B B Davis
Subscriber since: June 2010
About Me
I am an educator at heart, an avid reader, and a writer.
My Word Lists
Recent Comments
My Favorites

Favorite Word:

encouragement
I live to encorage others and love to be encouraged.
Other subscribers who love this word:

Least Favorite Word:

discourage
I do not like discouraging others or being discouraged.
Other subscribers who dislike this word:

Favorite Topics:

Books:

She Created a Monster
January 1, 2018 - 3 Comments
Write View
October 6, 2017

Dictionaries:

Help for Harried Justices
August 1, 2017
First Past the Post
May 1, 2017 - 3 Comments

How to write:

How and Where to Find Stories
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 27, 2018 - 6 Comments

Language:

Speaking Blockchain
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 17, 2018
Time (or Not) to Take Sides
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers August 1, 2018 - 5 Comments

Language arts:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments
The Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics
December 5, 2014 - 4 Comments

Poetry:

In Praise of Ambiguity
July 23, 2014 - 2 Comments
How the Rediscovery of a Poem Helped Kickstart the Renaissance
July 9, 2014 - 1 Comment

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Reading:

Pride and Prejudice and Natural Language Processing
April 2, 2018 - 2 Comments
Stats Meet Lit in an Insightful New Book About Writing
April 19, 2017 - 1 Comment

Self-publishing:

The March of the E-Books
March 25, 2013 - 15 Comments
Self-Publish Your Writing!
November 28, 2011 - 4 Comments

Spelling:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
Is It "Copyeditor" or "Copy Editor"?
September 17, 2014 - 7 Comments

Storytelling:

Murray's Mission: My Greatest Elementary School Memory
May 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments

Students:

2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
May 29, 2015
"Sinister Buttocks" and the Dangers of Thesaurus Flipping
August 29, 2014 - 12 Comments

Teachers:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015 - 2 Comments

Teaching:

The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015 - 4 Comments
How Can English Teachers Nurture Young Writers?
March 6, 2015 - 2 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Vocabulary:

A "Dumpster Fire" of a Year
January 11, 2017
Getting the Low-down on Up-classify
July 14, 2016 - 2 Comments

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Words:

The Geeky, Cosmic, Philosophical History of "Multiverse"
May 23, 2018 - 1 Comment
First Past the Post
May 1, 2017 - 3 Comments

Writers:

How and Where to Find Stories
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 27, 2018 - 6 Comments

Writing:

How and Where to Find Stories
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers July 16, 2018
Why You Should Write Like a Jazz Musician Plays
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers June 27, 2018 - 6 Comments

Young readers:

How to Encourage Summer Reading
July 16, 2014
Fifteen Ways of Looking at "The Woods": Jumpstarting Poetry in the Classroom
July 23, 2013 - 4 Comments