Wordskills

, by Coomber, James E.; Peet, Howard D.

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Supplemental Materials

To the Student

xiv

Special Unit Strategies for Unlocking Word Meaning

Determining a Word's Meaning from Context

(5)

Definition and Restatement

Example

Comparison

Contrast

Cause and Effect

Inference from General Context

Determining Meaning Through Word Analysis

(7)

Prefixes

Suffixes

Roots and Word Families

Unit 1

Target Words and Their Meanings

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

(3)

Excerpt from ``The Open Boat''

Stephen Crane

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Understanding Multiple Meanings

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Synonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Matching Ideas

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Prefixes ac- and as-

The Latin Root bene

Word's Worth: shroud

The Last Word

(1)

Unit 2

Target Words and Their Meanings

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

(3)

Excerpt from Silent Spring, ``The Obligation to Endure''

Rachel Carson

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

(2)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Finding the Unrelated Word

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Word Maze

Related Words

(4)

Understanding Related Words

Finding Examples

Words in Action

Word's Worth: sinister

Analyzing Word Parts

The Prefix inter-

The Latin Root magni

The Last Word

(1)

Unit 3

Target Words and Their Meanings

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

(2)

Excerpt from The Chicanos: A History of Mexican Americans

Matt S. Meler

Feliciano Rivera

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Finding Examples

Words on a Continuum

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Synonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

(4)

Understanding Related Words

Sentence Completion

Matching Definitions

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root med

The Latin Root spir

Word's Worth: mundane

The Last Word

(1)

Unit 4

Review of Units 1-3

Review Word List

(3)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Using Review Words in Context

Review Word Reinforcement

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Finding the Unrelated Word

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Synonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Word Pyramid

Related Word Reinforcement

(6)

Using Related Words

Sentence Completion

Reviewing Word Structures

Word Parts

Vocab Lab 1

Focus on: The Environment

(2)

Sentence Completion

Focus on: Analogies

(2)

Analogies

Unit 5

Target Words and Their Meanings

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

(2)

Excerpt from Physics of the Earth, ``The Earth's Origin''

T.F. Gaskell

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

True-False

Finding Examples

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Synonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Sentence Completion

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root ject-

The Latin Root pon/pos

Word's Worth: augment

The Last Word

(1)

Unit 6

Target Words and Their Meanings

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

(2)

Excerpt from Ship of Fools

Katherine Anne Porter

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Understanding Multiple Meanings

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Synonyms

Analogies

Spelling and Wordplay

Word Maze

Related Words

(4)

Understanding Related Words

Finding Examples

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root civ

The Prefix poly-

Word's Worth: seamy

The Last Word

(1)

Unit 7

Target Words and Their Meanings

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

(2)

Excerpt from Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

(2)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Matching Sayings and Target Words

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Sentence Completion

Analyzing Word Parts

The Prefix cata-

Word's Worth: ardor

The Last Word

(1)

Unit 8

Review of Units 5-7

Review Word List

(3)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Using Review Words in Context

Review Word Reinforcement

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Words and Personalities

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Analogies

Synonyms

Antonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Proofreading

Related Word Reinforcement

(6)

Using Related Words

Sentence Completion

Reviewing Word Structures

Forming Words

Vocab Lab 2

Focus on: Foreign Words and Phrases

(2)

Matching

Focus on: Mnemonics

(2)

Creating Mnemonic Devices

Special Unit Taking Standardized Vocabulary Tests

Antonyms

100

(1)

Analogies

101

(2)

Sentence Completion

103

(2)

General Strategies

105

(1)

Unit 9

Target Words and Their Meanings

106

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

108

(3)

Excerpt from Her Mother's Daughter

Marilyn French

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

111

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

True-False

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Analogies

Synonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Word Maze

Related Words

114

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Sentence Completion

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root vita

The Latin Root path

Word's Worth: ruminate

The Last Word

116

(1)

Unit 10

Target Words and Their Meanings

117

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

119

(2)

Excerpt from Moby Dick, ``Ahab''

Herman Melville

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

121

(4)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Understanding Multiple Meanings

Finding Examples

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Analogies

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

125

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Sentence Completion

Analyzing Word Parts

The Prefix trans-

The Latin Roots cur, duct, scribe, turb and voc

Word's Worth: melancholy

The Last Word

127

(1)

Unit 11

Target Words and Their Meanings

128

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

130

(2)

Excerpt from The Female Eunuch

Germaine Greer

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

132

(2)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

True-False

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Word Maze

Related Words

134

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Matching

Word's Worth: duplicity

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root press

The Last Word

136

(1)

Unit 12

Review of Units 9-11

Review Word List

137

(3)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Using Review Words in Context

Review Word Reinforcement

140

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Finding Examples

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Synonyms

Analogies

Spelling and Wordplay

Proofreading

Related Word Reinforcement

143

(7)

Using Related Words

Sentence Completion

Reviewing Word Structures

Prefixes and Roots

Vocab Lab 3

Focus On: Economics

146

(2)

Finding Examples

Focus on: Semantic Change

148

(2)

Semantic Sleuthing

Unit 13

Target Words and Their Meanings

150

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

152

(3)

Excerpt from ``Gauss''

Ian Stewart

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

155

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Matching Ideas

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Synonyms

Analogies

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

158

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Finding Examples

Sentence Completion

Word's Worth: austere

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root scrib

The Last Word

160

(1)

Unit 14

Target Words and Their Meanings

161

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

163

(3)

Excerpt from Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

166

(2)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Finding the Unrelated Word

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Spelling and Wordplay

Word Maze

Related Words

168

(3)

Understanding Related Words

True-False

Finding Examples

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Root sol

Word's Worth: capital

The Last Word

170

(1)

Unit 15

Target Words and Their Meanings

171

(2)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Target Words in Reading and Literature

173

(3)

Excerpt from ``Stallone's Rocky''

Pauline Kael

Refining Your Understanding

Ways to Make New Words Your Own

176

(3)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Finding the Unrelated Word

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Analogies

Word's Worth: cliche

Spelling and Wordplay

Crossword Puzzle

Related Words

179

(3)

Understanding Related Words

Sentence Completion

True-False

Analyzing Word Parts

The Latin Prefixes en-/em- and re-

The Last Word

181

(1)

Unit 16

Review of Units 13-15

Review Word List

182

(3)

Inferring Meaning from Context

Using Review Words in Context

Review Word Reinforcement

185

(4)

Using Language and Thinking Skills

Understanding Multiple Meanings

Practicing for Standardized Tests

Antonyms

Synonyms

Analogies

Spelling and Wordplay

Middle Message

Related Word Reinforcement

189

(5)

Using Related Words

Sentence Completion

Reviewing Word Structures

Latin Roots and Prefixes

Vocab Lab 4

Focus on: The Law

190

(2)

Sentence Completion

Focus on: American and British English

192

(2)

Household Words

Getting the Story

Standardized Vocabulary Test: Units 1-8

194

(4)

Antonyms

Analogies

Sentence Completion

Standardized Vocabulary Test: Units 9-16

198

(4)

Antonyms

Analogies

Sentence Completion

Spelling Handbook

202

(23)

Words with Prefixes

203

(4)

The Addition of Prefixes

The Prefix ad-

The Prefix com-

The Prefix in-

The Prefix ex-

Words with Suffixes

207

(8)

Words Ending in y

The Final Silent e

Doubling the Final Consonant

Words Ending in -ize or -ise

The Suffix -ion

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