| NEWS AND NOTES Cool Tool for an (NAPSA)—Students at every grade level are using new software called the Visual Thesaurus to help them understand, read, write, speak and even think more clearly. stylish unqualified fashionable unagitated polSssuredness aplomb sang-froid unresponsive unemational —— motionalism emotionality eo o . heat F e coolhaded ~ coor: unfriendly nerveless warm | MI | cooldown % cool off 8 Qo cold oA ‘chill ily @—-O 3 low ee O——waler-cooled @ 9 S Bee taller hed temperature at alr-conditione gaitcooled Visual Thesaurus software drives vocabulary, reading comprehension and goodgrades. It has been certified as meeting standards-based requirements at national and state levels for teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, writing and pronunciation. Hundredsof school districts nationwideare usingit. The Visual Thesaurus brings the English language alive bydisplaying words; their meanings; their sounds and their connections to each other. It speaks to people who think visually and it’s a great way to see our words; what they mean, how they’re used and where they come from. Turning the clich “a picture is worth a thousand words” on its head, the Visual Thesaurus creates a matrix of type, colored dots and floating lines to display the meanings, parts of speech, synonyms and the relationships between 145,000 English words. Learn more andtryit for free at www.visualthesaurus.com/naps.
