They then find and parse "double duty" words in New York Times articles.
Forgiveness is a heavy-duty word.
For full credit or an extra point, have students prove the word they identified is a double-duty word not only by accurately identifying The Times's usage but also by coming up with a sentence using the word in the other part of speech.
Some programs designed for heavy-duty word processing, like Microsoft Word and Adobe FrameMaker, have built-in features that enable you to create an embedded index of keywords as you work, and can automatically adjust the page numbers for each entry as you edit, delete or add to material in the manuscript.
Yes, the iPad can view and organize photos, watch movies, handle light-duty word processing and spreadsheets, browse the Web and read electronic books.
To expand even further, you could change the rules to accept double-duty words that have a change of pronunciation.
Word hunt game — Give students copies of a Times article and ask them to find double-duty words and identify their function in each sentence.
Other double-duty words in this article are stream, opt, decline, drop out, benefit, splitting, note, remains, experiences, shop, supplies and films.
For Washington, as for almost everyone who has wrestled with the story of the end of slavery, the idea of freedom did double historical duty: the word was simultaneously slavery's antonym and one of the keywords of the nation's history, embedded in its Bill of Rights.
And those of us in the Fourth Estate have a duty to spread word of his ridiculous charges.
"Duty" was a word Fong heard everywhere on his travels, including in Toronto, where almost half of those diagnosed with Sars were healthcare workers.
