A teacher presents strategies for helping students in grades 4-12 retain vocabulary knowledge, discussing such topics as concept knowledge, word and structural analysis, context as a text support, lasting and meaningful word learning, and using reading as the key vocabulary teaching tool.
His advice is a stress relief tool and a reminder to remain vigilant when writing something you want someone else to read. Edwards also shares a personal story of when a writer he considered a mentor sat him down and said, “All right, ...
Words, Words, Words: An English Vocabulary Builder and Anthology
First published in 1933 (this edition in 1939), this book sees Partridge introducing the reader to the eccentric lexicographers Wesley and Captain Grose.
More than a record of dramatic incidents and daring personalities, this book adds significantly to our understanding of how the United States fought World War II. It demonstrates that the extent, and limitations, of secret intelligence ...
In this book, I want to share with you the correct way to harness the power of your words, so instead of holding you back, they propel you towards the life that you desire. The life that you were destined to live.
It's every young writer's handbook -- for writing poetry or narrative, for school assignments or for pleasure Words and More Words contains more than 500 families of rhyming words (over 7,000 words), a section on words and their origins, ...
Words, Words, Words
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Words, Words, Words: A Reference Book for Beginning Writers
Boost students’ vocabularies, bring new words to life, and prepare kids for standardized tests with these instant, high-interest writing prompts— one for each day of the school year!