Berna
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Favorite Word:

love
I like this word because it brings positive feelings to where ever, whenever and for whomever you use it.
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Least Favorite Word:

hate
I do my best not to use this word because it is very negative and brings all pessimistic and evil things out.
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Favorite Topics:

Creativity:

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

Fun:

Ladies' Night at the Euphemism Bar
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 5, 2013 - 5 Comments
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 2013

Grammar:

How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 13, 2013 - 5 Comments
"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013

Language:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments

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

Media:

Words from a "Surreal" Week in Boston
April 22, 2013 - 2 Comments
Roger Ebert's Lexicon: Fruit Carts, Idiot Plots, and Wunza Movies
April 5, 2013 - 7 Comments

Online:

About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
A Question of Grammar
April 30, 2013

Reading:

Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013 - 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013 - 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:

Writing Prompts for Students: How to Strike the Right Balance
June 4, 2013 - 1 Comment
How to Teach Setting: Beyond Time and Place
May 29, 2013 - 4 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:

Letter Perfect: Why English is So Hard
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 18, 2013 - 4 Comments
Would You Prefer a "Cronut" or a "Dossant"?
June 14, 2013 - 6 Comments