Mary Susan V.
Subscriber since: August 2008
Location:
Weddington,
NC
About Me
I am a mother, artist, writer, parent teacher (I homeschool my children) and a blogger. I have a lot of marshmallows in the fire.
You can visit me at:
Raisin Toast - www.raisin-toast.com
Red Easel - www.redeasel.com
Vaughn Fine Art - www.vaughnfineart.com
You can visit me at:
Raisin Toast - www.raisin-toast.com
Red Easel - www.redeasel.com
Vaughn Fine Art - www.vaughnfineart.com
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Favorite Quote:
"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself."
- Katherine Hepburn
Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
- 1 Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Grammar:
"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
Language arts:
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013
- 2 Comments
How to Teach Setting: Beyond Time and Place
May 29, 2013
- 4 Comments
Poetry:
The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013
- 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Teaching:
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Prompts for Students: How to Strike the Right Balance
June 4, 2013
- 1 Comment
Visual Thesaurus:
Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012
- 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012
Web tools:
Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011
- 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011
- 4 Comments
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Words:
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013
- 6 Comments
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