Although the hero of Richard Wright's classic tale of the African American experience has a hard time coming up with words, Wright never falters.Continue reading...
Follow news of stalling Middle East negotiations from a vocabularian's perspective by learning 10 words from this week's New York Times new coverage.Continue reading...
In the same way sightings of fading technologies like typewriters and 45 RMPs in the film adaptation of Perks of Being a Wallflower create an impression of nostalgia and disconnection, so too do sightings of words like smug, regret, stumble, muffle, and paranoia in the language of Stephen Chbosky's novel. Check out these words and more in four new Vocabulary Lists.Continue reading...
A great choice for middle school readers, A Long Walk to Water by Newberry award-winner Linda Sue Park introduces two true stories set in Sudan.Continue reading...
Follow this week's news coverage from a vocabularian's perspective by learning 10 words from this week's New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post coverage.Continue reading...
The issues surrounding the Russian state and the area of Ukraine known as Crimea involve centuries of history and complex issues of sovereignty and self-determination. In an effort to untangle at least some of these issues, we've made a list of 60 vocabulary words drawn from Putin's speech of March 18, 2014.Continue reading...
For National Reading Month, Time's Katy Steinmetz gives us "9 Great Things to Read in (Roughly) 9 Minutes," a column devoted to reading in contexts other than great books of the "big, blubbery" Moby Dick variety.Continue reading...