Words, Words, Words
Ready-to-Use Games and Activities for Vocabulary Building, Grades 7-12
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-7879-7116-8 (ISBN)
Description
Words, Words, Words offers teachers a handy and much-needed resource filled with creative and engaging games and activities that will help students in grades 7-12 improve their vocabulary. The book features proven, practical, and accessible methods to encourage your students to increase their vocabularies and have fun while they are doing it. Words, Words, Words is divided into thirty thematic units each containing fifteen interrelated words. Each unit contains four different ready-to-use activities for each group of words. The book is designed to help students understand each word's meaning, associations, similarities, and differences and includes dynamic classroom-tested activities such as
Crossword puzzles
Matching columns
Magic squares
Jumbles
Word finds
Close reading
Multiple choice questions
Concealed quotations
Riddles
Crossword puzzles
Matching columns
Magic squares
Jumbles
Word finds
Close reading
Multiple choice questions
Concealed quotations
Riddles
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
852 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-7116-8 (9780787971168)
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Person
Jack Umstatter, a master English teacher with more than 30 years' experience, is a multiple winner of the Teacher of the Year award. He currently teaches English and co-chairs the English department in the Cold Spring Harbor District in Long Island, New York. He is the author of numerous books including Hooked on English!, English Brainstormers!, Brain Games, and Grammar Grabbers from Jossey-Bass.
Content
About the Author x
About This Resource xi
Unit 1 Places
Word List 2
1-1. A Large City, a Dock, and More 4
1-2. The Letters C and R Stand for Themselves 5
1-3. Find the Three Words 6
1-4. A Colorful Matching Column 7
Unit 2 Beg, Borrow, and Steal
Word List 10
2-1. Start with a Capital 12
2-2. Patriotism Is In! 13
2-3. Sliding Along 14
2-4. No Need to Beg, Borrow, or Steal 15
Unit 3 What's That You Say?
Word List 18
3-1. Relating Them 20
3-2. Ego Man 21
3-3. Who Is Theodore Geisel? 22
3-4. Three-Letter Adjectives 23
3-5. Units 1-3 Crossword Puzzle Review 24
Review Test Units 1-3 25
Unit 4 Clean Your Room!
Word List 28
4-1. Find the Proverb 30
4-2. There Once Was a Man . . . 31
4-3. Look for Those Second Letters 32
4-4. Two Words and Two Girls 33
Unit 5 How We Act
Word List 36
5-1. Clumps of Letters 38
5-2. Why Start with Something Crude? 39
5-3. What Is an Amazon? 40
5-4. Music to Your Ears 41
Unit 6 Words from Mythology
Word List 44
6-1. A Monstrous Affair to Say the Least 46
6-2. Headlines! 47
6-3. Five Will Get You Forty 48
6-4. Start with Zeus 49
Review Test Units 4-6 51
Unit 7 The Big and Small of It All
Word List 54
7-1. Fifteen and Five 56
7-2. Floating Like a Butterfly 57
7-3. Spinning Around 58
7-4. Change a Letter (or Two) 59
Unit 8 Tell It Like It Is
Word List 62
8-1. It's What They Said 65
8-2. You Only Hear Its First Letter 66
8-3. O! Those Prefixes Ending with O! 67
8-4. Under the Sea 68
Unit 9 The Sciences (Naturally!)
Word List 70
9-1. Searching for Those Science Words 72
9-2. Let's Start with "No" for Some of These 73
9-3. Finding the Three-Letter Words 74
9-4. Figuring Out the Science Words 75
Review Test Units 7-9 77
Unit 10 Mathematically Inclined
Word List 80
10-1. Just Do the Math 82
10-2. Overheard in Math Class 83
10-3. What Is It Called? 84
10-4. Famous Names in Mathematics 85
Unit 11 How We Move
Word List 88
11-1. Just Move It! 91
11-2. How Would You Move If . . .? 92
11-3. Newspaper Captions 93
11-4. Don't Be Staggering Through This Puzzle! 94
Unit 12 Write On!
