words matter week Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/words-matter-week/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:42:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 words matter week Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/words-matter-week/ 32 32 89931359 Happy National Grammar Day and Words Matter Week https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day-and-words-matter-week/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day-and-words-matter-week/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:45:54 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1087 I love wordy holidays. We spend time teaching our children that words matter, and how to read, write, and speak correctly (or at least I hope we do), and I think those home lessons are reinforced by national holidays that...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/happy-national-grammar-day-and-words-matter-week/feed/ 0 1087 Words Matter: How to Use Good Essay Models to Become a Better Writer https://doingwhatmatters.com/words-matter-how-to-use-good-essay-models-to-become-a-better-writer/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/words-matter-how-to-use-good-essay-models-to-become-a-better-writer/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:18:42 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=64 One of the best ways you can teach writing is to share good models. I especially like working with excellent essays, as they tend to expand not only vocabulary and usage skills, but also because they expand thought. Here's an example.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/words-matter-how-to-use-good-essay-models-to-become-a-better-writer/feed/ 3 1850 Most Important Word: Words Matter Week Blog Challenge-Day 1 https://doingwhatmatters.com/most-important-word-words-matter-week-blog-challenge-day-1/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/most-important-word-words-matter-week-blog-challenge-day-1/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02:27 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=329 The Monday question for the Words Matter Week blog challenge is: What is the most important word or words in your life? Why? When I create writing assignments for students, I try to craft questions that narrow the topic to...

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