Lesson PlansPut vocabulary to work in the classroomMaking Sense of Homographs  July 26, 2010
How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to make sense of some common homographs and to discover a pattern among stress homographs?
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The Three M's of Statistics: Mode, Median, Mean June 30, 2010
How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to learn more about mode, median, and mean, and to apply their knowledge in solving some basic statistical math problems?
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Words That Hold Court  May 24, 2010
How can students learn legal terminology associated with the Supreme Court?
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The Power of Words in "Charlotte's Web" April 15, 2010
How can a few good words save a pig's life?
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Using Key Words to Unlock Math Word Problems March 9, 2010
How can identifying key words help students solve mathematical word problems?
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Salinger and the Vocabulary of the Vernacular  February 5, 2010
How can students map the meanings of some of Holden Caulfield's slang words and expressions?
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A Victorian Vocabulary Challenge January 4, 2010
How can students use the Visual Thesaurus to help them complete a challenging Victorian sentence completion exercise?
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