the real lesson of Blink: It is not enough simply to explore the hidden recesses of our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jemmy, who was obliged to be close at hand for the daily lessons, reckoned that freedom was now close at hand. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The class everyone had really been looking forward to was Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Quirrell’s lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

That we take the same lessons, that we be given whatever they have. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had asked a girl at school who owned a piano and took music lessons about him, and the girl asked her teacher. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our mother was our greatest role model and fiercest protector, and I was going to take a lesson from her; ignore the haters and the naysayers and just focus on being my best self. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

To them, it’s just a geography lesson; to me, it’s home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, let’s apply these lessons to comparing different industrial belts or businesses within the United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Faizah was only in eighth grade but was already taking private fencing lessons with Coach Mustilli in anticipation of being on the high school team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then the substitute teacher gave us a math lesson. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the back of her mind, she remembered the offhand words of an old woman in a marketplace, a lesson: Anything can be bartered for, if you know its true value. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The lesson they took away was not that we had legitimate grievances but that they needed to be far more ruthless. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was another lesson here: To be black and beautiful was not a matter for gloating. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, with no explanation, Ian Rider had taken him to a local club for his first lesson and he had been going there, once a week, ever since. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She watched without a word or a smile, making sure the classes filed quietly into their rooms, where teachers sat with lesson plans on their cluttered desks and assignments on the whiteboards. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He talked as if he’d been my mentor and not someone who’d finally showed up to give me a few lessons before blowing town. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I dance because the lessons are paid for and Papa feels all girls should dance ballet and tap. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time I came to look forward to my lessons with Dr. Neu. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Johanna Mason is naked again and oiling her skin down for a wrestling lesson. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Trust me: that Eddie kid is not learning any lessons,” I joked. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He leans back on his chair, balancing on the rear legs, says, “I hear they’re giving lessons down at the senior center.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I think your lessons were a great deal less academic than mine.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The lessons learned from the Great Molasses Flood would last long after it had taken place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The incredible effort of moving the boy to Boston, then watching him die, later struck me as an object lesson in the difficulty of Farmer’s mission, perhaps in its ultimate futility. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Big Men of Durham learned an important lesson from the Populist affair: the best way to preserve the status quo was to keep blacks and whites fighting each other. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have chores. And you do, too, and your lessons, besides, which you have been neglecting.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then at the others, the underfed, the incompetent, shakily having their first lessons with a knife or an ax. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But you’ll forget things once you’ve done them. Now is when the lessons happen, in the beginning. This is my chance to see how it’s done.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You need a lesson in how to live with people,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just...I thought I was supposed to go too. For my Elder lesson.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson he had no doubt learned from his father. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But Lord, if you could help me not learn every lesson the hard way, I’d sure appreciate it. Amen.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Information is power,” she told me as if we were having a lesson. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The heroes are those who die. This was nothing—after it happened. A minor lesson in discipline. And do you know what discipline is, Brother Personal Responsibility? It's sacrifice, sacrifice, SACRIFICE!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why bother struggling with the grammar lessons of a six-year-old if each of us didn't believe that, against all reason, we might eventually improve? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

These songs are part of a potentially rich musical experience for the child—exposing them to material with inherent sociocultural meaning that can contribute to excellent lessons and, most importantly, enhance integration activities. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It depended on whether he could remember Miss Lupescu’s lessons, remember everything he had seen and heard as a child. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

With all potential playmates either in school or working in the fields, Christine entertained herself by joining in the lessons in her mother’s classroom. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I hated the idea of staring at my spots in the mirror through a lesson, so when we went shopping for dance wear, I insisted on a turtlenecked, long-sleeved leotard. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let some of my thoughts slip out during my music lesson. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nor was the Sacramento of the fifties bent on teaching them a contrary lesson. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After each lesson, Katie taught the children what she had been taught. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let that be a lesson, son. Plus, everything costs more over time." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Each day about a dozen of them, including this girl, would come trooping past our barracks on the way to a catechism lesson. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ibtihaj, first lesson: fencing is like physical chess—you have to be strong and strategic,” the coach said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was a wicked point to all the sewing and cooking that they were trying to impress upon me, the tedious lessons I had been spurning and ducking. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Nah, that story’s just one of those things you tell kids to teach them lessons, isn’t it? ‘Don’t go looking for trouble, don’t pick fights, don’t go messing around with stuff that’s best left alone! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My new position entailed sharing the lessons of the Freedom Writers with future teachers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This last lesson came in handy when a group of soldiers nearly found us along a riverbank. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That has to be related to the hygiene lesson, don’t you think?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a computer brain packed full of parenting advice, and the lessons she was learning on her own, the robot was actually becoming an excellent mother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what that means except that it’s probably why, now that our American school has officially closed, Sam and Mundín and I go over to the Mancinis’ house for our lessons. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As I see it—Perry has learned a lesson he will never forget. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Lee’s party was routed in a midterm election that showed that South Koreans were more interested in preserving peace and protecting living standards than in teaching the North a lesson. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

