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by Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed. 

13 Best TED Talks For High School Students

October 4, 2017 in Pedagogy

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Go Ahead, Make Up New Words by Erin McKean

Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words!

In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages – nay, cheerleads – her audience to create new words when the existing ones won't quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to “verbing,” in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to understand one another.

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Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

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I am a secondary English Language Arts teacher, a University of Oklahoma student working on my doctorate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with an concentration in English Education and co-Editor of the Oklahoma English Journal. I am constantly seeking ways to amplify students' voices and choices.

  2. I am overwhelmed at your support! Truly grateful Michelle. This is wonderful.

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