Category Archives: words

“Jane and the Cane” by Lydia Davis

Posted on November 14, 2014 by jyourist
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Letters in the hood

Posted on June 3, 2014 by jyourist

Today in class I gave the students a vocabulary test of 100 words from To Kill A Mockingbird. They have had a list of the words since we started reading the book. The vocabulary test was filled with photos I … Continue reading →

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Though it looks like dinner, it’s really our supper.

Posted on February 28, 2014 by jyourist

This morning in advisory, we made pancakes to celebrate the end of February—the shortest month of the year, the longest month of the year. Definitely a calendrical paradox. The pancakes were warm, filled with chocolate chips, covered with bountiful maple … Continue reading →

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Contraformagraphist

Posted on December 6, 2013 by jyourist

The photo above is the epigraph at the beginning of Fahrenheit 451. We have talked a lot about this in class including the fact that Juan Ramon Jimenez was my favorite author in 6th grade after I read his Platero … Continue reading →

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The meta post: at 1000

Posted on October 9, 2013 by jyourist

Okay. Here is the meta post. I have produced 1000 posts since July 2010. One thousand of my ideas have permeated the universe on an almost daily basis. Have I really added anything to the universal pool of knowledge? Probably … Continue reading →

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Quidnunc gifts: I

Posted on September 16, 2013 by jyourist

I continue to read the Quidnunc by Robert F. Bartley (see the Quidnunc post). His diction can sometimes be obscure and he sometimes uses words I have never heard before. I look them up fully expecting that they do not … Continue reading →

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Meaning beyond Union

Posted on November 19, 2012 by jyourist

Abraham Lincoln was an afterthought, not even the main attraction at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg 149 years ago today. Edward Everett was the one everyone had come to listen to. He was one of most famous … Continue reading →

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Hard, but not as hard as the hardest thing imaginable

Posted on December 14, 2011 by jyourist

Bradbury’s diction is quite recognizable. His penchant for consonants and invented words makes for a unique accessibility for 8th graders. His “contrasedative” that is given to Mildred to get her back to her normal shallow self, imagined “upflailing” arms of … Continue reading →

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Paradox about paradox

Posted on December 3, 2011 by jyourist

Yesterday in my afternoon class we were discussing Part I of Fahrenheit 451. We were examining the paradoxes both in content and in style/ diction that Bradbury uses and why. In a conversation the day before, DS mentioned that this … Continue reading →

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Rail foamers

Posted on November 16, 2011 by jyourist

I learned a new double word today from one of my students. She was telling the story of how her Dad and everyone on his side of the family (and now she includes herself) are rail foamers, people who are … Continue reading →

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