Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Thousand Words Project was an exciting lesson in my classroom; students were engaged and were able to see a new way of approaching writing. Students who are visual learners got a chance to ...
Driving to work Tuesday, I heard a four-minute NPR report on the massive tornado destruction in Oklahoma. So vivid was the account — and so visual the writing — that I pulled over to write down the ...
The verb is the engine that drives the sentence. In "The tracks made a line in the snow," the engine lacks horsepower. In "The tracks cut a line in the snow," the engine has thrust. To make your ...
‘Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: LetVerbs Power Your Writing.’ How’s that for a title that encapsulates a book’s message? Author Constance Hale has followed up her earlier Sin and Syntax with another book ...