Monthly Archives: April 2018

Slice of Life

“Slice of Life (adj): Showing or characterized by an unselectively naturalistic rendering of day-to-day life, as in a short story portraying starkly working-class existence; depicting actual experience.”

Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.

Adage (n)

OK, we’re back after a much-needed break. Despite thirty-one degree temperatures in Lower Manhattan this morning, it begins to look a lot like spring in New York City. Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun adage to kick off these last two months of the school year.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.