Word List 96
12-1. I'd Like to Read 98
12-2. Legends Amongst Us 99
12-3. Literary Crossword 100
12-4. Really Researching 101
Review Test Units 10-12 103
Unit 13 Popular SAT Words
Word List 106
13-1. Let's Go Fishing 108
13-2. The Fourth-of-July Special 109
13-3. To the Nth Degree 110
13-4. By a Nose 111
Unit 14 What We'd Like Said About Us
Word List 114
14-1. End with James Bond 116
14-2. Don't Tell This to Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan! 117
14-3. Illustrative Examples 118
14-4. And Now for the One Noun Form 119
Unit 15 To a Degree
Word List 122
15-1. Placing Them In 124
15-2. Where Did the Word Number Go? 125
15-3. Triple the Number 126
15-4. Hey! Some Letters Are Missing! 127
Review Test Units 13-15 129
Unit 16 All Types of People
Word List 132
16-1. Who Said It? 134
16-2. All Sorts of People 135
16-3. Politically Speaking 136
16-4. Have You Seen the . . .? 137
Unit 17 An Interesting Combination of Words
Word List 140
17-1. Coming or Going There Late 142
17-2. People Will Not Be Mad at Us This Time 143
17-3. Who Said What? 144
17-4. All Fifteen 145
Unit 18 All in the Family
Word List 148
18-1. It's a Family Affair 150
18-2. Double-Letter Words 151
18-3. No Feuding Within the Family Here 152
18-4. Headlines 153
Review Test Units 16-18 155
Unit 19 Skilled-Or Not So Skilled
Word List 158
19-1. Be an Exemplary Student 160
19-2. Positive and Negative Words 161
19-3. Which Does Not Belong-And Why? 162
19-4. Inventors and Inventions 163
Unit 20 Here, There, and Everywhere
Word List 166
20-1. Your Mother Is What Kind of an Engineer? 168
20-2. Adverbs Galore! 169
20-3. Making Your Way Around Analogies 170
20-4. How Simple! 171
Unit 21 Smart-Or Not So Smart
Word List 174
21-1. Do You Have the Smarts? 176
21-2. Do You Have the Skill? 177
21-3. Expanding Your Vocabulary 178
21-4. World Capitals 179
Review Test Units 19-21 181
Unit 22 A Bit Different
Word List 184
22-1. A Traitor, a Criminal, and the Rest 186
22-2. Finding the Countries 187
22-3. People and What They Said 188
22-4. Where Did the Word Maestro Come From? 189
Unit 23 How (or Not How) to Say It
Word List 192
23-1. It's Not That Greek to You! 195
23-2. U-R That Clever! 196
23-3. This Is So Easy! 197
23-4. A Very Silly Poem 198
Unit 24 Gone!
Word List 200
24-1. Two at a Time 202
24-2. Water,Water Everywhere 203
24-3. "-Ury" Is In 204
24-4. Count on It to Be One of the First 205
Review Test Units 22-24 207
Unit 25 Age
Word List 210
25-1. The Last Letters 212
25-2. Starting Fresh 213
25-3. One Hundred Years and Counting 214
25-4. Ponce de Leon's Search 215
Unit 26 Who Wants to Be Called That?
