Peer Magazine takes shape

Students are posting their articles to the freshly-inaugurated 'Peer' website. Looking pretty sweet!

SQ guest editing this year's magazine activity

Corey and Lewis from SQ are back again kindly hosting and designing for our magazine-in-a-day activity. Students hard at work journalisting in the background.

5 Uses of Infinitives

Useful to read.

5 Uses of Infinitives
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/5-uses-of-infinitives/

4 Changes to English So Subtle We Hardly Notice They're Happening

For 'subtle', read 'grammatical rather than lexical'.

4 Changes to English So Subtle We Hardly Notice They're Happening
http://mentalfloss.com/article/51362/4-changes-english-so-subtle-we-hardly-notice-theyre-happening

Grammar May Be Hidden in Toddler Babble

In this study, very young children appear to be making little proto-word noises in the right places where closed-class grammar words should be. Interesting.

Grammar May Be Hidden in Toddler Babble
http://www.livescience.com/37502-grammar-may-be-hidden-in-toddler-babble.html?cmpid=514645