REBECCA H.
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Favorite Word:
jejuneJejune sounds pretty, looks pretty, people may think they received a compliment, but are uncomfortable in asking what it means.
Least Favorite Word:
peripateticPERIPATETIC is another interesting word meaning much movement, travel. A peripatetic life style of the rich and famous. Work that requires much travel, unable to settle down for a period of time. Demanding of time.
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TAXATION - Incites emotion, loss of the good it provide to the many Over used in society to provide what others could provide for themselves. Unequally enforced.
Favorite Quote:
"Don't judge a book by its cover
or a person by their scars."
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Favorite Topics:
Blogs:
Getting "Gatsby": The Language Behind the Novel
May 10, 2013
- 1 Comment
Obsolete Words Worth Reviving?
March 21, 2013
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
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12 Comments
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
How to write:
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
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
Vocabulary:
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
May 16, 2013
- 7 Comments
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
May 14, 2013
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:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
WordMasters:
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
- 11 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
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