Did you know that it's preseason for the Vocabulary Bowl? That means it's time to start thinking about the annual word-learning competition, which allows students at your school to compete among thousands of schools across North America for "word domination". Continue reading...
While discussing her memoir "Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl" on NPR's Fresh Air, Sleater-Kinney co-founder Carrie Brownstein used the word inchoate to describe her younger self. Later in the interview, she used trenchant when she explained the Sleater-Kinney sound. To call attention to Brownstein's sensitive care with her word choices, we pulled inchoate, trenchant and eight other words into a vocabulary list. Continue reading...
Did you know Vocabulary.com is a great test prep resource? With SAT season upon us, here's a review of how to use Vocabulary.com to prepare for any standardized test. Continue reading...
What happens when wild chimpanzees go to a party? They wreck the furniture, wreak havoc, and make the whole house reek. To wreck is to ruin something, to wreak is to cause something to happen, and to reek is to smell bad. Continue reading...
Vain people love mirrors. A vein, though, moves blood through your body. And a vane is a big metal rooster on a rooftop showing which way the wind blows. Continue reading...
With what advertisers are coyly calling the "big game" looming this weekend, I decided it was time to follow up on a feeling that had been growing on me for a while: That I was hearing more and more people using super as an intensifier for adjectives, as in "I'm super excited!" Continue reading...
As teachers begin to grapple with the demands of the Common Core State Standards, they may be overlooking a discrete language standard living in the shadows of those major shifts. Continue reading...
Looking for vocabulary lists to support the fantasy fiction readers in your class? These ready-made curriculum resources will boost your students' comprehension and take the tedium out of vocabulary instruction. Continue reading...
Discover our comprehensive selection of ready-made curriculum resources, and learn how to assign engaging activities that will boost your students' reading comprehension. Continue reading...
At what point do you conclude that spin doctors have spun out of control? The American Dialect Society thinks that the answer to that question is blowing in the wind. In the Lounge this month, we examine their findings. Continue reading...