These spiritual guardians were shocked when people in Philadelphia ignored the obvious lessons and began living as they had before the visitation. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Prudence had been there, Hannah told her, but had not dared to wait for a lesson. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The first lesson you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got that?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was going to tell the world about the lessons of Tralfamadore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie liked the mummies even if he didn’t like lessons, so they walked together to the Egyptian wing. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn’t gambling, he’s cheating. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too bad about Caroline’s lessons, but she’d had a couple of good years at Salisbury. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could not have been plainer that he thought this lesson was a waste of time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She removed a folder from the bag and showed me my math, English, geography, history, and science lessons. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Albert,” Keisha says, “when are you going to teach those boys a lesson?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I am terrible at dancing, since I have no practice in it other than humiliating lessons at school, partnered with Taryn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I took out Smollet’s letter, and as I read it it seemed to me that the lesson of the spelling of the name of the court might guide me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s what happens when you have school, homework, and root lessons.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not only because they told me there would be more lessons, but also because I had finally been given a name other than the Ugly One. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I will take him on and teach him many lessons. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A misguided child . . . such as yourself . . . requires ... a forceful lesson.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, both Odile and Francis thought the best tactic for getting a foot in the door was to commence French lessons with Pop, whose deceased husband had been the Professor of French before the war. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She looked like something a child who had not taken art lessons might draw. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel was proud to see how well Piper remembered her sword-fighting lessons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ben continued giving me a smattering of lessons in other areas: history, arithmetic, and chemistry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’d get up really early on Saturdays and Sundays for my driving lessons. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was “furnished” only with a table, benches, and two pianos, and they had to stay out during the day, when the teacher gave lessons. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Let’s begin with a commonly accepted definition of arts integration from the Kennedy Center’s ArtsEdge website along with a checklist to help guide the teacher in the creation of an integrated lesson. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d still rather be watching TV on the couch than going to Sunday school, I don’t dread my Arabic class anymore—thanks to my uncles patient lessons. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Thursday afternoon’s lesson proceeded in the usual way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Saving for my piano and lessons is all I have right now. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“All right. Let’s forget the English language lessons. We are going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then the girl in the pink dress fainted, and the twirling lesson came to a screeching halt. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

‘The lesson for today is about the gathering of the disciples,’ Alice said to herself in preparation. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He made them imagine that the earth—four thousand six hundred million years old—was a forty-six-year-old woman—as old, say, as Aleyamma Teacher, who gave them Malayalam lessons. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she could think of was the lesson Jon had given her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a computer in the basement with a program called Mavis Beacon, which gave lessons on typing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If Luma’s way of teaching these lessons to her players seemed harsh, she made no apologies. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In five years, he could play the fiddle almost as well as his father, who had never taken a lesson in his life, could play the guitar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was open and free to just about anybody who wanted to play—or study—the game with him, although he did charge a token fee to some for individual lessons. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the Klan wanted to teach the Crowells a lesson about mixing and socializing with whites. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a pity now, Joe,” said I, “that you did not get on a little more, when we had our lessons here; isn’t it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Last of all, he showed the group his totem and explained the lessons learned with each carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Every day. They usually stay after lessons with the others are over.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Evil smell draws out evil fever,” she says, as if telling me a lesson everyone knows. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs and out to the cookhouse to give Nigel his reading lesson. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Madame,” Princesse said, calling upon her phonetics lessons in order to sound less native and more French. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow we will begin our lessons, children,” she said, putting away the card. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Somewhat,” he said loosely, “but I’ll take a few lessons just to keep your mom happy—then I can teach you too.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the lesson was not over, though it was gender after that. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after the half-hour lesson would come the reward, when we would work at a model of a glider, imitating the pictures and schematics in the books. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

