Synopses & Reviews
The text is designed to help students in grades 7-10 develop a basic vocabulary necessary for the mastery of college textbooks and common reading material. It is carefully structured, and explores a variety of techniques for classroom or independent acquisition of vocabulary. Each chapter provides extensive practice with review words, new words, and advanced words. Levels I & II are organized to be used individually, sequentially or simultaneously. KEY TOPICS: interesting stories and sentences using newly- learned words in context; matching words with synonyms, antonyms, definitions and etymologies; analogies; crossword puzzles; open-ended sentences for students to complete with new vocabulary; acrostics. Appropriate as a main text for vocabulary courses or as a supplementary text for English composition and reading classes.
Synopsis
This guide was designed to help students develop the essential vocabulary they'll need to master college level textbooks and related reading materials. Spaced reviews are included as memory aids.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction.
PRETEST. 2. Word Memory.
3. Using the Context.
4. Getting the Most from Your Dictionary.
5. Suffixes.
6. Prefixes.
MIDTERM REVIEW. 7. Roots I.
8. Roots II.
9. Roots III.
10. Word Histories.
11. Thesaurus.
12. Using Words Correctly.
FINAL REVIEW.
POSTTEST.
EPILOGUE.
PROGRESS CHART. Answers.
Index.