Using a comic book format, the story of word origins and their relationship to contemporary and personal issues, students can gain a new understanding of the power of words and how best to use them, while expanding their vocabulary.
"I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy."
---- Bernard Williams"
"Mam says she'd like to have a nice Christmas dinner but what can you do when the Labour Exchange reduces the dole to sixteen shillings after Oliver and Eugene died? You pay the rent of six shillings, you have ten shillings left, and what use is that to four people?"
---- Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes)
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