Junior skill builders : word power in 15 minutes a day.
Junior skill builders : word power in 15 minutes a day.
- 1st ed.
- New York : LearningExpress, c2009.
- vii, 248 p. ; 26 cm.
Lesson 1: why work on your vocabulary? -- Lesson 2: tools and techniques for learning new words -- Lesson 3: use a word's context to figure out its meaning -- Lesson 4: create meaning from connotations -- Lesson 5: understanding word parts -- Lesson 6: take words down to their roots -- Lesson 7: mnemonics, or, codes to help you spell words! -- Lesson 8: synonyms and antonyms: "similars" and opposites -- Lesson 9: figure out which is the right word -- Lesson 10: discover new nouns -- Lesson 11: pick the best adjectives -- Lesson 12: zip up verbs -- Lesson 13: dress up verbs with adverbs -- Lesson 14: words to describe personalities -- Lesson 15: words to describe feelings -- Lesson 16: words to describe extreme emotions -- Lesson 17: strange feelings and emotions -- Lesson 18: learn words for the sciences -- Lesson 19: you may see the doctor now -- Lesson 20: words about families -- Lesson 21: mind your manners -- Lesson 22: words from popular culture -- Lesson 23: words from the sports arena -- Lesson 24: words about politics -- Lesson 25: words about computers -- Lesson 26: words we've adopted -- Lesson 27: words that really mean something else -- Lesson 28: confused and abused words -- Lesson 29: words about words -- Lesson 30: words with extra power.
1576856747 (pbk.)
2008045364
Vocabulary--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Juvenile literature.
LB1631 / .J875 2009
428.10712 JUN
Lesson 1: why work on your vocabulary? -- Lesson 2: tools and techniques for learning new words -- Lesson 3: use a word's context to figure out its meaning -- Lesson 4: create meaning from connotations -- Lesson 5: understanding word parts -- Lesson 6: take words down to their roots -- Lesson 7: mnemonics, or, codes to help you spell words! -- Lesson 8: synonyms and antonyms: "similars" and opposites -- Lesson 9: figure out which is the right word -- Lesson 10: discover new nouns -- Lesson 11: pick the best adjectives -- Lesson 12: zip up verbs -- Lesson 13: dress up verbs with adverbs -- Lesson 14: words to describe personalities -- Lesson 15: words to describe feelings -- Lesson 16: words to describe extreme emotions -- Lesson 17: strange feelings and emotions -- Lesson 18: learn words for the sciences -- Lesson 19: you may see the doctor now -- Lesson 20: words about families -- Lesson 21: mind your manners -- Lesson 22: words from popular culture -- Lesson 23: words from the sports arena -- Lesson 24: words about politics -- Lesson 25: words about computers -- Lesson 26: words we've adopted -- Lesson 27: words that really mean something else -- Lesson 28: confused and abused words -- Lesson 29: words about words -- Lesson 30: words with extra power.
1576856747 (pbk.)
2008045364
Vocabulary--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Juvenile literature.
LB1631 / .J875 2009
428.10712 JUN