Reviewing Disney's new Broadway adaptation of Aladdin, New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood describes Jonathan Freeman's Jafar as an "epicene menace." Let's take a look at what epicene through a picture of Jafar. Continue reading...
This Mother's Day, show Mom a little love (and a whole lot of appreciation) by tweeting or posting our Mother's Day video thank you card — a vocabulary list brought to life. Continue reading...
Explore dozens of recommended titles for Women's History Month, each paired with a ready-made vocabulary list based on the original text. Continue reading...
Horses have trotted and galloped all over the English language.Here's a roundup of equine lingo, just in time for National I Love Horses Day on July 15th. Continue reading...
In a recent post on his LinkedIn blog, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 co-author Dr. Travis Bradberry listed some of the factors that contribute to EQ, or emotional intelligence. What's at the top of the list of factors indicating you might have high EQ? "You Have a Robust Emotional Vocabulary," Dr. Bradberry writes. Continue reading...
In "Sneak Preview: What the New SAT and Digital ACT Might Look Like," New York Times reporter Tamar Lewin interviewed David Coleman, who assumed leadership of the College Board last October, after having served as architect of the Common Core. Continue reading...
In the first sentences of her new, highly-acclaimed novel The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt uses the uncommon inwrought to conjure a mood of creepy fairy tale isolation. Continue reading...
In the last year, Hollywood has brought a whole lot of vocabulary learning to the silver screen, from the minions of Despicable Me 2 fame, to a host of mal- words brought to mind by Maleficent , and the vocabulary-heavy Divergent/Insurgent franchise. This weekend, those of us who go to movies hoping to get scared out of our seats are offered Insidious: Chapter 3. Continue reading...
As students across the map returned to school, the word-learning revved up. See which schools — from vaunted veterans to unheard-of underdogs — brought the heat to the leaderboards. Continue reading...