The Teachable Moment (Humans Are Apes, Too!)
On a recent zoo visit, my children and I spent a long time observing and admiring the gibbons. As I coaxed them …
O! say can you synonym
One of the things I do regularly on this blog is share my rewrites of museum labels. This rewrite was sparked by …
Sins and Synonymity (Writing for English Language Learners, Technique #2)
When I was in high school, preparing for the AP English test, students and teachers often referred to “twenty-five-cent words.” Twenty-five-cent words …
Beware of Phrasal Verbs (Writing for English Language Learners, Technique #1)
We can make our institutions a little more welcoming to diverse audiences by making our labels as readable as possible for visitors …
Read!
I love these posters because they bring home with just three words each—just three syllables, even—that words have not only denotations but …