Articles from 2012

When faced with our Abecedarian/A-B-C SAT Prep Lists, do you work your way straight through from A to Z? Or do you skip around arbitrarily? Did you know you can go even further, breaking the lists up into manageable chunks and putting a little bit of your personality into your learning at the same time? Continue reading...

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the first official performance of the Rolling Stones. When it comes to songwriting, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards usually don't receive as much adulation as their counterparts in the Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. But Mick and Keith have churned out some wonderful turns of phrase over the past half century. Consider this, from the Stones' 1969 single, "Honky Tonk Women": "She blew my nose and then she blew my mind." Continue reading...

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Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - July 11, 2012.

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.

Social Studies teachers: A few weeks ago we posted six new Vocabulary Lists based on primary source documents and speeches; now we're adding even more. See below for new Lists, or check out the Speeches and Historical Documents sections of our Vocabulary Lists page for the full roster. Continue reading...

Does a recent study suggesting we remember better when we're interested in what we're remembering spell trouble for vocabulary learners who aren't all that interested in words as words? Not necessarily. Continue reading...

Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - July 11, 2012.

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.

Hot dogs, fireworks, pie-eating contests... the Fourth of July is the same all around the United States, right? Not quite: some Independence Day traditions are more localized. Take "the parade of horribles," a peculiar procession that you can find in various New England shore towns. Even more peculiarly, "the parade of horribles" has become a legal metaphor, one that made an appearance in the Supreme Court's healthcare ruling last week. Continue reading...

Topics: Word Origins Politics Words

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