Tag Archives: diction/grammar/style/usage

Cultural Literacy: Altruism

This morning I’m working on some materials that attempt to inculcate understanding ot the idea of virtue and its manifestations in the world. So here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on altruism, a synonym for one of the cardinal virtues, charity.

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Lao Tzu

Here is a reading on Lao Tzu and a vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet that deepens understanding of the reading itself.

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A Lesson Plan on the Greek Word Root Anthrop/o

It’s a very productive root in English, and at the root of a lot of words used in scholarly and academic discourse, so I expect this lesson on the Greek word root anthrop/o, which means man and human, should be useful to teachers in several disciplines. I start this lesson with this context clues worksheet for the noun humanity to provide a basis for the heuristic work this scaffolded worksheet with an independent practice assignment requires of students. The context clues worksheets can serve as the prior knowledge students will need to help them understand the meaning of this Greek word root.

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Elie Wiesel’s Night

If you can use it, here is a reading on Elie Wiesel and his classic memoir Night and the reading comprehension worksheet that attends it. At the school in which I currentlhy serve, we have always used this book in, if I’m not mistaken, sophomore English.

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Lessen (v) and Lesson (n)

Here on a rainy Monday are five homophone worksheets on the verb lessen and the noun lesson to build vocabulary, reinforce good English usage, and resolve confusion about these soundalikes.

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Fallacy (n)

Over the years, I’ve developed a variety of materials related to the composition of synthetic research papers, particularly around marshaling evidence, citing sources, and postulating theses. I developed this context clues worksheet on the noun fallacy for use in the service of the latter task.

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Cultural Literacy: The Big Bang

Last thing on a suddenly hectic Sunday morning: here, if you can use it, is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Big Bang.

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A Lesson Plan on the Paleolithic Era

Alright: I have to run off an meet a friend from Wisconsin in Manhattan. Before I do, I’ll drink a quick cup of coffee and post this lesson plan on the paleolithic period of human history. I begin teaching this lesson with this context clues worksheet on the noun artifact and this one on the noun nomad. This short reading and comprehension worksheet on the paleolithic period is the mainstay of this lesson.

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Word Root Exercise: Omni

OK, it’s a Sunday morning and I’m preparing to send out a clutch of resumes for some positions that might be appropriate for me. On my coffee break at the moment, let me post this worksheet on the Latin word root omni. It means all. It is a very productive root in English, forming the basis of the adjectives omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, among many other words.

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Cultural Literacy: Israel

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Israel. This short exercise is meant mostly to introduce the topic before moving on to more in-depth study of the Middle East.

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