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Spellzone April Round-up

Since many of our users have been using our e-learning resources more than usual over the last several weeks, we have been doing our best to help our community stay connected. We began this month by sharing three ways we have improved our site to help our users.    We returned to our 10 Words series this month and put communication at the heart of our list. Here are 10 ways to talk about talking.    In this post we looked at words that have evolved thanks to technology and the internet. Stay tuned for part 2.    This month we tried something new with our Word for Wednesday posts and grouped them around the same theme. The theme we chose was animal...

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Word for Wednesday: Ostrich

Our chosen theme for April's Word for Wednesday posts is animals.  The word animal has been used in English to describe sentient living creatures since the early fourteenth century, before which the word beast was more common. It comes from the Latin 'animale' meaning ‘being which breathes’, from ‘anima’ which means ‘breath’ or ‘soul’.   Last week, we explored the origins of the word rhinoceros and this week’s animal is rather different looking. Today, our chosen word is ostrich. Ostriches are the largest living birds, known for their speed, long necks, and two-toed feet. Today, wild ostriches...

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