http://teacherlingo.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=new+news,language+news&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'new news' and 'language news'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2011/02/09/writers-wednesday-wish-i-had-written-that.aspxWed, 09 Feb 2011 19:25:25 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:415928AnonymousBecause heaven knows I need more challenges, every Wednesday I plan on posting a passage, quote, etc., that causes me writer’s admiration/jealousy. Trying to think of an acronym, but I’m out of ideas right now. WEAK? Writer’s Envy/Admiration Kills? WIHWT – Wish I Had Written That, or IWNBAGW (Winnabego?) I Will Never Be  a Great [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2011/02/09/are-you-going-to-answer-that-call-to-adventure-seeking-the-epic-win-face.aspxWed, 09 Feb 2011 16:07:07 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:415816AnonymousThis author has quite a thesis: Want to save the world? Play video games: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/02/07/tech-report-good-news-society-needs-you/ This is link to her TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html Her thesis, that in the game world, we achieve, we overcome, we are better than our “real” selves, is a premise that may take me weeks to untangle. However you may understand, validate, approach, appreciate, [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2011/01/31/monitor-idiot-proof.aspxMon, 31 Jan 2011 19:21:31 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:413384AnonymousThis stream in my Reading Rockets’ feed caught my attention today: Sound It Out Along with her background as a researcher, writer, and teacher, Joanne Meier is a mom. Join Joanne every week as she shares her experiences raising her own young readers, and guides parents and teachers on the best practices in reading. Monitoring self-monitoring January 27, 2011 I [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/06/16/books-you-should-read.aspxWed, 16 Jun 2010 15:02:09 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:347637AnonymousExcerpt: Chapter 20: Dying Languages Speaking, writing, and signing are the three ways in which a language lives and breathes. They are the three mediums through which a language is passed on from one generation to the next. If a language is a healthy language, this is happening all the time. Parents pass their language on [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/04/18/am-i-stifling-your-creativity.aspxSun, 18 Apr 2010 04:50:43 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:342509AnonymousThere is a teacher’s blog I read that I really like. His philosophies are extreme, and I kind of like the unbalanced, spinning-my-head feeling after reading his writing. I certainly don’t agree with everything he believes, and I would guess he wouldn’t agree with anything I write. But I’m just trying to figure this out, [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/04/14/you-don-t-say.aspxWed, 14 Apr 2010 16:03:01 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:342131AnonymousFrom The Writer’s Almanac, April 14, 2010: But then two brothers from Springfield, Massachusetts, stepped in: Charles and George Merriam. They bought the rights to the dictionary and the unsold copies, sold it at a low price, and changed the company to “Merriam-Webster” because Webster had such name recognition. They printed the first Merriam-Webster dictionary on [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/02/19/my-huckleberry-friend.aspxFri, 19 Feb 2010 14:11:48 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:330258AnonymousFrom the Writer’s Almanac, February 18, 2010: In the summer of 1883, Mark Twain wrote in a letter: “I am piling up manuscript in a really astonishing way. I believe I shall complete, in two months, a book which I have been fooling over for seven years. This summer it is no more trouble to me [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2010/02/08/love-letters.aspxMon, 08 Feb 2010 13:50:41 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:329246AnonymousFrom: The Writer’s Almanac, February 8, 2010: Valentine’s Day is coming up on Sunday, and we’re celebrating all week with love letters from the literary world. Poet John Keats (books by this author) lived to be just 25 years old, but in that time he wrote some of the most exquisite love letters in the English language. [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2009/08/10/reader-s-bill-of-rights-and-batgirl-was-a-librarian.aspxMon, 10 Aug 2009 13:47:02 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:255032AnonymousDefend your rights as a reader! Whether or not you choose to wear a purple polyester costume and mask is entirely up to you!   From: The American Library Association (ALA) Everyone has the right to read. Here’s The Reader’s Bill of Rights to help you make the most of that right: Readers have: The right to not read. The right [...]http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/mrs_loves_blog-0-rama1/archive/2009/08/07/fail.aspxFri, 07 Aug 2009 13:59:53 GMT2d57f927-24f1-4f58-a78a-cbbebe5f5d42:253669AnonymousNo, I don’t mean you’re all going to fail. What I’m referring to is a new use of the word, a verb, “fail.” A verb is an action word. It’s something someone or something (the subject) does, did, or will do. Example: I failed my math test. (Bummer.) Now, “fail” is also being used as a noun, [...]