Language Literacy Lessons : Words and Vocabulary, Intermediate

by Forte, Imogene

• ISBN13: 9780865305724
• ISBN10: 0865305722
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Incentive Publications

Table of Contents

How to Use this Book	7	(1)
Skills Checklist	8	(1)
Standards Matrix	9	(2)
Word Recognition and Usage Skills	11	(36)
Dictionary Town (using phonetic symbols)	12	(1)
Some Things are Hard to Find Uses For (recognizing and using sight words)	13	(1)
Vocabulary Check-Up (using sight vocabulary)	14	(2)
Classification Check (defining words by classification or function)	16	(1)
Sign Language (using picture clues)	17	(1)
Turn-Around Answers (using context clues)	18	(1)
A Scary Story (using context clues)	19	(1)
Game Players (defining words by classification or function)	20	(1)
Scrambled Eggs (defining words by classification or function)	21	(1)
Rain, Rain Go Away (defining words by classification or function)	22	(1)
An Old Lady's Tale (defining words by classification or function)	23	(1)
Ship Shop (defining words by classification or function)	24	(1)
A Very Precise Listing (using precise words)	25	(1)
Hip, Hip, Hooray! It's a Parade! (using precise words)	26	(1)
Punnily Speaking (understanding multiple meanings of a given word)	27	(1)
Ship Ahoy (understanding multiple meanings of a given word)	28	(1)
Words Overboard! (recognizing and using synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms)	29	(1)
Test Your Word Knowledge (recognizing and using synonyms for familiar words)	30	(1)
Antonyms in Abundance (recognizing and using antonyms)	31	(1)
Homophone Hotline (recognizing and using homophones)	32	(1)
A Compound Trail (recognizing and using compound words)	33	(1)
Compound Countdown (recognizing and using compound words)	34	(1)
The Incredible Math Machine (recognizing and using content words)	35	(1)
From A to Z, Where Can It Be? (recognizing and using content words)	36	(1)
How's Your Word Knowledge? (interpreting and conveying meaning of a variety of familiar words)	37	(1)
A Red-Letter Day (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	38	(1)
Goodies To Go (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	39	(1)
Hospital Line-Up (making word associations)	40	(1)
Paskaghetti Petrone Pizzazz (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	41	(1)
Skimming the News (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	42	(1)
Words on the Line (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	43	(1)
Collectors Only (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	44	(1)
Word-Maker, Word-Maker!! (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	45	(1)
Pictures and Proverbs (demonstrating extending vocabulary)	46	(1)
Word Comprehension and Sensitivity Skills	47	(26)
Spin a Tale (demonstrating word sensitivity)	48	(1)
Some Good Advice (demonstrating word sensitivity)	49	(1)
Dear Dad (demonstrating word sensitivity)	50	(1)
On Stage (forming sensory impressions)	51	(1)
Tell It Like It Is (interpreting figurative and idiomatic expressions)	52	(1)
Sensational Sentences (interpreting and conveying sensations and moods)	53	(1)
A Word on Moods (interpreting and conveying sensations and moods)	54	(1)
Colorful Characters (interpreting and conveying sensations and moods)	55	(1)
Character Connections (interpreting and conveying sensations and moods)	56	(1)
Werner and Victor (recognizing word relationships)	57	(1)
An Evil Ogre (recognizing word relationships)	58	(1)
Tool Box (recognizing word relationships)	59	(1)
An Imaginative Scene (recognizing and using descriptive words)	60	(1)
The Face Makes the Difference (recognizing and using descriptive words)	61	(1)
Children of the Week (recognizing and using descriptive words)	62	(1)
Midnight Madness (recognizing and using descriptive words)	63	(1)
Menu Magic (recognizing and using descriptive words)	64	(1)
Product Pizzazz (recognizing and using descriptive words and phrases)	65	(1)
An Exact Explanation (recognizing and using descriptive words and phrases)	66	(1)
Explain It (recognizing and using descriptive words and phrases)	67	(1)
Camping Out (recognizing and using more colorful words and phrases)	68	(1)
Another Word for It (demonstrating word appreciation)	69	(1)
Lucky Unlucky Thirteen (demonstrating word appreciation)	70	(1)
The Elixir of Invisibility (reading to find details)	71	(1)
Most Important Memos (summarizing)	72	(1)
Appendix	73	(3)
Laws of the Library (demonstrating word appreciation)	74	(1)
Character Selection (demonstrating word appreciation)	75	(1)
Answer Key	76