Category: Vocabulary

This vocabulary curriculum will give middle school students the explanations and practice they need to master important word skills and helping them be successful! Includes a pretest, a post test and answer keys.

This workbook includes 4 Sections & Subsections:

• Tools for Building Vocabulary
  – Why work on your vocabulary?
  – Tools and techniques for learning new words
  – Use a word’s context to figure out its meaning
  – Create meaning from connotations
  – Understanding word parts
  – Take words down to their roots
  – Mnemonics: Codes to help you spell words
  – Synonyms and antonyms
  – Which is the right word?
• Use Different Parts of Speech to Increase Vocabulary
  – Discover new nouns
  – Pick the best adjectives
  – Zip up your verbs
  – Dress up verbs with adverbs
• Build Vocabulary in All Subject Areas
  – Words to describe personalities
  – Words to describe feelings
  – Words to describe extreme emotions
  – Strange feelings and emotions
  – Learn words for the Sciences
  – You may see the doctor now
  – Words about families
  – Mind your manners
  – Words from popular culture
  – Words from the sports arena
  – Words about politics
  – Words about computers
• Build Vocabulary in Special Ways
  – Words we’ve adopted
  – Words that really mean something else
  – Confused and abused words
  – Words about words
  – Words with extra power