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  1. Announcements

     The Visual Thesaurus and The New York Times Team Up for Learning
    Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    For the past few years, the Visual Thesaurus has been a proud partner of The New York Times Learning Network, helping students boost their reading, writing and communications skills. We've been working together to develop innovative lesson plans that integrate the Visual Thesaurus with engaging articles from the pages of The New York Times. Now, as the Learning Network gets a new look, re-launched as a Times blog, we're working even more closely to provide new resources for teaching and learning.

  2. Calendar

     VT @ AASL
    Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 EST 2009 - Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2009
    The Visual Thesaurus will have an exhibit at the 2009 National Conference of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in Charlotte, NC. Visit us at Booth #848! Click here for conference details.

  3. Teachers at Work

     The Magic of Three: Teaching Students about "Triplets"
    Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Irving Berlin knew it when he wrote, "From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam." Emma Lazarus knew it when she wrote, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." Abraham Lincoln knew it when he wrote, "Of the people, by the people, for the people." And Thomas Jefferson knew it when he wrote, near the beginning of the Declaration of Independence, "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and, at the very end, "our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."

  4. Blog Excerpts

     Get Ready for NaNoWriMo!
    Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is just around the corner. As the website explains, "Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved." Visit the NaNoWriMo website to learn more.

  5. Word Routes

     Beware the Colophon! The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
    Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    For the second year in a row, the Visual Thesaurus helped out the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses with its annual Spelling Bee to support the work of independent literary publishers. Once again, the VT supplied the words that challenged some of the leading lights of the New York publishing world.

  6. Teachers at Work

     Voice: The Least of Your Worries
    Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Michele Dunaway teaches English and journalism at Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, Missouri, but she has a double life: she's also a best-selling romance novelist. Michele has some compelling advice to teachers of writing: "teach the basics first and worry about voice later."

  7. Word Routes

     More Ms.-teries of "Ms."
    Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    In this Sunday's "On Language" column in the New York Times Magazine, I delve into the history of the title Ms. used as a marriage-neutral title for women. As I revealed here on Word Routes back in June, the earliest known proposal for the modern use of Ms. appeared in the Springfield (Mass.) Sunday Republican on November 10, 1901. And as the proposal reemerged over the ensuing decades, two nagging questions kept getting asked: how do you pronounce it, and what does it stand for?

  8. 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.

  9. Edulinks

     All the News That's Fit to... Teach
    Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    These sites help educators incorporate current events into their teaching, across the curriculum. 

    The New York Times Learning Network

    TIME for Kids 

    Scholastic's Upfront

    NewsHour Extra's Teacher Resources

    NBC News iCue

  10. Candlepower

     Don't Get Smart
    Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    It really bugs me when I hear someone use the word "individual" when all they mean is "person." It happens a lot with law-enforcement spokespeople. They also tend to say "vehicle" when they could say "car" or "truck."
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