Katherine M.
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Favorite Word:
mellifluousPleasing to the ear, literally to "flow as if with honey". It comes from Greek mythology, where a nymph named Melissa discovered that you could eat the honey that bees made. I love the history of the word and how pretty it sounds.
Favorite Topics:
Fun:
How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013
- 2 Comments
Grammar:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Language arts:
A Wicked Worksheet of the Week
May 15, 2013
Lori Wilfong on the Do's and Don'ts of Vocabulary Instruction
March 7, 2013
- 1 Comment
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
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
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
- 14 Comments
Vocabulary:
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
May 14, 2013
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