During a trip to London, Luke admired the royal horses and asked to have riding lessons. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He had given each one of us a quiz, asking us to answer questions on the catechism lessons or to recite prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d finished my hearth and home lesson, he took me out to the barn and helped me get Violet and Plug settled. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Looks like a lot of dirt. And a lot of fun. And, hey, a lesson in engineering! How will you boys top that? What’s your next project?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Beatty also told Mom to submit weekly lesson plans, keep her classroom tidy, and grade the homework promptly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon —- double Potions — feeling considerably more cheerful than he usually did when descending the steps to the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Listen, how about we just... look, from now on, your lessons are free. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since she intended to return home after everyone had learned a lesson in Claudia appreciation, she had to save money for her return trip, too, which was like full fare one way. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I earned this, and soon I’ll be able to buy a keyboard and pay for piano lessons all on my own. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get caught up in foolishness, Delphine. You just study your lesson. Gradurate”—she said it with an r—“and maybe you can go to college. Be a schoolteacher. Something nice like that.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We were doing our spelling lesson when I heard barking. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melquíades was the only one who really was concerned with him as he made him listen to his incomprehensible texts and gave him lessons in the art of daguerreotype. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They taught less vigorously and told fewer stories, lessons became duller and more careful, and yet this seemed to be what the badge wearers wanted. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don't mean to judge my classmates, but if I had to guess, I think Mr. Stoker’s lesson goes over their heads. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

While making New Year’s resolutions, we also count our blessings and retell stories about the past year and the lessons we have learned and what we can do to be better this year. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Precisely the kind of lesson you’ll learn at the Institute. Take the word ‘food,’ for example. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled in air to fill out my chest and tried to remember the lessons Bobby Gene had given me about when and how to throw the first punch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And they have lessons to heed, both about the earth on which we all live, and about the mental frames we bring to it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Never played you up in lessons, has he?’ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Too, death was a lesson these poor people would understand: when the killing started, and maybe only if the killing started, the irrigation of that field would abruptly end. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished Easy Pieces, I played Für Elise, then a few things from the lesson book, and that was all I had, except hymns. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he planned to learn, even though his school didn’t offer music lessons for kids who wanted to play instruments. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

So I needed to practice before my last lesson before the recital. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Don Enrique will be just fine as soon as he’s home for a few days. But may this teach you all a lesson.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had drilled bike safety lessons so far into us that we couldn’t imagine it any other way. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She hoped the shock would not undo any of the progress the children had made in their lessons, and tried to offer soothing distractions. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Just business as usual: homework out, papers exchanged, lesson reviewed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

To make a lesson integrated, it is necessary to include social science or history goals and objectives as well as musical information, goals and objectives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Upon being questioned, Paul Jones said that he had never been asked to take anything off but his hat when he went for a lesson. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always giving me lessons, little talks, pieces of advice. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And yet when he did fail, they were almost as disappointed as the driving instructor, who had contracted to provide as many lessons as were needed to pass. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would I do the next time I felt the urge to talk to my friends during a lesson? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Even President Washington learned a valuable lesson as a result of his encounter with yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

His face and his Noise are as blank as I remember but the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man’s mind ain’t knowing the man. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The detective grunted a warning about careless chemistry, but Theo had already learned his lesson. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was not Boots who needed the lessons, anyway,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Piano lessons with Mrs. Virgil were always full of small fears. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Great,” said Harry, unrolling it at once to discover that his next lesson with Dumbledore was scheduled for the following night. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Like a little yapping dog, it’s finally ready to fight. Hey, everybody,” he called to the room, “there’s going to be a lesson learned. Watch this!” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The principal of the school stepped into her eighth-grade classroom, interrupting the lesson with an announcement. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

