Improving english vocabulary with these activities and lesson plans gives children a good foundation for success in other subjects.
The Teacher's Guide and Answer Key for Level B grade 8 is 56 pages. This book is designed to accompany the 116 page student book plus a 16 page Test Book. Vocabulary from Classical Roots is one of the recommended vocabulary curriculums for grades 5 to 11 in the 'The Well Trained Mind - A Guide to Classical Education'.
Offer students the opportunity to expand their vocabularies through the study of Greek and Latin roots. Students learn not just a word, but word families.
TYPES OF EXERCISES
- Synonyms, antonyms, analogies, vocabulary in context, and sentence completions
- Writing and discussion
KEY FEATURES
- Dictionary format and thematic grouping
- Key, familiar, and challenge words
- Literary, historical, and geographical references
- Integration of writing
- 16 lessons of 15 words in each lesson
- Drawing and illustrative sentences
KEY BENEFITS
- Practice for standardized tests
- Useful in teaching ESL
- Vocabulary enrichment
- Test-taking skills
TEST BOOKS AVAILABLE
The test books are an invaluable tool for assessment. Tests in the test booklets correspond to each pair of lessons.
TYPES OF TEST EXERCISES
- Multiple choice
- Analogies
- Choice of a word related to its derivation from Latin or Greek
- Sentence completions
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Norma Fifer was a high school English teacher for 30 years and college instructor for 6 years. She was head of the English department at Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough, California. She was also a teacher consultant with the Bay Area Writing Project at the University of California in Berkeley. She co-authored Poetry in Six Dimensions.
Nancy Flowers taught English to college-bound students for more than 20 years at Castilleja School in Palo Alto, California. She has served as a consultant to the Educational Testing Service and as a reader for the Advanced Placement Examinations in English. She is the author of 'Uprooted: Refugees and the United States', 'Our Human Rights: A Manual of Women's Human Rights Education', and an editor of 'Prose Style'. |
