Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Top Ten Word Lists

With thanks to my frined Carla Beard at Web English Teacher (a totally fantastic resource), I offer you these lists of words. I am completely fascinated by words. As Wittgenstein said, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."

Top Ten Word Lists

Your Brain On Fiction

I love to read. I love to encourage my students to read. I have always intuitively felt that readsing enlarged me, made me a more well-rounded person. Here is a link to an article that shows how brain scientists are discovering that fiction reading really does improve how we think and interact with others.

Your Brain on Fiction
By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL
Published: March 17, 2012