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  1. Blog Excerpts

     Wordgeddon!
    Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Why say "blizzard" when you could say "snow-mageddon"? And why refer to the "swine flu outbreak" when you could say "a-pork-alypse"? Visual Thesaurus contributor Mark Peters considers some catastrophic coinages in his latest column for Good.

  2. Language Lounge

     Lumping, As You Like It
    Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    We left off last month on the horns of the dictionary publishers' dilemma: how do you keep a flagship title in print when it costs far more to produce it than it will ever generate in sales? We noted the lure of electronic licensing rights as a factor that might influence the way dictionaries are put together and marketed in the future; and we heard from a few readers who, not unpredictably, lamented any future in which dictionaries in book form were not available.

  3. Book Nook

     Choosing Words to Teach
    Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Since there never seems to be enough time for in-class vocabulary instruction, this excerpt from Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan, can help teachers decide which "Tier Two" words to prioritize.

  4. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: May Edition
    Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    In the May edition of the Visual Thesaurus crossword puzzle, we're celebrating Graduation Day. Figure out the hidden word chain and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  5. Word Routes

     National Spelling Bee: Kavya Triumphs!
    Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    In the grueling finale of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee, 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas emerged as the winner, beating out 10 other frighteningly good spellers. This was her fourth consecutive appearance in the finals of the Bee, and over the years she has gradually crept up to the top spot, moving from 10th to 8th to 4th to 1st place. She was inspired by Nupur Lala, winner of the 1999 competition (and one of the stars of the wonderful documentary Spellbound), and now she joins Nupur in the pantheon of great spellers. Congratulations, Kavya!

  6. Word Routes

     National Spelling Bee: 41 Survive Tough Words in Prelims
    Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The preliminary rounds of the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee are over! After a computerized test and two rounds of spelling on stage, 41 of the original 243 contestants have made it to the semifinal round. And even in these early rounds, the spellers encountered some tremendously difficult words.

  7. Department of Word Lists

     A Cousins Club of Claptrap
    Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    As in past months, we've asked writer and educator Bob Greenman to pick some piquant words from More Words That Make a Difference, a delightful book illustrating word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly. Here Bob focuses on a "cousins club" of words that eviscerate the empty verbiage of others. Rest assured that Bob provides us with neither blather nor piffle.

  8. Word Routes

     Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee: Two Million Words and Counting
    Tue May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    The 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off today, an annual celebration of America's passion for competitive spelling. We here at the Visual Thesaurus know just how deep that passion runs: our own Spelling Bee, launched less than a year ago, has already attracted tens of thousands players who have tried their hand at spelling a grand total of more than 2,000,000 words. And all of the data that we've collected thus far is providing new insights into the mysteries of English spelling, pinpointing the words that are the most devilishly challenging — even for the very best spellers.

  9. Lesson Plans

     Online Homework Help: An Ethical Dilemma
    Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    How can VocabGrabber help students prepare to analyze a New York Times article on the ethical implications of commercial sites that assist students with their homework assignments?

  10. Teachers at Work

     Thoreau-ly Eccentric: Teaching "Walden"
    Sun May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    When I was in high school, I was a major eco-head. I belonged to Greenpeace, insisted on recycling everything not nailed to the floor, and gave up eating meat, despite my family's innate fondness for... um, meat. I was probably pretty insufferable, but people put up with me for the most part. I remind myself of this phase when dealing with self-righteously insufferable kids as a teacher.
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