PurpleherbalRx
Subscriber since: May 2012
Location: GA, United States
About Me
Alexis | See things with my mind and not my eyes | Infinitely thinking deep | Just another truth seeker looking for a happy equilibrium
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Favorite Word:

Grace
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good
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Favorite Quote:

"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand."
- Mother Teresa

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

Fun:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: May Edition
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How "Baloney" Got Phony
May 3, 2013 - 2 Comments

Grammar:

Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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Such Examples as These
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How to write:

How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
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10 Non-Writing Activities That Will Improve Your Writing
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 15, 2013 - 9 Comments

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

Linguistics:

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013 - 11 Comments
What's Happening?
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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

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

Teaching:

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

Usage:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
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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
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March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013

Words:

Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013 - 1 Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
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Writers:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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Flash, Gleam, Glint, Sparkle: McPhee, Woolf, and Words
May 7, 2013 - 3 Comments

Writing:

Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
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How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers May 13, 2013 - 4 Comments

Young readers:

STEM, Literacy, and the Common Core Standards
August 21, 2012 - 3 Comments
A Teacher's Summer Reflections
June 13, 2012 - 2 Comments