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Language Lounge
Reading Jane
Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008
Anyone who has had the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness.
—Virginia Woolf
We are avid novel-readers in the Lounge and usually have a stack awaiting our attention, but occasionally we enjoy the luxury of browsing the library shelves with the question "What next?" in mind. In such cases we usually make a beeline for the 19th century, and once a year or so we find ourselves picking up one of the novels of Jane Austen.
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Language Lounge
Writer's Craft
Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2006
Craft, a venerable and ancient word in English, appears to have grown so old that it can no longer defend itself against misuse by even well-meaning speakers and writers. This month the Lounge crafts its response to the phenomenon.
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Word Count
Tweet Level Orange
Wed Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2012
What's your Twitter threat level? Tweeting a word that's on the federal government's terror word watch list could jump you up from green to red in 140 characters or less. And that could get you some unanticipated scrutiny from the Department of Homeland Security.
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Word Routes
High-Definition TV: Do Viewers Need Pop-Up Vocab Assistance?
Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2011
If you were watching "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" on ABC Sunday morning, you saw a high-minded historical discussion of the U.S. Constitution. But you also might have caught an unusual media moment, when Amanpour, responding to Harvard University professor Jill Lepore, commented that Ben Franklin "was amazingly perspicacious when this Constitution was signed." As Amanpour spoke, a graphic popped up on the screen giving a dictionary definition for the word perspicacious.
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Wanted
Wanted: Books, blogs, writers, words... you
What are you reading? Where are you surfing? What's your vote for Word of the Day? We want to know. Tell us, and why. We'll choose entries we love and post it on our new magazine. If you send us a picture, we'll put that up, too.
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Lesson Plans
Math Words with Multiple Meanings
Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2008
How can the Visual Thesaurus help students better understand the language of mathematics?
In this lesson, small groups of students will use the Visual Thesaurus to explore the multiple meanings of some common math terms. Then, groups will synthesize this knowledge by coming up with examples of the words in both mathematical and other contexts.
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Lesson Plans
Take the Prefix Challenge!
Thu Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2010
How can students use prefixes to help them transform words' meanings and to decode unfamiliar words?
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Word Routes
A "Final Four" of March Madness Lingo
Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2014
With the teams competing in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament whittled down to the Final Four, "March Madness" is coming to a close. (Actually, as has been the case for a few decades now, March Madness extends into the beginning of April, when the semifinal and final games are played.) In honor of college hoops, I've selected a "Final Four" of important terms associated with the tournament.
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Blog Excerpts
"Language Junkies" Go the Sesquipedalian Route
Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2014
Is it possible to take vocabulary expansion too far? In a piece in the Wall Street Journal, Elizabeth Bernstein points out the situations where word-knowledge can work against you, making the point that "language junkies" might want to be careful lest they alienate people they're trying to impress, or just render themselves incomprehensible.
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Lesson Plans
Sorting out Homophones in Roald Dahl's "Matilda"
Tue Nov 02 00:00:00 EDT 2010
How can students identify the correct homophones to fit the context of quotations taken from Matilda?
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