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Teachers at Work
Miller Time: Teaching "Death of a Salesman"
Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2009
I feel like I ought to begin this column with some kind of public service announcement. Maybe a shaky close-up of the cover of the script of Death of a Salesman (preferably the one of Dustin Hoffman in old-age makeup), followed by a slow pan out as we hear Morgan Freeman's voice saying, "Teachers of America, before you teach Arthur Miller's classic, you should know... your students will not understand this play. If you have any choice in the matter — any choice at all — you should choose The Crucible."
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Blog Excerpts
Inaugural Words
Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2009
The New York Times has a fascinating interactive graphic showing word usage in inaugural addresses from Washington to Obama. Check it out here.
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Word Routes
"Enormity": Monstrous Wickedness?
Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2009
Barack Obama gives his inaugural address today, but on Sunday he gave a speech that previewed the main event. "Despite the enormity of the task that lies ahead," Obama said, "I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure, that the dream of our founders will live on in our time." This line echoed his victory speech last November: "I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead." Is Obama misusing enormity, or is he inaugurating a semantic change?
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Blog Excerpts
The Phonetics of MLK
Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2009
What made Martin Luther King's oratorical style so powerful? Linguist Mark Liberman of the University of Pennsylvania analyzes the phonetics behind the rhetoric here.
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Word Routes
Winsome or Wistful?
Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2009
In one of the final press briefings from the Bush White House, counselor to the president Ed Gillespie used some peculiar wording yesterday to describe the current mood of his boss:
You know, I would say that he's gotten a little more winsome. I remember somebody asking me back in, like, September, you know, things must be — things must be getting winsome. And I thought, you know, those of us who work here wish it were a little more winsome sometimes.
Say what?
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Blog Excerpts
Babel No More
Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2009
Do you have a special knack for picking up languages? Writer Michael Erard wants to hear from you. He's set up a website for his next book, Babel No More, about "language superlearners." Take his survey if you think you qualify as a hyperpolyglot!
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Word Count
Three Writing Lessons from a Stroke of Insight
Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2009
In November, I had a stroke. My second one in six years.
Both strokes were established in similar ways -- the puzzling outcome of having had mild abdominal surgery. I'm not trying to make you crazy here. It doesn't seem logical to me -- or to many doctors -- either. Although I have freakishly low blood pressure and exercise regularly and eat healthily, there's something about my body that doesn't like surgery. I have surgery and the main source of blood flow to the brain, my carotid artery, breaks apart (this maneuver is called a dissection) and a stroke spins off into my brain.
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Wordmasters
The January-February 2009 Wordmasters Challenge
Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2009
Welcome to the January-February 2009 WordMasters Challenge, the second of this school year. Over four thousand school teams from every state participate each year in this popular national competition for Language Arts students in grades 3 to 12. Visit the WordMasters website to learn more about how to participate in the Challenge using the word lists posted here.
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Wordmasters
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '09
Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2009
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Wordmasters
WordMasters: Grade 3 Gold Division Jan-Feb '09
Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2009
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