by Dwane | Jan 5, 2017 | Vocabulary
I received this question: I have a few of questions about Beyond Word Up: Is it in the same format as Word Up? How many lessons are there? Since it’s not a live class, do you have to sign up for a year or just a couple months? Here is my reply: No....
by Dwane | Aug 25, 2015 | Education, English
I am up late grading student homework right now. In one class, the vocabulary class, I told the students to use English words that came from the Latin word Porto. Porto means “I carry”. This student went above and beyond: 1. The porter did not...
by Dwane | Aug 6, 2015 | Education, English, Vocabulary
I received this inquiry: This looks like a great class. My high school daughters already have a full schedule, but are interested. What amount of homework will be included? Would you also suggest it for upper elementary? Here is my reply: I am still developing this...
by Dwane | Jul 23, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
During this class, we will read through all of Word Power Made Easy, by Norman Lewis. 90% of the multi-syllable words in English derive directly from Latin. In other words, 90% of our “big” words are the children of Latin. Much of our scientific and medical...
by Dwane | Jul 17, 2015 | Education, English
I received a series of questions about the online vocabulary class. I am very interested in auditing this class but before I commit, I have a few questions: 1. What are the major differences between taking this class versus auditing it? 2. If I would audit this...
