Sophie K.
Subscriber since: December 2010
Location: Highlands Ranch, CO
About Me
i spend my time being a nerd and love sharks.But also you can't forget the fact that I will win the spelling bee. I know I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Favorite Word:

Hippopotamidae
cool word! love the way especially visual thesaurus pronounces it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Least Favorite Word:

dude
I do not like this word because the meaning is a hairy elephant butt. I would rather avoid being called that.
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Favorite Topics:

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Fun:

How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013 - 2 Comments
Gentleman Turkeys and Other High-Class Gobbledygook
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 2, 2013 - 2 Comments

Language:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 22, 2013 - 3 Comments
"Beat-Upedness"?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 21, 2013 - 5 Comments

Naming:

XOXO Marks the Spot
February 14, 2013
How to Name Anything
January 17, 2013 - 4 Comments

Poetry:

The Return of the Grammar Haiku Contest
February 28, 2013 - 2 Comments
Celebrating Fibonacci Day
November 15, 2012

Spelling:

Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013 - 3 Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012 - 1 Comment

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Students:

You've Got Mail: The Art of the Thank You
December 4, 2012 - 5 Comments
The E-Reader Over Your Shoulder
November 12, 2012 - 2 Comments

Teachers:

Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013 - 1 Comment
Schools Are More Than a Test
January 24, 2013 - 7 Comments

Teaching:

A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013
Always Never Something: Eliminating Five Overused Words
April 29, 2013 - 15 Comments

Vocabulary:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013 - 7 Comments

Word Origins:

Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013