Word List 218
26-1. All Types of Behaviors and Moods 220
26-2. Identifying the Person 221
26-3. Obstinate Is the Way to Go Here 222
26-4. Care to Do This Over Breakfast? 223
Unit 27 How Much-Or How Little
Word List 226
27-1. We Want No Dearth of Correct Answers Here! 228
27-2. What Have You Wrought? 229
27-3. Large or Small or Just Enough? 230
27-4. Sounds Like . . . 231
Review Test Units 25-27 233
Unit 28 Social Studies Class
Word List 236
28-1. Take One, Then Two, and Then #15 Does It Alone 238
28-2. Let's Call It a Tie-At Least in Points 239
28-3. Words Within Words 240
28-4. Do You Know Your U.S. Presidents? 241
Unit 29 Science Class
Word List 244
29-1. Making Sense Out of Science 246
29-2. Science Words 247
29-3. The Dictionary to the Rescue? 248
29-4. The Parade of Scientists 249
Unit 30 All About the Senses
Word List 252
30-1. A Crossword for the Senses 254
30-2. The Final Letters 255
30-3. Just Add Some Sweeteners 256
30-4. Sensing Your Capability 257
Review Test Units 28-30 259
List of Words by Unit 261
Words Included in This Book 269
Answer Key 273
About This Resource xi
Unit 1 Places
Word List 2
1-1. A Large City, a Dock, and More 4
1-2. The Letters C and R Stand for Themselves 5
1-3. Find the Three Words 6
1-4. A Colorful Matching Column 7
Unit 2 Beg, Borrow, and Steal
Word List 10
2-1. Start with a Capital 12
2-2. Patriotism Is In! 13
2-3. Sliding Along 14
2-4. No Need to Beg, Borrow, or Steal 15
Unit 3 What's That You Say?
Word List 18
3-1. Relating Them 20
3-2. Ego Man 21
3-3. Who Is Theodore Geisel? 22
3-4. Three-Letter Adjectives 23
3-5. Units 1-3 Crossword Puzzle Review 24
Review Test Units 1-3 25
Unit 4 Clean Your Room!
Word List 28
4-1. Find the Proverb 30
4-2. There Once Was a Man . . . 31
4-3. Look for Those Second Letters 32
4-4. Two Words and Two Girls 33
Unit 5 How We Act
Word List 36
5-1. Clumps of Letters 38
5-2. Why Start with Something Crude? 39
5-3. What Is an Amazon? 40
5-4. Music to Your Ears 41
Unit 6 Words from Mythology
Word List 44
6-1. A Monstrous Affair to Say the Least 46
6-2. Headlines! 47
6-3. Five Will Get You Forty 48
6-4. Start with Zeus 49
Review Test Units 4-6 51
Unit 7 The Big and Small of It All
Word List 54
7-1. Fifteen and Five 56
7-2. Floating Like a Butterfly 57
7-3. Spinning Around 58
7-4. Change a Letter (or Two) 59
Unit 8 Tell It Like It Is
Word List 62
8-1. It's What They Said 65
8-2. You Only Hear Its First Letter 66
8-3. O! Those Prefixes Ending with O! 67
8-4. Under the Sea 68
Unit 9 The Sciences (Naturally!)
Word List 70
9-1. Searching for Those Science Words 72
9-2. Let's Start with "No" for Some of These 73
9-3. Finding the Three-Letter Words 74
9-4. Figuring Out the Science Words 75
Review Test Units 7-9 77
Unit 10 Mathematically Inclined
Word List 80
10-1. Just Do the Math 82
10-2. Overheard in Math Class 83
10-3. What Is It Called? 84
10-4. Famous Names in Mathematics 85
Unit 11 How We Move
Word List 88
11-1. Just Move It! 91
11-2. How Would You Move If . . .? 92
11-3. Newspaper Captions 93
11-4. Don't Be Staggering Through This Puzzle! 94
Unit 12 Write On!
