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Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT Book 2
This resource includes 20 lists with definitions and exercises. Exercises include fill-in-the-blank sentences with a word bank, choosing the best synonym/idiom/phrase with a word bank, choosing the best word to fill in a story (with a word bank), unscrambling list words, writing out definitions, and completing a sentence to show you know the list words (no word bank for this one!) There is a review every 4 lists. All answers are found in the back of the book. Reproducible for one classroom/household. ~Sara
This 192-page book increases vocabulary, stimulates imagination, and boosts standards-based language arts skills. Each of the lessons teaches PSAT and/or SAT vocabulary words, which are made up of dynamic, real-life words students may encounter while reading or use in their writing.
Each lesson contains definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, and alternate choices for each word made up of synonyms, idioms, and/or phrases. There are several activities, including a story involving students in a classroom setting.
Students complete a variety of exercises requiring critical reading and writing skills to contextualize the words. The exercises deliberately use other forms of the words as different parts of speech, so that students learn to recognize these forms as variations of the original words" further expanding their vocabulary and enabling them to use the words in more contexts. The correct spelling of vocabulary words are emphasized with the jumble activity that asks students to unscramble the word before writing the correct spelling.
Whether used in the traditional classroom, as a homeschooling resource, or for independent study,Vocabulary Virtuosois a highly effective and fun vocabulary resource!
PSAT-SAT Book 2 " 180 Vocabulary Words and These Concepts:
ancient Greek history, ancient Greek drama, Commedia dell' Arte, mythological allusions in Shakespeare, Shakespeare's London, Renaissance artists, epistolary writing, historical fiction, U.S. musical history, types of literary conflict
Vocabulary is something many students glean from literature and their various subjects, but once a child really gets writing, a parent/teacher may notice words being repeated or bland variety. This is a time to supplement your language arts to help grow a child's vocabulary. These supplemental workbooks from The Critical Thinking Co. each have 15 lessons. Elementary has 10 words per lesson, while the Middle School version has 12. This may not seem like a lot, but the goal here is retention and application. You don't want so many words that kids quickly forget half of them. Each lesson has the same format, starting with a word list showing the part of speech, pronunciation, another word in the same family (abolish/abolition), a simple definition and several synonyms. You could go a step further and have a student make an index card for each word. The first exercise has sentences where you choose the correct word of 3 to fill in the blank. The next has a word bank/box at the top of the page and you choose words to fill the blanks in several sentences. Then comes a story with blanks and a word bank at the top. The next exercise gets tricky with a word scramble to match a word in a sentence. There are still 2 more exercises for that same word list: a matching the word/idiom/phrase with the vocabulary words and finally one where the student is completely writing a definition from memory. This last exercise could be used as a quiz if you desire. All answers are in the back. 172 perforated pages, SC. ~ Ruth
Product Format: | Paperback |
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Brand: | Critical Thinking Company |
Grades: | 8-12 |
ISBN: | 9781601449474 |
Length in Inches: | 11 |
Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
Weight in Pounds: | 1.4 |