By the end of March we were well on our way with our catechism lessons. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s a useful lesson for Coca-Cola or Nike, who have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on marketing and can afford to saturate all forms of media with their message. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was there, drinking a cup of coffee and looking over her lesson plans for the new school year. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It takes years of practice to perfect this sound, uncountable hours of lessons, training, coaching. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They caught it in the bottles as Professor Sprout had indicated, and by the end of the lesson had collected several pints. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After cutting short their lesson in favor of a stroll, Celaena and Nehemia walked through the spacious halls of the castle, guards trailing behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is, of course, nice to add a song somewhere in the lesson, perhaps a song from the Civil Rights Movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Georgia was getting up at ten every morning and taking piano lessons from Cotton Eye and her nails were clean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But watching the varsity race drove the lesson home for Joe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And as fer human goodness—men’s hearts is jest as black today as in the Roman times when they nailed slaves to crosses by the hunderd and left ’em there to point up a lesson.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really need those quiet lessons,” said Liz, and she sounded scared too. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if we were being shown a picture of a famous writer or world leader, and they happened to have a cigarette in their hand, then the whole lesson would grind to a halt. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For ten years, the victrolas ground out their lessons on the second floor of our Montclair house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conor hadn’t heard a word of his lessons in school, but the teachers hadn’t told him off for his inattentiveness, skipping over him when they asked questions to the class. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Though the theoretical basis for many of their conclusions was shaky, the take-home lesson was obvious. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But, still, I remember his lessons on strategy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One of my earliest lessons was that it could be relatively costly to live there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Just the way life is. Fernando and I have always seen things differently. This time, though, he’ll come around. He just needs to learn a few hard lessons." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

After a few lessons, she announced that I was ready to sing in church. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Reggie had learned his lesson, and he had a focused, overriding goal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I shall read this slowly, pointing out each letter and word, so this may be thy first lesson.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

We were riding along, the thing lesson being done, and here he comes again with a cone of roasted cashews he bought for us at the last stop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lesson to be learned: Lady Fortune is as fickle as they come. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It bothered me that they should treat me like a geography lesson for their son. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My days consisted of a cycle of schoolwork, piano practice, and cooking lessons with Viola. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A woman was giving a lesson in French. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were the woods through which she had wandered on her way home from Mrs. Shigemura’s lessons, the woods where she had cultivated the kind of tranquillity- Mrs. Shigemura had demanded. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boy assumes they are there for some manner of lesson, but no particular area of study is specified. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the time I got home, cooked dinner, and did my lessons and my chores, I would be so tired that I would go right to bed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If these faraway intellectuals were much concerned with the lessons of native life, what about English and French colonists themselves, who knew intact native cultures for some three centuries? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the time for sharing-of-feelings, he simply said that he felt tired, that his school lessons had been unusually demanding that day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father was disappointed when I told him I wouldn't be returning for any more lessons. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was sitting with the Council during syllables lessons when she walked by, slow and deliberate, sadness in her gait. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He showed them the steps without touching them, keeping time with a metronome, under the friendly eye of Úrsula, who did not leave the room for a moment while her daughters had their lesson. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“This don’t sound like any lesson, sir,” he said to Dr. Trefusis. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her playing is as wooden as that of any average girl who takes her lessons once a week. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After we finished taking attendance, Miss Watson talked for a while about what we’d be learning this year in mathematics and language arts, and we had our first lessons in those subjects. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Some lesson, though, eh?” said Ron to Harry as they set off for the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I typed up the obituary and history lesson then went over to the map and put a final red pin on Mrs. Dubicki’s house at C-27. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I so loved the burglary lessons we got when we were training. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The words were spoken with a slow patience, like a schoolmaster reciting a forgotten lesson. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a history lesson that flabbergasts most newcomers from the North. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Even so, Penelope knew this was a lesson that would need frequent brushups. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Her great-aunt had already warned her away from interacting with the spirits, after all, and the incident on the trolley had been a harsh lesson besides. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t think the lesson went the way Sister Mukumbu had planned. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you would like to hear some music in the categories above, or you are planning to present this lesson to a class, here are some easy-to-find suggestions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She looked impressed that I had been willing to sacrifice my lessons, and thought it was hilarious that the Special Sticks still smelled weird. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the first lesson we teach the babies.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She racked her brain, recalling her school lessons. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This was already apparent when, in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., offered his opinion that perhaps the lessons learned from the Montgomery bus boycott could help in the fight over school desegregation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How can it be a lesson if it doesn’t make sense?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He can barely walk. What do you think I’ve been doing all week? I’ve been giving him ballroom dancing lessons. And the big clodhopper tramped all over my feet. I’m crippled for life.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We made a variety of mistakes in the Western Areas antiremoval campaign and learned a number of lessons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terry was philosophical about it: Let her try and she’ll learn her lesson, once and for all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, here’s lesson number one, which has nothing to do with rivers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I ached for the lesson to begin so I could draw and color in those ivory teeth with the purple muscle of the tongue showing between like some fat beast caged inside her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of the lessons: Be bluntly honest with students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The BFG expressed a wish to learn how to speak properly, and Sophie herself, who loved him as she would a father, volunteered to give him lessons every day. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie and I often crossed paths on moonlit nights and sometimes stopped for a talk or a salt-and-pepper lesson about the stars or the weather. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to trade in the playoffs for a lesson about bullying. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s learned his lesson,” replied the comrade; and, turning to me, he bellowed, “Haven’t you, boy!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Spektor wrote the new vocabulary words over the faded sketches of algebra lessons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Water was if the woman wanted to teach her man a lesson. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Got it right in there in the closet now, for my lesson tonight.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is a lesson that members of Abnegation learn—guilt as a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And when Dutchy showed an interest in the dusty upright piano the widower’s wife used to play, he got it tuned and found a teacher to come to the farm to give him lessons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bono watched the swimming lessons from on shore, too, and now there was no jest about him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Yukht wraps up the day’s lesson, we stand in line, waiting to high-five him on our way out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"To drive the lesson home, Lord Tywin gave my wife to a barracks of his guardsmen to use as they pleased, and commanded me to watch." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I suppose lessons take a lot of money.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young Cicero overcame some of that shyness by taking lessons from the theater, going on to model his style on Clodius Aesopus. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Other days, in the hours after lessons, Werner tows his little sister through the mine complex in a wagon he has assembled from cast-off parts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom signed me up for piano lessons at school. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to be giving me private lessons this year,” said Harry conversationally.Ron choked on his bit of toast, and Hermione gasped. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The absence of crocodiles made her swimming lessons slightly less frightening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor do I know whether accepting the lesson has placed me in the rear or in the avant-garde. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

