Olinda
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Books:

"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
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Dictionaries:

Branding by Definition
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A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013

Grammar:

How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
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"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013

How to write:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
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The Power of Place
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Language:

Teased and Spoiled
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When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments

Libraries:

Librarians Suggest Good Books for Kids of All Ages
January 15, 2013
Love Your Librarian
September 26, 2011 - 4 Comments

Online:

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

Poetry:

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

Politics:

How "Emo" Got Political
June 7, 2013 - 3 Comments
How Language Shapes The Gun Debate
February 28, 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

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Vocabulary:

2013 Spelling Bee: Vocabulary Questions in the Spotlight
May 29, 2013
Memorial Day: Is It "Celebrated" or "Observed"?
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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

Word Origins:

Teased and Spoiled
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When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 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:

Teased and Spoiled
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When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013 - 3 Comments

Writer's block:

Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008 - 11 Comments

Writing:

Why You Should Be a Copycat
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The Power of Place
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 6, 2013 - 2 Comments

Young readers:

Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013 - 2 Comments
STEM, Literacy, and the Common Core Standards
August 21, 2012 - 3 Comments