A Few Crooked Words
Category Archives: Word Roots
I Hominid All Over the Place
So I was teaching my students about the word root of the word human a while back. You guys, it’s really cool. Did you know that the words human, humble, humus, hominid, humility, and humiliate all come from the root … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Education, Homeschooling, humor, Language, Seattle, Teaching, Teaching writing, vocabulary, Writing
The Fluctuating Fleet of Floating Flotsam and Other Adventures in Word Roots
At Frog Hollow, we often start the day with a word family, sometimes a spelling family but usually a word root. I’ll throw up a big list of words from that root, some familiar, some awesomely new, and then we’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Frog Hollow School, Homeschooling, Language, Seattle, Teaching writing, Writing
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The Suitcase in the Mirror: cracking The Jabberwock
One of my favorite poems to teach is Lewis Carroll’s “The Jabberwock.” It is fun to memorize, and thrilling to recite. ‘Twas brillig and the slithy toves/did gyre and gimble on the wabe. It’s pure, exhilarating nonsense. To steal the … Continue reading
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Tagged Homeschooling, Language, literature, Seattle, teaching poetry, Teaching writing