How might you use music to “enhance” a science or language arts lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If the Baconian system can be summed up in a sentence, it is that science must be built on the foundations provided by facts—a lesson that Boyle very much took to heart. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The rock cakes were shapeless lumps with raisins that almost broke their teeth, but Harry and Ron pretended to be enjoying them as they told Hagrid all about their first lessons. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I quickly learn a hard lesson about being so well known. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But patience and stealth, patience and stealth; a lesson soon learned is a meal soon earned. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then she would go to the nursery, where she would rouse and dress the children, take breakfast with them, and settle in for the day’s lessons. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I think Bill gave me the book to teach me a lesson of some kind. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"But it is hard, lady, and dark. Some would say that death is cleaner. I learned the way in Asshai, and paid dear lor the lesson. My teacher was a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had learned that lesson a long, long time ago. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I had a thought to spare, it usually went to him, but I was so focused on my lessons that it was hard to let my mind drift to anything else for too long. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"He left me the car keys and headed back to Massachusetts. I'm on my own for the next lesson." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was labor she recognized, she understood the elemental rhythms of planting and harvest, the lessons and imperatives of the shifting seasons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I thought she was about to begin the lesson, but she pushed the book away from her on the desk and began to cry. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had called me his “friend” several times, during our lessons and in front of other kids, and it surprised me how much I recoiled at the term. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After he began to venture into the city, he took driving lessons. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Those are much cheaper, and it could work in the short term if I can save up enough for lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now, with a piece of chalk, Lelia starts writing out my name, over and over, as if she’s kept herself after school to work a lesson into her head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother decided she would enroll me in music lessons to distract me and give me a new creative goal to work on. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All the parents are chatting with each other; there’s a cacophony of Oh, Colette, how are Jackie’s piano lessons going? and What do you think about the season they just had? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next day, the lesson is as apparent at school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my fourth swimming lesson, Dante invited me to go over to his house. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Would you please put all your books back in your bags. Today’s will be a practical lesson. You will need only your wands.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And they showed me all the lessons and drawings in their books. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hale had once caught him stealing his cattle and, to teach his nephew a lesson, filed charges against him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flores talks me through today’s lesson and gives me the homework. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I knew what she meant, so in my next composition I wrote about the lesson I learned from reading the story. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And with that the lesson about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of the press was over. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

