NaniJD
Subscriber since: April 2009
Location:
CA,
United States
About Me
My husband and I are writing novels about the native Hawaiian commoner's point of view when faced with the challenges of Western culture/politics/religion starting in the 1700's to modern times. While he has the ideas, I do the grammar, punctuation and some research.
I tutor elementary school immigrant children learning English, hoping to excite them about reading, writing and words in general.
Favorite authors: Orhan Pamuk, Toni Morrison, Khaled Houssani, Pico Iyer, Mary Doria Russell, Michael Ondaatje, Divakaruni, Paul Coelho, Toni Morrison.
I tutor elementary school immigrant children learning English, hoping to excite them about reading, writing and words in general.
Favorite authors: Orhan Pamuk, Toni Morrison, Khaled Houssani, Pico Iyer, Mary Doria Russell, Michael Ondaatje, Divakaruni, Paul Coelho, Toni Morrison.
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Favorite Word:
onomatopoeiaAn immitative sound/word. It rolls nicely out of one's mouth and has an almost hypnotic sound.
Favorite Quote:
"History is made up of the circumstances and people that brought us to where we are today."
- not sure
Favorite Topics:
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3 Comments
How to write:
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
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
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
Usage:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 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
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Writers:
Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013
- 3 Comments
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