Roget redux

Just about two months ago, when I hosted Poetry Friday on Peter Mark Roget’s birthday, I celebrated the man with his entry for “poetry”.
If you didn’t get enough Roget then, you can now find online last week’s Washington Post review, and this week’s New York Times’s review of what the latter calls “Joshua Kendall’s fine [...]

Yo walks in beauty, like the night

The current issue of New Scientist reports on new American Speech.
To which I can only add, sure, why the hell not?
may i feel said yo
by E.E. Cummings
may i feel said yo
(i’ll squeal said yo
just once said yo)
it’s fun said yo
(may i touch said yo
how much said yo
a lot said yo)
why not said yo
(let’s go said [...]

Grammar resources

I’ve been remiss in not posting about the latest Growing with Grammar program by my friend Tamela Davis, for Grade 5. More good stuff for home educating families looking for more choice. And more Growing with Grammar posts and reviews (for Grades 1&2, 3, and 4) here, here, and here.
I’m a big fan of [...]

Minding the (grammar) gap

Two articles this week about the importance of good grammar, though the first seems to indicate that good grammar is useful mostly for passing tests, the SAT in particular. The Washington Post holds that “Clauses and Commas Make a Comeback”. Well, in some places:
The National Council of Teachers of English, whose directives shape [...]