You can now see that her boxing-glove T-shirt has words on the back: touch me and your first lesson is free. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The story had stuck because the lesson was vague. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came from a religious home and he believed in the lessons of the Lord. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Lupin wasn’t there when they arrived at his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“While some parents hit their children, mine also punished me with dancing lessons.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wished to be a dutiful daughter and not disgrace him by failing my lessons. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson his own life had taught him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the English lessons continued on the job. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He spent the rest of the lesson trying to attract small objects toward him under the table with his wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson I knew I needed to absorb more fully, because I wanted to be known as a good person, not just a good athlete. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Half of them never showed up, or, when they did, they slept through the lesson or nodded off in the middle of Miss Brown’s carefully parsed sentences. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then one day in June, his Hebrew teacher disappeared and Jack’s lessons stopped. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taran took his place on the wooden bench, as he always did when Dallben was in a mood for giving lessons or reprimands. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope that’ll teach you a lesson, you nasty little tease,” she said unfeelingly as he sucked his hand. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Staphopoulos would blow his whistle, throw Edgar in the water, and the lifesaving lesson would begin. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The story of the luxury trap carries with it an important lesson. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a lesson Melisandre had learned long before Asshai; the more effortless the sorcery appears, the more men fear the sorcerer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The disconcerting lessons of heliocentrism, of evolutionary theory, and of relativity and quantum theory are frequently cited cases in point. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

One Saturday afternoon, following one of our clandestine tennis lessons, he gave me fifty rands and a bag full of tennis clothes: sweaters, shorts, socks, shirts, dresses and warm-ups. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey takes piano lessons on a portable electric keyboard that my father bought from a consignment shop in Key Largo. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She gave me a serious look, as if imparting a meaningful life lesson I should ponder and absorb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I told her about the whole money situation, and even about how I had tried to quit drum lessons. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The lesson in caution has been well learned,’ said Strider with a grim smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

How could you use this classification to create a lesson on science? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She’s the only one in our grade who takes professional singing lessons. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our parents had no reason to doubt us, and now I’m one step closer to taking piano lessons again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I learned a lesson from all this: that kind of obsessive storybook love was not for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Mom can’t believe I sang. She wants me to take voice lessons this fall.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

So that’s what I was doing when Rain fell—working on a vocabulary lesson. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Please send in this quiz for a full refund for any chickens or chicken supplies you may have ordered; your lessons are at an end. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Soon the surging roll of the words, the pleasure of the sound of his voice coming so clearly out of his mouth, made him stop looking for possible object lessons in the text. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the officers dawdled after their lesson, enjoying Mr. Turner's foining and the free exchange of youthful braggadocio. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He was doing all he could do to concentrate on the lesson, so he was not paying attention to much else going on around him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Although at nineteen she was away from the Library more often and their lessons were infrequent, under her tutelage, he finally felt like his progress matched his ambition. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Is this where you have been? We need to continue with your lessons. This. Very. Instant!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Goble sisters excelled in school and took piano and violin lessons and practiced diligently. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A school report from 1918, when she was twelve, noted that she was “very good” in “deportment and lessons.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then a group of younger campers came into the stables to start their riding lessons, and I decided it was time to leave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because virtually none of his customers had owned a car before, he gave free driving lessons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one of the lessons I watched, the word drain occurred in a chunk of text. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You sure you still want to keep up with these lessons of Doc’s?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of years...and lifetimes and lifetimes of folklore and mythology lessons, will be deep in my mind by the time we arrive on Sagan. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson she’d forgotten in her early days in America, but with time she had rediscovered it as something worthy passed down from her grandmother in Kure. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Tillie promised calligraphy lessons to the person who took the pen and ink, and Bella promised fabric painting lessons to the person who took the tuxedo T-shirt. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mean,I knew I played trumpet really well, and I'd even taken some private lessons over the summer with this cool high school girl named Emerson. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was hauled to the front of the class during their very next Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, this time acting a werewolf. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For food, a night’s lodging, and the use of our piano, he tuned it and gave Caroline and me free lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned his lesson, and in his old age he became a nicer and less selfish old man than he had ever been before. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A lesson from my teacher sounded exactly right. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Nobody blames you. It was quick thinking. Plus, the boys should know better than to run near the hives. Maybe they learned a lesson.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wall also offered a quick and easy lesson on the history of race relations in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By such lessons did I become acclimated to scientific calculation in even the meanest function, so learning the secrets of tare and gross. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since their school didn’t offer band or lessons on musical instruments, Ms. Treadwell let Clayton accompany the class on his blues harp a few times—something he’d never told his mother. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Malcolm learned that lesson after firefighters put out the flames that burned his house, parents, and favorite things. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Like if you miss a lesson because you’re out sick or gazing out thinking about what it would feel like to be really loved back, the teachers don’t stop class to reteach you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Headmaster turned to gaze at the schoolyard, where Class Two students were standing in rows and reciting their spelling lessons. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she had sat down during the lesson. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I applied myself to my daily tasks and lessons at the theatre and, to my surprise, began to actually enjoy them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I started to say something more, to plead my case further, but he turned to start his lesson. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She should still be sleeping, but my father’s wife drives her to school early four mornings a week for violin lessons and conversational French. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Of course, there is a second, equally valuable, lesson in the Maier experiment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And they knew also that she was allowed to sit quietly with a book during lessons and not pay attention to the teacher. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nox was quiet for a moment before he said: “The next time we pair off for lessons, find me, will you?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘Stop repeating everything I say! Let’s check out those scooter lessons.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that nothing could touch him to have mercy once he decided a Negro should be “taught a lesson.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under Robbie’s rules, kids who took piano lessons were allowed to work on only one song at a time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay, I don’t have time right now. I’m Haley Daley. My ancestors were Irish, okay? So can we skip the history lesson and...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The same bitter lesson was learned by Illinois farmers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I work while the girls eat their dinner, recite propaganda at the nightly lessons, and get ready to go to bed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve been working with Sam for almost six months now, and every lesson is the same,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She even let Harry and me skip our piano lessons for two weeks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I flip through the songs I’ve been practicing in my lesson book and decide on Beethoven’s Sonata number 8. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Today Marcus had no intention of learning—at least, not lessons. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dad grimaced when Mother told him I’d been taking lessons from Caroline Moyle, and I thought he was going to start talking about California socialism again, but he didn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The next day was Thursday, and that, as the whole of Miss Honey's class knew, was the day on which the Headmistress would take charge of the first lesson after lunch. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

