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  1. Teachers at Work

     Sister(s), Sister(s): Teaching "Little Women"
    Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    I do not have any sisters. I have but one sibling, a beloved brother, Poopie (not his real name). I'm blessed in that over the course of my life, I have made very close female friends who feel like family to me, but no actual sisters of the Lord-Help-The-Mister-Who-Comes-Between-Me-and-My-Sister type. Maybe that is why I've long been fascinated with Louisa May Alcott's classic American novel, Little Women, about four sisters.

  2. Blog Excerpts

     How Words Get Made
    Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Forbes.com is running a special report on neologisms — all about how and why new words enter the language. And the Visual Thesaurus family is well-represented, with featured articles by editor Ben Zimmer and contributor Mark Peters.

  3. Behind the Dictionary

     'Tis Talk Like Shakespeare Day in Chicago, Methinks
    Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Mayor Richard M. Daley, Jr., has proclaimed today, William Shakespeare's 445th birthday, Talk Like Shakespeare Day. (Or should that read, "Mayor Richard II hath proclaimed"?) But as University of Illinois linguist Dennis Baron points out, we don't actually know how Shakespeare talked.

  4. Department of Word Lists

     The Editor Who Esteemed (and Rejected) Emily Dickinson's Poetry
    Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Once again we have asked writer and educator Bob Greenman to select some words to mull over from his latest guide to vocabulary enrichment, More Words That Make a Difference, co-authored with his wife Carol. The book illustrates word usage with passages from the Atlantic Monthly, and Bob takes a look here at words used by one of the Atlantic's most famous editors.

  5. Word Routes

     Susan Boyle is Gobsmacked (and Poleaxed Too)
    Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Unless you've been living under an Internet-free rock, you've probably seen the enthralling video of Scotland's Susan Boyle singing on the television show Britain's Got Talent. According to the latest numbers, the video of Boyle's performance has already attracted more than 100 million online views. But it's not only her singing prowess that is attracting worldwide attention: it has also been reported that "Web searches for the term gobsmacked spiked after Boyle used the British slang meaning utterly astonished when describing her reaction to newfound widespread acclaim."

  6. Candlepower

     Red Pen Diaries: Zero Tolerance for Comma Splices
    Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    Are comma splices running rampant, or is it just me?

    I keep seeing them in newspapers and magazines and on billboards and can't help but wonder if they, too, are now becoming acceptable, as have so many once-verboten grammar, ahem, alternatives before them. I sure hope not — as you might guess, I'm agin 'em.

  7. Dog Eared

     R.I.P., J.G. Ballard
    Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    British author J.G. Ballard, a highly distinctive and often controversial writer, has passed away. Here are some of his most memorable novels and short stories.

    Empire of the Sun

    Crash

    The Atrocity Exhibition

    The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

  8. Book Nook

     Essential Questions
    Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    You may have heard the educational buzz phrase "essential question" a lot lately, but do you really know what it means? Or how to develop meaningful essential questions of your own? In this excerpt from Learning to Question to Wonder to Learn, technology and teaching guru Jamie McKenzie, Ed.D. explains what makes some questions "essential" and provides some examples for every grade level.

  9. Edulinks

     Learning Words on the Boob Tube
    Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    Transform your students' television time to vocabulary time by having them tune in to these PBS show sites developed to enrich their word knowledge.

    Martha Speaks

    WordGirl

    Word World

  10. Contest Corner

     VT Treasure Hunt!
    Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Go on a Visual Thesaurus treasure hunt to track down the answers to these ten questions. If you successfully find all the answers, we will send you some authentic Visual Thesaurus booty! (Hint: you might need to brush up on some of the VT's special features here to help you find your treasure.)
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