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Know Your Polygons!
Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 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"
Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 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"
Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 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
Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 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
Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 EST 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
Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 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
Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2008

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