Words and Language

Language Arts Begins with Words

• May I have a word…with YOU**
• Joan Bauer “Words” PDF
• Main ideas from “Words” by Joan Bauer
• Gather for Peace PDF article
• Response to Gather for Peace PDF
• Anne Curzan TED talk What makes a word “real”
• “Tri-english” This is a cool, somewhat angry rap (a TED talk) but it’s a real discussion starter about “proper English”
• Word Classification PDF charts to fill in
• Susan Wooldridge PDF excerpts from poem crazy to enjoy and try for yourself (see Box of Words items in Projects… Fun and Educational Activities.)
• History of English Language in 10 Minutes
• Hobo Words Lesson**
• Hobo Signs
• Wikipedia Entry on Hobos

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

And GUMS (Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, Spelling)

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• My students had yearly Grammar Funerals. Click to open for guides, samples, and a Vimeo.
• GrammarBytes
• Grammar Links
• FREE RICE is a super link, and not only for grammar, but also for vocabulary. Use it often as a default quiz site.
• Save the Words information
• Homophones PDF from an old Games magazine
• Refining Word Meaning PDF
• Let dead verbs rest in peace PDF
• English as the Official Language PDF
• Semantics: Connotation and Denotation
• Student Connotation Poems
• Talking Types
• Words with Multiple Meanings
• What’s Really Wrong with this Story, Clichés
• Gobbledegook…Pedantry Prevails
• Say What

Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Knowledge of things and knowledge of the words for them grow together. If you do not know the words, you can hardly know the thing.

Some vocabulary items may be fun and useful

• vocabulary.com
• Cheese or Font
• Quack SAT vocab (This is Vol 1.  There are 4 more I’m hoping to find.)
• Quack SAT word list
• Our Polyglot Citizenry PDF
• Loanwords PDF
• PDF Foreign Phrases to Know and Use
• Foreign Words and Phrases (link)
• Assignments for Presenting Foreign Words and Phrases Used in English
• 3 Foreign Phrases Quizlet 1
• 3 Foreign Phrases Quizlet 2
• 3 Foreign Phrases Quizlet 3
• Vocabulary from Myth and History (powerpoint)**
• Vocabulary from Myth and History (word list)
• Word Play DVD links

**For powerpoint documents, click to download/save to your computer. Then open with a powerpoint viewer.