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Know Your Polygons!
March 23, 2009

How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to help them distinguish the key properties that define different types of polygons?  Continue reading...
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Using Words as a Way into Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief"
February 28, 2009

How can categorizing words from Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief help introduce students to the major themes of the novel?  Continue reading...
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Figurative Language in Toni Morrison's "A Mercy"
January 28, 2009

How can the Visual Thesaurus help students interpret figurative language in Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy?  Continue reading...
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The Mighty Elements
December 23, 2008

How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to investigate chemical elements and their properties?  Continue reading...
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Improving Your Spelling with the VT
November 13, 2008

How can playing the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee help students improve their spelling?  Continue reading...
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Analyzing the Language of Presidential Debates
October 9, 2008

How can a presidential candidate's linguistic patterns in a debate further reveal his or her political agenda?  Continue reading...
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Recasting Language through Found Poetry
September 6, 2008

How can students analyze and write "found poetry" based on particular prose passages?  Continue reading...
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