On Sarah Orne Jewett's birthday (born #OTD in 1849), a reminder that you can download a free #ebook containing her short story "A White Heron" from my website.

It includes vocabulary notes for English learners.

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/06/19/free-ebook-a-white-heron/

#SarahOrneJewett #AmericanLiterature #LearningEnglish

Another literary birthday: Kate Chopin, born #OTD in 1850.

If you're unfamiliar with her writings, check out her short story 'A Morning Walk', available for a free download from my blog.

Click here for this and other available titles: https://grammaticus.blog/library/

#ebooks #LearningEnglish #literature #AmericanLiterature #freebies

#LearningEnglish

yarmulke

noun
a skullcap worn in public by Orthodox Jewish men or during prayer by other Jewish men.

With HP Lovecraft's birthday coming up (born on Aug. 20, 1890), my latest blog post presents his poem "The House", first published in 1920.

It's a bit spooky, a bit eerie, but also oddly comforting, as so much of Lovecraft's writing tends to be.

The post contains a vocabulary study exercise for English language learners.

Visit now: https://grammaticus.blog/2023/08/18/the-house-by-lovecraft/

#literature #Lovecraft #poetry #poem #LearningEnglish #EnglishTeacher

English learners, have you ever been confused by the use of 'because' and 'because of'?

To find out the difference between the two, have a look at my latest blog post: https://grammaticus.blog/2023/07/19/because/

#englishgrammar #learningenglish #englishteacher

Here's your #poetry fix for this week: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's #poem "Rain in Summer".

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/06/28/rain-in-summer-by-longfellow/

#longfellow #rain #summer #learningenglish #englishteacher #americanliterature

Image credit: Basil Smith via Unsplash

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vitriol
n. cruel and bitter criticism.

In the latest post on the blog I'm presenting a children's poem "The Hedgehog" by Edith King. And if you're craving for more hedgehog-themed poems, there are links to several more. 🦔🦔🦔

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/06/21/the-hedgehog-by-edith-king/

#hedgehog #poem #poetry #edithking #childrensliterature #learningenglish #englishteacher #englishvocabulary

This week's #poetry post on the blog celebrates the lovely month of June! 🌞🐝🌻

Join me in reading Thomas Wentworth Higginson's poem 'June'. Also available are some vocabulary exercises that will help you with reading comprehension.

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/06/07/june-by-higginson/

#americanliterature #thomaswentworthhigginson #poem #june #summer #reading #learningenglish #englishteacher #englishvocabulary

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Cicatrix
The scar of a healed wound.

This week's poetry post on my blog coincides with Walt Whitman's birthday. 🎂 For the occasion, I've chosen his short poem 'A Noiseless Patient Spider'.

The post includes a vocabulary exercise for English language learners.

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/05/31/a-noiseless-patient-spider-whitman/

Image credit: Jan Huber via Unsplash

#poem #poetry #waltwhitman #americanliterature #learningenglish #englishvocabulary #englishteacher

Primarily designed for learners at the pre-intermediate level, my latest blog post post will teach you some basic #vocabulary on the subject of #tea. It includes a 10-question online quiz. 🫖

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/05/22/tea/

#LearningEnglish #EnglishTeacher

In this week's poetry post we’ll travel to the time of the English Renaissance, with a jolly little music piece written by Thomas Morley (1557–1602): 'Now Is the Time of Maying'.

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/05/03/morley-maying/

#EnglishRenaissance #ThomasMorley #LearningEnglish

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palliative
= 治标不治本
(of a medicine or form of medical care) relieving symptoms without dealing with the cause of the condition.

This week's #poetry post on the blog presents Rainer Maria Rilke's short poem 'In April', originally published in 1902.

Rilke takes us to a rainy April day—and a moment in which the rain subsides and the sunshine breaks through. The reader is gently enveloped in stillness, made a participant in nature’s comforting slumbering silence.

As always, there's a short vocabulary exercise for ESL learners.

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/04/26/april-rilke/

#poem #april #spring #learningenglish #englishteacher #literature #esl

#LearningEnglish

willy-nilly
= without choice

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rote
= 死记硬背

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To dissimulate is to pretend not to have what one has.
To simulate is to feign to have
what one doesn't have.
One implies a presence, the other an absence.

Hey y'all, ready for another #poem?

This week's choice is 'Spring Storm' by William Carlos Williams (1883–1963), the celebrated American modernist of the imagist school.

You can also spend a minute or two doing a vocabulary exercise I've prepared for you. 🤓 It's all in the latest blog post.

https://grammaticus.blog/2023/04/19/spring-storm-williams/

#poetry #americanliterature #williamcarloswilliams #learningenglish #englishvocabulary #englishteacher #spring

This week on the blog we're doing some #grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous!

Visit https://grammaticus.blog/2023/04/17/present-simple-vs-continuous to learn the basic differences between the two #tenses and do a 10-question online grammar quiz.

#learningenglish #englishteacher #englishgrammar