Monthly Archives: October 2026

Acrylic Resin Paint

Posted on October 1, 2026 | Leave a comment

“Acrylic Resin Paint: An oil-compatible synthetic medium which is thinned with linseed oil and turpentine.”

Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.

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Common Errors in English Usage: Near, Nearly

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Adapted from text in Paul Brians’ book Common Errors in English Usage (which he allows unfettered, no-cost access to at his Washington State University web page), here is a worksheet on the use of adverbs near and nearly. This is a full-page worksheet with a reading of one sentence and ten modified cloze exercises.

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.

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Term of Art: Retrieval

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“retrieval: The searching and finding process that leads to recognition and recall, bringing information out of long-term memory.”

Excerpted from: Turkington, Carol, and Joseph R. Harris, PhD. The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities. New York: Facts on File, 2006.

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Cultural Literacy: Topic Sentence

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Here is Cultural Literacy worksheet on the topic sentence as a unit of composition in a paragraph. This is a half-page document with a reading of two sentences and two comprehension questions. A basic, symmetrical, and surprisingly thorough exposition of the form and function of a topic sentence.

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.

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Aestheticism

Posted on October 1, 2026 | 1 comment

“Aestheticism: Generally, a term applied to a way of perceiving things that was common among the writers and artists of the 19th century who adhered to the doctrine of art for art’s sake. The movement, or cult, was largely influenced by German romantics, particularly Goethe. Because of the quest for beauty and the insistence that art should serve no moral or didactic purpose, it was related with the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the Parnassians. Major exponents of aestheticism in America were Edgar Allan Poe and Ralph Waldo Emerson.”

Excerpted from: Murphy, Bruce, ed. Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.

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The Weekly Text, 2 October 2026: Introduction to Writing Sentences Lesson 17, Avoid the Run-On Sentence!

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Phew. We’ve made it. Here is the seventeenth lesson plan (of seventeen!) of the Introduction to Writing Sentences unit. This final lesson, as the header indicates, deals with avoiding run-on sentences. If you teach English, I imagine the run-on sentence is one of the bane of your existence; they were mine.

This lesson opens with this Cultural Literacy worksheet on the run-on sentence, which, obviously, is the appropriate do-now for this lesson. Here is the scaffolded worksheet on avoiding run-on sentences that is the primary work of this lesson. This learning support on the types of run-on sentences and this one on coordinating conjunctions will help students–and you–get through this lesson.

And that’s it! Seventeen posts of lessons on writing sentences conclude with this post.

If you find typos in these documents, 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.

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