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Teachers at Work

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Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words

April 29, 2013
By Shannon Reed
Having logged many years teaching English and theatre at New York City high schools, Shannon Reed now teaches freshman English Composition at the University of Pittsburgh. Here Shannon shows how teachers can work with students to improve their writing by focusing on five overused words.  Continue reading...
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Teachers at Work

A column about teaching

Signs of Possessiveness: The Revenge of the Apostrophe
April 4, 2013 - 4 Comments

Wordshop

Vocab activities for your classroom

Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"

March 7, 2013
By Georgia Scurletis
Despite its popularity among teens, you're not going to find class sets of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series in the English department book rooms across the country. Even if most teachers don't incorporate trendy literature into their class syllabus, it doesn't mean that they can't take advantage of the excitement of the fad and harness it to teach some valuable lessons about writing, editing, and word choice.  Continue reading...
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Edulinks

Useful sites for educators

A Question of Grammar

April 30, 2013
Sites to motivate, challenge... and entertain students who are stuck on grammar.  Continue reading...
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Weekly Worksheet

A Wicked Worksheet of the Week

May 15, 2013
This week, we are emphasizing alliteration and assonance in some of our favorite lines from Macbeth. Click here for the worksheet and here to read the related lesson plan, "'Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair': Sound Devices in Shakespeare's Macbeth."
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"Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair": Sound Devices in Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

April 30, 2013
In this lesson, students use the Visual Thesaurus to explore the pronunciation and meaning of several key vocabulary words in Macbeth. They then examine how Shakespeare uses these vocabulary words to enhance the text through the sound devices of alliteration and assonance. Continue reading...
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Why Visual Thesaurus?
The Visual Thesaurus is an ideal teaching resource for children of all ages, with a visually captivating display that engages students in learning new words and concepts. To find out more about how you can integrate the Visual Thesaurus in your classroom, click here.

Visual Thesaurus:

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A federally-funded study has found that the Visual Thesaurus can significantly help students struggling with reading comprehension.

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using the Visual Thesaurus in the classroom

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Events for Educators
Jun 23 - Jun 26: VT @ ISTE
The Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com will have a presentation at the Annual Conference & Exposition of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) at the San Antonio Convention Center: "Word Play: Vocabulary and the Flipped-Mastery Model." Click here for details, and visit the VT/Vocabulary.com exhibit at Booth #9293.