http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/?utm_source=rss Copyright 2013, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/images/common/logo_on_white.gif http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/?utm_source=rss Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/a-wicked-worksheet-of-the-week?utm_source=rss This week, we are emphasizing alliteration and assonance in some of our favorite lines from Macbeth. Click here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/fair-is-foul-and-foul-is-fair-sound-devices-in-shakespeares-macbeth/macbeth.pdf) for the worksheet and here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/fair-is-foul-and-foul-is-fair-sound-devices-in-shakespeares-macbeth/) to read the related lesson plan, "'Fair is Foul, and Foul is Fair': Sound Devices in Shakespeare's Macbeth." Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/a-wicked-worksheet-of-the-week Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/some-inflammatory-prefixes?utm_source=rss This week's worksheet helps students sort out when the following prefixes are negative and when they take on other meanings: in-, im-, il-, and ir-. Click here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordshop/getting-in-to-prefixes/inprefixes.pdf) for the worksheet, and here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordshop/getting-in-to-prefixes/) to read the related Wordshop article "Getting 'In' to Prefixes." Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/some-inflammatory-prefixes Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/antonym-workout-2012?utm_source=rss Use this week's worksheet to give young students an opportunity to explore antonyms in the Visual Thesaurus. Antonyms, pairs of words expressing opposite concepts, are connected by dashed red lines in Visual Thesaurus word maps. Using the VT, students will find antonyms for eleven adjectives and then unscramble some mysterious letters to solve a puzzle. Click here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/2518/antonyms.pdf) for the worksheet and here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/lessons/1284/) for a related lesson plan, "It's Opposite Day." Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/antonym-workout-2012 Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/celebrating-fibonacci-day-2012?utm_source=rss November 23rd has been named Fibonacci Day since 11-23 doubles as the date's abbreviation and the first numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence (1, 1, 2, 3...). The Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci used this sequence in lots of wacky ways--from predicting the population growth of rabbits to exploring the "golden ratio" formed between two consecutive numbers in the sequence. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/celebrating-fibonacci-day-2012 Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/understanding-veterans-day-2012?utm_source=rss Teachers, your students may know that they are getting a day off for Veterans Day, but they may not know why! Use this worksheet to lead your students through some Visual Thesaurus research to define the words veteran and armistice and to understand how Armistice Day became Veterans Day back in 1954. Click here (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/2494/veterans.pdf) for the worksheet. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/understanding-veterans-day-2012 Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/let-the-debates-begin?utm_source=rss The presidential debates begin this week, and this week’s worksheet gets students to evaluate the language and words that shape the focus for each presidential and vice presidential candidate. Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/let-the-debates-begin Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/know-your-isms?utm_source=rss It's important for students to keep their ism's straight — especially in social studies. You wouldn't want to confuse capitalism with communism, or internationalism with colonialism. This week's worksheet guides students to learn each of these 25 social studies ism's by looking up their base words on the Visual Thesaurus and right-clicking their way to examples of these ism's in action. Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/know-your-isms Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/road-work-ahead?utm_source=rss Transition words can act like road signs for the reader — by providing indications of what is to come in the phrase, sentence, or paragraph. This week's worksheet asks students to explore the meanings and uses of some common transition words on The Visual Thesaurus and to then categorize those transition words according to the roles they play in context. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/road-work-ahead Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/dont-be-iffy-on-ify-verbs-2012?utm_source=rss The suffix -ify means "to make," and you will commonly find it forming the ending of some tricky transitive verbs (e.g., petrify: to make into stone; rectify: to make right). Using this week's worksheet, teachers can have students look up some -ify verbs in the Visual Thesaurus, learn their definitions, and then write original sentence for each verb by using a sentence frame as their guide. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/dont-be-iffy-on-ify-verbs-2012 Weekly Worksheet http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/get-your-pun-on-with-the-bard-2012?utm_source=rss The truth is no one really knows when the great bard was born, but Shakespeare's fans celebrate his life and work this week: his observed birthday of April 23rd is also, ironically, the date of his death. Join us in paying homage to Shakespeare this week by using the Visual Thesaurus to get to the heart of some of his more famous puns. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/worksheets/get-your-pun-on-with-the-bard-2012