My lessons flashed in my head like fireworks. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Good thing I took those flight lessons on the internet," he remarks coolly. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He would drink his coffee, go through lesson plans, or sometimes just read a book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the word came around that a woman was offering ballet lessons, I showed up, with three other young girls. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet Mom is only offering to take me there because she feels bad that I can’t take my piano lesson. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The lesson I learned after a while, through awful experiences and Grandma’s lectures, was that nobody was ever coming to rescue me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You did well to remember the different lessons of those occasions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There were more than 150 kids on the floor for their Saturday morning lessons and dozens of other adult students and coaches, so it took a moment for the noise level to die down. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“What we need,” said Hermione briskly as Thursday afternoon’s double Potions lesson loomed nearer, “is a diversion. Then one of us can sneak into Snape’s office and take what we need.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was their storyteller’s voice, both rough and pure, their friend's voice that repeated every fool phrase they threw at him in their language lessons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He fastened onto the lessons as though they were puzzles arranged for his entertainment—puzzles he loved solving. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And he had just taught me a lesson: that shifgrethor can be played on the level of ethics, and that the expert player will win. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t to say, however, that the class did not receive a lesson. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe always had a knack for imparting life lessons without being gross or embarrassing about it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are lessons in foreign languages, social customs, literature, martial arts, the use of firearms, disguises, various accents, methods of forgery, and fine points of the law. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a small roll of parchment, which Harry recognized at once as another invitation to a lesson with Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On Saturday mornings, I would teach young kids at the foundation, and Saturday afternoons were dedicated to more training and private lessons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I — well, I’m not going to pretend it didn’t make a nice change, having a proper Care of Magical Creatures lesson for once — but I do want Hagrid back, of course I do!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

During our World History lesson that morning, Mr. Avenovich loaded up a stand-alone simulation so that our class could witness the discovery of King Tut’s tomb by archaeologists in Egypt in AD 1922. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I loved that her lesson plans were the same ones used for ninth grade in the public high school I would have attended. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Think of the tuitions for Montessori and music lessons. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My cousin and I both started Kathak lessons when we were small. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The elf was silent now, and seemed to have learned his lesson. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And it does sound as if you were brave, Scorpius, and you, Albus, but the lesson even your father sometimes failed to heed is that bravery doesn’t forgive stupidity. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

There was still about a minute before the bell would ring and the teacher was busy writing the day’s lesson on the chalkboard. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure some of the kids who moved here used to take lessons, or want to, and maybe it’s hard for their parents to find out where to take them, or to pay for it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