Word List 96
12-1. I'd Like to Read 98
12-2. Legends Amongst Us 99
12-3. Literary Crossword 100
12-4. Really Researching 101
Review Test Units 10-12 103
Unit 13 Popular SAT Words
Word List 106
13-1. Let's Go Fishing 108
13-2. The Fourth-of-July Special 109
13-3. To the Nth Degree 110
13-4. By a Nose 111
Unit 14 What We'd Like Said About Us
Word List 114
14-1. End with James Bond 116
14-2. Don't Tell This to Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan! 117
14-3. Illustrative Examples 118
14-4. And Now for the One Noun Form 119
Unit 15 To a Degree
Word List 122
15-1. Placing Them In 124
15-2. Where Did the Word Number Go? 125
15-3. Triple the Number 126
15-4. Hey! Some Letters Are Missing! 127
Review Test Units 13-15 129
Unit 16 All Types of People
Word List 132
16-1. Who Said It? 134
16-2. All Sorts of People 135
16-3. Politically Speaking 136
16-4. Have You Seen the . . .? 137
Unit 17 An Interesting Combination of Words
Word List 140
17-1. Coming or Going There Late 142
17-2. People Will Not Be Mad at Us This Time 143
17-3. Who Said What? 144
17-4. All Fifteen 145
Unit 18 All in the Family
Word List 148
18-1. It's a Family Affair 150
18-2. Double-Letter Words 151
18-3. No Feuding Within the Family Here 152
18-4. Headlines 153
Review Test Units 16-18 155
Unit 19 Skilled-Or Not So Skilled
Word List 158
19-1. Be an Exemplary Student 160
19-2. Positive and Negative Words 161
19-3. Which Does Not Belong-And Why? 162
19-4. Inventors and Inventions 163
Unit 20 Here, There, and Everywhere
Word List 166
20-1. Your Mother Is What Kind of an Engineer? 168
20-2. Adverbs Galore! 169
20-3. Making Your Way Around Analogies 170
20-4. How Simple! 171
Unit 21 Smart-Or Not So Smart
Word List 174
21-1. Do You Have the Smarts? 176
21-2. Do You Have the Skill? 177
21-3. Expanding Your Vocabulary 178
21-4. World Capitals 179
Review Test Units 19-21 181
Unit 22 A Bit Different
Word List 184
22-1. A Traitor, a Criminal, and the Rest 186
22-2. Finding the Countries 187
22-3. People and What They Said 188
22-4. Where Did the Word Maestro Come From? 189
Unit 23 How (or Not How) to Say It
Word List 192
23-1. It's Not That Greek to You! 195
23-2. U-R That Clever! 196
23-3. This Is So Easy! 197
23-4. A Very Silly Poem 198
Unit 24 Gone!
Word List 200
24-1. Two at a Time 202
24-2. Water,Water Everywhere 203
24-3. "-Ury" Is In 204
24-4. Count on It to Be One of the First 205
Review Test Units 22-24 207
Unit 25 Age
Word List 210
25-1. The Last Letters 212
25-2. Starting Fresh 213
25-3. One Hundred Years and Counting 214
25-4. Ponce de Leon's Search 215
Unit 26 Who Wants to Be Called That?
Word List 218
26-1. All Types of Behaviors and Moods 220
26-2. Identifying the Person 221
26-3. Obstinate Is the Way to Go Here 222
26-4. Care to Do This Over Breakfast? 223
Unit 27 How Much-Or How Little
Word List 226
27-1. We Want No Dearth of Correct Answers Here! 228
27-2. What Have You Wrought? 229
27-3. Large or Small or Just Enough? 230
27-4. Sounds Like . . . 231
Review Test Units 25-27 233
Unit 28 Social Studies Class
Word List 236
28-1. Take One, Then Two, and Then #15 Does It Alone 238
28-2. Let's Call It a Tie-At Least in Points 239
28-3. Words Within Words 240
28-4. Do You Know Your U.S. Presidents? 241
Unit 29 Science Class
Word List 244
29-1. Making Sense Out of Science 246
29-2. Science Words 247
29-3. The Dictionary to the Rescue? 248
29-4. The Parade of Scientists 249
Unit 30 All About the Senses
Word List 252
30-1. A Crossword for the Senses 254
30-2. The Final Letters 255
30-3. Just Add Some Sweeteners 256
30-4. Sensing Your Capability 257
Review Test Units 28-30 259
List of Words by Unit 261
Words Included in This Book 269
Answer Key 273