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It's Opposite Day
Mon Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2008
In this lesson, your classroom will celebrate "opposite day" by using the VT to match a list of vocabulary words to their antonym counterparts. Then, students can use their knowledge of these antonym pairs in a game of "antonyms bingo."
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Backstory
Kim Reid, Author of No Place Safe: A Family Memoir
Fri Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2008
When I began No Place Safe: A Family Memoir, I didn't expect it to be a memoir at all. It was going to be me telling my mother's story of being a cop on a 1980s serial murder investigation. New to nonfiction, I wasn't sure if it should be a biography or a true crime story. Interviewing my mother helped me figure out exactly what story I was going to be telling. I also spent time looking through a box of files, notes and pictures she kept about the case, expecting someone eventually would write about it. She had hoped it would be me, but I resisted for years because I was a novelist, though I hadn't yet sold a novel.
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Blog Excerpts
Publicity How-To, For Free
Thu Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2008
Need publicity for your book, organization or kid's clarinet concert but can't afford to pay a full-blown PR agency? No problem. The Publicity Hound offers a host of useful articles and tips for generating publicity, for free. Click here to check 'em out.
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Word Count
Of Schadenfreude, Finials and No-Cost Rice
Wed Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2008
When my 13-year-old son recently used the word schadenfreude in casual conversation, I snapped to attention. "Where on earth did he learn that?" I wondered. This marvelous but obscure German word, which means "to feel joy at another's misfortune," is hardly everyday fodder for teenagers.
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Blog Du Jour
Love to Read?
Wed Jan 16 00:00:00 EST 2008
If you love to read -- and we know you do -- check out these online communities where you can share book lists, recommendations, reviews, previews, discussions, blog posts and oh so much more...
Wordsy
Goodreads
What Should I Read Next
Reader2
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Dog Eared
"Best Novels You've Never Read"
Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2008
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VT Tip o' the Week
Email a Friend
Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2008
Found a word on the Visual Thesaurus that you'd like to share with someone? Email them a word map! It's easy. Just click on the "Email" button at the top right corner and follow the instructions on the screen.
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Teachers at Work
Word Nerds: Amalgamate! Online Resources for Teaching Vocabulary
Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2008
I confess, I'm a word nerd. When I was a kid, I didn't keep a diary (grasping even at eight that the exploits of an introverted bookworm with a peaceful home life were perhaps not the stuff that formed a fascinating read), but I did keep a list of words that I liked: Burble. Murmur. Placate. Superfluous. Chaos. It's the specificity that got -- and gets -- me. My mom isn't just "kind" -- she's compassionate, altruistic and decent.
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Wordmasters
The January-February 2008 Wordmasters Challenge
Fri Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2008
Welcome to the January-February 2008 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. Click on www.wordmasterschallenge.com to learn more about the Challenge and to participate using the word lists posted here.
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Wordmasters
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '08
Fri Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 2008
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