Author : Marvin Terban
Publisher : Scholastic
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780439285629
Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, and how to use context clues to figure out meanings of words.
Author : Book Builders
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2004-08-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0471680036
Become a wordsmith in no time with this fun and easy guide! Your vocabulary is key to your success in school. From assigned essays to standardized tests, words help you share your thoughts and ideas clearly and correctly. How to Build a Super Vocabulary gives you the power to understand and use new words. You'll explore how words are put together, where they come from, basic spelling rules, and ways to avoid common blunders. Plus, you'll get to know 600 words that are often found on standardized tests. Filled with easy-to-follow advice, this hands-on guide includes 7 Keys to Success that will help you discover the meanings of unfamiliar words and put new words to good use in your speaking and writing: * Know the History of Language * Find the Roots * Use Context Clues * Use Your Tools * Tackle the Tough Ones * Build Your Vocabulary * Use the Best Words So get ready to expand your vocabulary-and develop savvy skills you'll use for the rest of your life!
Author : John Flower
Publisher : National Geographic Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 1995
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781899396054
START BUILDING YOUR VOCABULARY is part of a series of four graded books designed to increase students' vocabulary from elementary to the high-intermediate level. Over 1,000 words and phrases are taught to make vocabulary learning more systematic and fun.
Author : Adam Robinson
Publisher : The Princeton Review
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780375762185
A revised edition of the phenomenally successful vocabulary-building guide. Originally designed to help students prepare for the SAT, this user-friendly guide has major crossover appeal for adults looking to improve specific skills.
Author : Random House
Publisher : RANDOM HOUSE
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Vocabulary
ISBN : 9780375722745
Build Your Power Vocabulary will help students, writers, professionals, and anyone else improve their vocabulary. It provides all the necessary tools to expand your knowledge of the English language and speak and write with an enhanced vocabulary. Build Your Power Vocabulary has been updated to include all vocabulary, slang and jargon relevant for 2008. Key Features: · Word roots, the history of interesting words, and up-to-date vocabulary · A thorough pronunciation guide with an extensive list of words that are often mispronounced · Sections on spelling and on the differences between American and British English · Information on how to use prefixes and suffixes to dramatically increase your vocabulary · An invaluable glossary of usage to ensure that you choose the right words and put them in their proper places · Vocabulary tests and exercises, as well as word puzzles
Author : Edward J. Kame'enui
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1462504000
This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading. New to This Edition*Reflects the latest research and instructional practices.*New section (five chapters) on pressing current issues in the field: assessment, authentic reading experiences, English language learners, uses of multimedia tools, and the vocabularies of narrative and informational texts.*Contributor panel expanded with additional leading researchers.
Author : Maxwell Nurnberg
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 1989-08-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780446315067
This is the entrancingly entertaining yet amazingly effective guide that shows you how to know the meaning of words that you have never seen or heard before, learn the history of words so that they come alive for you, master an invaluable and permanent technique of word-viewing within 30 days. This is the one book that makes you love to learn.
Author : Peter Howard
Publisher : Pascal Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781741251630
The Building Your Vocabulary Skills series is a three book set of wor kbooks to help children increase their vocabulary and become more confid ent in using new words correctly. Each book is divided into single-page activities with each page using a different strategy or theme to help yo ur child learn new words. This is the first of three books in the series and contains: over 60 pages of vocabulary exercises to help your child learn new words easy-to-follow tasks a wide range of activities covering different skills practis e in matching words to definitions, finding synonyms and antonyms and so rting words into groups a lift-out answer section This series of books are designed to help your child at home, which wil l in turn improve their confidence in reading, writing, spelling and com prehension exercises at school. It would be useful for children to have a quality dictionary at hand when doing these exercises. This can avoid guesswork if they are unsure of an answer. Theoretically, then, there wi ll be no errors for parents to correct, yet children will have still hav e added new words to their vocabularies.
Author : Peter Howard
Publisher : Pascal Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 38,20 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781741251647
In this third book in the series, Building Your Vocabulary Skills Yea rs 5-6, subjects such as place names, geography, weather, occupati ons, useful verbs and adjectives are covered. In the activities, children can practise a range of vocabulary skills, such as: matching words to definitions recognising synonyms and antony ms understanding idioms (non-literal sayings) expandin g their knowledge of verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech recognising homophones (words that sound the same but are spelt differ ently) As with all books in the Excel Basic Skill s series, the Building Your Vocabulary Skills books are designed to help your child at home, which will in turn improve their confidence in read ing, writing, spelling and comprehension exercises at school.
Author : Caroline Taggart
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1789291836
Test your word power with this themed collection of multiple-choice vocabulary challenges.
