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  1. Blog Excerpts

     How to Speak American
    Tue Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    The monumental Dictionary of American Regional English is finally nearing completion after 45 years. In Newsweek DARE editor Joan Houston Hall writes that despite reports of American English becoming homogeneous, "DARE's research shows that American English is as varied as ever." Read Hall's column here.

  2. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition
    Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2009
    Welcome to the February edition of the Visual Thesaurus crossword puzzle. In this installment we're celebrating Black History Month. Figure out the hidden word chain and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  3. Candlepower

     (Talkin' 'Bout) the Generations
    Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020
    Before the 20th century, generational names were rare or nonexistent. What changed? And what do the names of generations tell us about history and identity?

  4. Word Count

     Here's a Non-Resolution That Could Change Your Writing Life
    Thu Jan 18 00:01:00 EST 2018
    This column is not a resolution. It's just one more arrow in your quiver as you work to turn yourself into a productive writer in 2018.

  5. Wordshop

     Seeing Words as Chameleons
    Thu Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Words are like chameleons. Just like a chameleon changes color to adapt to its environment, a word sometimes has to change forms to adapt to its context in a sentence. This might seem like a silly analogy, but if you have ever tried to teach students new words and how to use those words in original sentences, this silly analogy might benefit you (and your students).

  6. Backstory

     Barb Johnson, Author of "More of This World or Maybe Another"
    Thu Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    For our latest installment in the Backstory series, we welcome Barb Johnson, author of More of This World or Maybe Another, her powerful debut collection of short stories revolving around Palmyra Street in New Orleans.

  7. Language Lounge

     Bewitched, Bedazzled, and Bewildered
    Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    We have bedizened the Lounge in old-fashioned language this month and invite visitors to behold.

  8. Backstory

     Jonathan Cullen, Author of "The Ranks of Jody Brae"
    Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    During the 1970s Boston underwent a process of school desegregation which resulted in “forced busing,” where children from white neighborhoods were assigned to schools in neighboring black neighborhoods in order to achieve racial balance across the school system. My earliest memories were of boarding a bus in my safe and middle-class white neighborhood and driving through the blighted areas of Roxbury and Dorchester to my elementary school. On the way we passed run-down houses, boarded-up storefronts and empty lots filled with litter and marked by graffiti.

  9. Wordshop

     VocabGrabbing Technical Jargon
    Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Sometimes our vocational ed (CTE) students have a difficult time reading technical literature because the heavy use of jargon gets in their way, hampering comprehension and frustrating those students who may prefer hands-on learning situations. VocabGrabber can help prevent this experience: students can "grab" a text's jargon beforehand, preview those terms, and then head back to the text with a good understanding of the key concepts they will encounter while reading.

  10. Wordmasters

     WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Mar-Apr '10
    Wed Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2010
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