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  1. Backstory

     Becky Motew, author of "Coupon Girl"
    Sat Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2006

    Long before I ever wrote a word of Coupon Girl, I knew the title. I sold direct mail advertising to small business owners in Worcester. Buy one, get one, baby. Pizza guys, dry cleaners, wallpaper hangers, chiropractors--all of them were my customers. An old boss of mine said getting a mailing together was like ushering a herd of cows through a doorway. At ten in the morning, I might have been helping a pet store guy clip a parrot's toenails. By eleven I might have been shivering in the bowels of a car wash, taking a look at a defective pump, and by two, giving a formal sales presentation in a stockbrokers' boardroom. Don't wear your bathrobe under your coat is my best advice.

  2. Teachers at Work

     Small Things That Change Lives: How Teachers Make a Difference
    Thu Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2013
    Every day, teachers make a difference. In this time when teachers are seen as incompetent and lazy, and when we are being blamed for societal ills and failing students and schools, I wanted to provide some positive affirmation, something beyond that bumper sticker cliché of "If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher." After all, teaching goes beyond the classroom, beyond our instruction, and beyond the love of words.

  3. Blog Excerpts

     The Classroom: Collaborative Note Taking
    Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

    This entry comes from an excellent blog dedicated to innovative teaching called Tech Savvy Educator, "a practical guide to integrating technology in the classroom." It appeared on 4/24/6.

    I know that I've discussed the possibility of students taking and working on notes in a collaborative effort before, but after a quick search I realized that I hadn't yet blogged about the possibilities of students using technology to help one another focus on key points and note taking skills.

  4. Word Count

     How to Stop Yourself from Being Bored While Writing
    Thu Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2012
    I sometimes find myself getting bored when I write... This is not the end of the world, but it's not very pleasant, either. And if we're bored as writers, think about how our poor readers are going to feel!

  5. Word Count

     The Power of Allusion
    Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012
    Michael Lydon has been swayed by the power of allusion. "I began by laughing at P. G. Wodehouse's addled literary quotations, and then I discovered how powerful and surprisingly subtle a writing resource allusion can be," he writes. "Though often overlooked, allusion lives omnipresent in the writing that surrounds us."

  6. Weekly Worksheet

     MLK and the Mighty Metaphor
    Wed Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2011
    This week we are celebrating the January 15th birth of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Although King's life was cut short by a brutal assassination at the age of 39, he is thought of as one of the United States' most memorable orators and a champion of nonviolence and racial equality.

  7. Word Routes

     2015 Spelling Bee: Co-Champions Triumph Again, as Vanya and Gokul Prove Unbeatable
    Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015
    Last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee saw the first tie since 1962, with co-champions hoisting the big trophy together. This year it was déjà vu all over again, as Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam battled to the finish, exhausting the championship word list and finishing as co-champs.

  8. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: June Edition
    Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009
    Break out the strawberries and cream. In the June edition of the Visual Thesaurus crossword puzzle, we're celebrating the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Figure out the hidden word chain and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  9. Weekly Worksheet

     Getting to the Heart of Gettysburg
    Mon Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2010
    One hundred and forty-seven years ago this week, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous American speeches: The Gettysburg Address, a speech that reportedly lasted less than two minutes and that he considered "a flat failure." Use this worksheet to help students use vocabulary and key lines from the address to discover Lincoln's lasting message to Americans.

  10. Weekly Worksheet

     Getting to the Heart of Gettysburg
    Tue Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2013
    One hundred and fifty years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous American speeches: The Gettysburg Address, a speech that reportedly lasted less than two minutes and that he considered "a flat failure." Use this worksheet to help students use vocabulary and key lines from the address to discover Lincoln's lasting message to Americans.
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