Search the Site

Your Search:
318 319 320 321 322 Displaying 3191-3200 of 3488 Results

  1. Dog Eared

     Literary Journalism Books
    Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2007

    We asked Deborah Campbell, the journalist we interview in this week's "Word Count" section, to recommend books by literary journalists. Here are her picks:

    Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski

    The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski

    The Soccer War by Ryszard Kapuscinski

    Opening Skinner's Box by Lauren Slater

  2. Word Count

     Literary Journalism
    Wed Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Sometimes you read a journalist's account of a place, person or situation that draws you in so deep you forget you're reading "news." They're more than just stories: The real-life scenes immerse you in a way that not only sticks, sometimes forever, but gives you meaning. To your humble editor, the absolute lion of this kind of journalism -- literary journalism -- was a legendary Polish reporter named Ryszard Kapuscinski, who sadly passed away last month. He was a hero, too, to a Canadian journalist named Deborah Campbell. Besides writing about the Middle East, Cuba and Russia and other places for leading publications, Deborah teaches literary journalism at the University of British Columbia. We had a fascinating conversation with her about this genre:

  3. Lesson Plans

     Exploring the Power of Puns
    Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2007
    In this lesson, students are asked to analyze various Shakespearean and contemporary puns and how particular words make these puns possible. They will use the Visual Thesaurus to examine the subjects of this wordplay and to help them create original puns in small groups.

  4. Blog Excerpts

     "Our Friend, the Semicolon"
    Sat Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2007
    ... and other nifty PowerPoint presentations on English usage are available for free from a website called the Guide to Grammar and Writing. If you or your students are interested in learning about "The English House of Commas" or "The Mighty Apostrophe" please click here.

  5. Department of Word Lists

     Clothing Design Words
    Sat Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Designing clothes isn't just a leisurely prance down the catwalk: It's art and industry with its very own, often technical, language. The words themselves may seem familiar to us non-designers, but the meanings are anything but. We called New York fashion designer Mary Ping to help us decipher this particular tongue. ( The dress on the left is from a recent collection.)

    Grain "Refers to the direction of the threads of a fabric. When fabric is woven you have a warp and a weft. The warp are yarns that run parallel to the loom, the weft are yarns that run perpendicular."

    Shuttle "A tool on a loom to pass yarn through warp to form the weft."

    Bias "The diagonal direction of yarn. You have yarns running vertically, yarns running horizontally -- the warp and the weft -- and the bias is the 45 degree angle between those two. It gives fabric a natural stretch. When people refer to a "bias-cut dress" it means the entire fabric is placed on the biased grain, or direction. So the dress has a tendency to cling to your body more, because it's stretching out more."

  6. Blog Du Jour

     Keep Writing Stronger!
    Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Last month we kicked off our blog recommendations for the New Year with a list of sites to help you write stronger. Just in case your resolve is wavering, here are more great websites to help you put pen to paper (or is it keyboard to screen?):

    Writing, Clear and Simple

    Grammar Girl's Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing

    Business Writing

    e-write

  7. Teachers at Work

     The Silver Lining in MySpace?
    Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2007
    Mention MySpace and other online "social networks" to educators and parents and you'll likely get a reaction worthy of Edvard Munch's The Scream. Take a peek at the Internet-style spelling and grammar on these sites and you might belt out a shriek yourself. But not so fast, says an educator named Joe Bellacero. A veteran New York City English teacher, Joe is now the associate director of The New York City Writing Project, a professional development organization that stresses teachers teaching teachers. As you can imagine, he knows a thing or two about the language arts. Joe explains why he thinks popular social networks might just be a boon for students -- and how teachers can tap their hidden value.

  8. Dog Eared

     Joe's Language Arts Books
    Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Joe Bellacero, the veteran educator we interview in this week's "Teachers at Work" section, recommends the following books for teaching language arts:

    Reading for Understanding "A book with real application to real urban classrooms to help bring reluctant readers into the reading discourse."

    Writing for a Change "A program for getting kids to write to address real problems in their lives and communities. If you like the Freedom Writers movie and the idea that writing can transform the lives of students, you'll want to bring the ideas from this book into your classroom."

    Because Writing Matters "A research based book from bringing effective writing programs into schools."

  9. "Bad Language"

     Why Good Writers (Occasionally) Produce Bad Copy
    Mon Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2007

    One of my readers sent me a thought-provoking email asking "why do good writers (occasionally) produce bad copy?" I thought about it for a while and here are a few suggestions.

  10. Blog Excerpts

     I Could Care Less
    Sat Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2007
    Wait! If you do care if "I could care less" is a phrase misused -- or not -- then check out the Grammarphobia Blog. The site is run by a couple of authors who were once newspaper editors and who now weigh in on "hang" verses "hung," "one fell swoop," another grammatical conundrums. Care to check it out? Please click here.
318 319 320 321 322 Displaying 3191-3200 of 3488 Results