All this will happen because people have neglected the basic lessons of Science, they have gone in for politics and religion and wars instead, and sought out passionate excuses for killing one another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is not something she has seen him do before, either onstage or in the privacy of her lessons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My sister and I had memorized the lesson perfectly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had two kids he doted on, never missed his child support payments, worked a second job as night security to pay for his daughter’s violin lessons. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, during her cooking lesson, she was still shaking so bad, she couldn’t even measure the salt in a spoon. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As there was no longer a Defense Against ’ the Dark Arts teacher, they had those lessons free. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the lesson proceeded, Hanako could hear the other kids’ beads clicking away. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So I really try to focus on the lesson, but I’m having trouble keeping up with Ms. Rucker’s overheads. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’d drift off in the middle of conversations; whole lessons went by with me not knowing what was going on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next few days are a lesson in slow torture. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas didn’t know what kind of answer he was searching for, but he was sure there had to be a clue or lesson to learn from what happened. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"However sincere the lesson, the result is likely to be grotesque. Still, I know what it is to love a brother, Lord Snow. I will give Bran whatever small help is in my power." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I think about my piano lessons, and the keyboard I’m dying to save up for. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With acrobats and actors as my teachers, it is little wonder that I never grew to dread lessons as most children do. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have bagged out on lessons for two nights straight—the night of Locke’s party and last night, searching the water for Sophie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So I got off and I said to him, ‘I think you better stop right there or I’m gonna have to teach you a lesson.’ The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Today was our first music appreciation lesson, and we listened to a classical opera song, followed by some big-band jazz tunes from Duke Ellington. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the car learned the lesson well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were lessons that Luna heard and forgot, but now she remembered and understood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Taylor and her ball sack are gone, and Garrett’s already left for a piano lesson. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After my lesson I walk Madame Rubenstein to the door, then go back to the piano room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

At lessons, the knives remained Celaena’s favorite, but the wooden staff became dear; naturally, it had to do with the fact that she could freely whack him and not chop off an arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t how I remembered my lesson the previous spring in Coach Mustilli’s garage. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

These goals and objectives are used in lesson planning to focus the lesson, and to aid in effective assessment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Luma counted the episode as a hard lesson, and vowed not to let any player, no matter how talented, get away with breaking team rules. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You have taught me an important lesson. I can see how camouflage helps you survive; perhaps it could help me survive also.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I have learned so much my freshman year, and one important lesson I’ve learned is that people do change, because I did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

To be fair, she also asked about my math lessons with Mr. Harding and painted my nails and listened to the Buddy Holly album with me until we both knew all the words by heart. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be more than a schoolroom science lesson in the discovery of the fungus. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But that’s the lesson you learn, eh? Dogs is dogs and women turn out to be dogs, too.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s nothing I haven’t heard before, between Papa’s preaching and Mom’s lessons, not to mention Ella talking it all back to me day in and day out. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we finish quickly, will you have time to start our 1st lesson?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried in vain to remember something useful from the few shooting lessons Grandpa had been allowed to give me, but finally I just ran back up the steps to Emma. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She works hard, waking up early to finish planning lessons and grading papers, going to bed late after squeezing in some dental exams in the evening. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was barely old enough to see over the windshield, Noah gave Christine driving lessons on quiet country roads. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing this to show you something, to teach you a lesson!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the book on top and open to a song I was working on with my teacher, Ms. Nancy, before I had to stop my lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Was all this done to teach us kids a lesson? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lessons had been difficult, and he was relieved he did not have to study anymore. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the afternoon and early evening, we receive lessons in history. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I guess not," Stanley mumbled, although he knew they weren't digging just to learn a lesson. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And she promptly begins her lesson for the day. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cora had seen little children, ones younger than Maisie, use the same primer for their lessons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

You’re trying to teach him a lesson, and now that lesson is the rest of his life. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"That will be useful," Sander said, "but these are lessons of a different sort." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If it was a piano, she must send a secret letter to China and tattle to the elders about her infamous piano lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In that big field, the old man, whose name we learned after we agreed to buy the car was Ralph Mason, gave my dad a quick lesson in the vagaries of manual transmission. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“The ladies...where I give lessons...well...they offer me a cup of tea afterwards.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher had described the ocean during the first two or three lessons, and that was what nearly everybody started with. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to teach her a lesson,” he says without stopping. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I learned lessons on that day that I will remember for the rest of my life. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taught me two lessons I lived by all my life. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z