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Miss B.
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Favorite Word:
serendipity
Serendipity is when something wonderful occurs completely by accident, a splendid stroke of good luck. The sibilance of the s combined with the similarity to serene, and the silliness of dipity, makes this word a current favorite.
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Least Favorite Word:
retarded
It is overused and poorly used to denigrate someone or something.
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Favorite Quote:
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
- Mark Twain
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Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
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The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12
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Grammar:
How Copy Editors Are Killing Restrictive "Which"
June 13, 2013
- 5
Comments
"How to Not Write Bad" Is Not Bad at All
June 11, 2013
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
Linguistics:
About Those Dialect Maps...
June 7, 2013
How To Speak Teen
June 4, 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
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2
Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5
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
Word Origins:
Teased and Spoiled
June 20, 2013
When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013
- 3
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Writing:
Why You Should Be a Copycat
June 12, 2013
- 27
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The Power of Place
June 6, 2013
- 2
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