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  1. Candlepower

     Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
    Thu Jul 21 12:00:00 EDT 2022
    From "shotgun seat" to "trigger warnings," our language is shot through with firearm metaphors.

  2. Lesson Plans

     Spanish-English Cognates in the ELL Classroom: Friends or Foes?
    Tue Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    How can the Visual Thesaurus help Spanish-speaking ELL students differentiate between true and false cognates?

  3. Teachers at Work

     Those Who Do Not Know History Are Doomed to Fail English, Part II
    Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    Okay, y'all, last month's column wore me out. So I turned off the interweb, rested my mouse-clickin' hand, and took a nap with Julie Andrews' wonderful memoir, Home, on my chest. Now, as I promised, I'm back with more resources to help teachers get their students to grasp literature through historical context.

  4. Weekly Worksheet

     MLK and the Mighty Metaphor
    Fri Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    August 28, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's monumental "I Have a Dream” speech. In commemoration of King's life and his way with words, this week's worksheet leads students through an analysis of how King used figurative language in his "I Have a Dream" speech.

  5. Behind the Dictionary

     The Universality of Swearing
    Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Earlier this week we spoke to Stephen Dodson, co-author of Uglier than a Monkey's Armpit, a compendium of curses and insults from around the world. By way of introduction to this lively and engaging book, here is a (lightly expurgated!) letter to readers from Stephen, musing on the boundless creativity of the "gems of abuse" he has collected.

  6. Weekly Worksheet

     Watch Your Connotations!
    Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2010
    If you are asking too many questions, would you rather be called “curious” or “nosy”? Even though these words have similar meanings, they have very different connotations. This week’s two-page worksheet presents students with twelve pairs of words with similar definitions but different connotations.

  7. Evasive Maneuvers

     What is the Euphemism of the Year?
    Wed Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2017
    This pick for Euphemism of the Year is the ultimate cloaking device for lies, baloney, and any theories that involve hordes of dinosaurs up to funny business on the moon.

  8. Word Count

     Five Stupidly Simple Ways to Improve Your Writing
    Mon Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2013
    When I was a senior editor at a daily newspaper, I occasionally used to edit a journalist who had terrific story ideas. Much of his work ended up on the front page of the newspaper. He won awards, too. Lots of them. But he was a terrible writer.

  9. Wordshop

     Marzano's Six Steps to Effective Vocabulary Instruction
    Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Ed researcher Robert J. Marzano suggests that we can help close the achievement gap by explicitly teaching subject-specific academic vocabulary to those students who are lacking the background knowledge to succeed in school. We urge you to check out this handy-dandy chart that demonstrates how the Visual Thesaurus can help you implement Marzano's six steps of vocabulary instruction.

  10. Word Count

     Flash Card: Lead, Led and Led Zeppelin
    Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2012
    Lead is the name of a metallic element. Pronounced a different way, it's a verb meaning to take someone somewhere. But the past tense of the verb, led, sounds like the name of the metallic element. Confusing enough? Let Julia Rubiner clear up the situation, with a little help from rock legends Led Zeppelin.
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