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  1. Blog Excerpts

     X is the Y of Z
    Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Visual Thesaurus contributor Mark Peters explores the phrasal formula "X is the Y of Z" for the online music magazine JamsBio. Find out who earns the title the Ozzy Osbourne of the banking world, or the Barry White of the apocalypse.

  2. Behind the Dictionary

     The Elements of Style at 50: If You Celebrate, Use the Active Voice
    Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Strunk and White's slender yet influential guidebook The Elements of Style turns 50 this month. Here, University of Illinois linguist Dennis Baron casts a critical eye on some of the book's most famous pronouncements.

  3. Book Nook

     Enriching the Verbal Environment
    Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    This is a must-read for teachers planning on revamping their vocab instruction! Few educational authors can blend research, theory and practical examples like the vocabulary instruction expert Isabel Beck and her co-authors Margaret G. McKeown and Linda Kucan. This excerpt, from Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, offers creative ideas about how to motivate "word wizards" of all ages to extend their vocabulary use beyond the classroom walls.

  4. Edulinks

     Envisioning America... and its Literature
    Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2009

    These cool sites contain visual elements that can bring new life to your teaching of some American classics.

    NPR's "In Character"

    Language of the Land: Journey into Literary America

    American Memory Project

    Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events

  5. Wordshop

     Keeping a Meaningful Vocabulary Log
    Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    While many teachers may have their students keep vocabulary logs of the unfamiliar words they encounter in books they are reading or from the world at large, few require students to take the extra steps to ensure a deeper or more meaningful understanding of these words.

  6. Evasive Maneuvers

     Evolving Explanations and Other Non-Fatal Events
    Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    As a resident of Chicago and citizen of the great state of Illinois, I feel as though I am in the center of the political cosmos, whence all good and bad things emanate.

    Where else has given you, in such a short time, the first black President and the first disgraced former governor with a giant rodent living on his head? You're welcome.

  7. Word Routes

     Inside "Genericide"
    Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Yesterday in the Language Lounge, we took a look at what happens when a trademark ends up lapsing into generic use. The term genericide came up as a description for this loss of a trademark's protected status. The word raised some eyebrows among our readers, as well it should.

  8. Language Lounge

     Grand Theft Motto
    Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    This month in the Lounge we examine the implications of a silent but deadly usurpation of the language of the People, brought to light by an intellectual property court case.

  9. Department of Word Lists

     Hollywood Slang
    Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Academy Award-winning producer and director Tony Bill has spent years collecting Hollywood argot on the sets of his films. Now he reveals this secret cinematic language in his new book, Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set. Don't know the difference between a goofie and a gaffer? Read on!

  10. Teachers at Work

     Tennessee's Finest: Teaching "The Glass Menagerie"
    Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    You can keep your Liz Taylor screaming in her white sundresses, and your bellowing Marlon Brando in an undershirt bellowing outside Stella's window: I think Tennessee William's finest work isn't A Streetcar Named Desire or Suddenly Last Summer, or even Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Genius as they all are, I think his most magical, lyrical play is The Glass Menagerie.
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