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List of the Week: Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things"

Five new interactive word lists to accompany a classic novel

As you read Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning classic The God of Small Things, learn words like jettison, mesmerize, and pariah with five Vocabulary Lists drawn from the novel. Continue reading...

Vocabulary Shout-Out: Sadiqa de Meijer for "Verdigris"

Because in poetry, "greenish-copperish" just won't do.

In a new poem, "Pastorals in the Atrium," which appeared in the most recent issue of Poetry Magazine, Canadian Sadiqa de Meijer uses the word verdigris in her opening stanza. Continue reading...

Ten Words from "NY Times" History - July 24, 1959

Ten Words from "NY Times" History - July 24, 1959

Learn Ten Words from New York Times History - The Kitchen Debate - July 24, 1959. Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.

List of the Week: J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter"

Learn magical vocabulary from this classic

As you read J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, learn words like apothecary, cauldron, and warlock with three new lists from this timeless children's classic. Continue reading...
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Vocabulary Shout-Out: Ann Hornaday for "Risibly"

A word to reach for when describing the ridiculous. Not so much the sublime.

In a Washington Post review of the recently released summer blockbuster "Pacific Rim," critic Ann Hornaday used the word risibly. Continue reading...

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - July 17, 2013

Ten Words from "The NY Times" - July 17, 2013

Learn Ten Words from The NY Times - July 17, 2013. Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.

List of the Week: Cristina Garcia's "Dreaming in Cuban"

A CCSS Text Exemplar

Check out three new Vocabulary Lists based on Christina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban, a great teaching text that serves as a common core exemplar text (fiction) for 11th grade. Book 1: Ordinary Seductions, Book 2: Imagining Winter, Book 3: The Languages Lost Continue reading...
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