Wordskills

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

• ISBN13: 9780395979815
• ISBN10: 0395979811
• Edition: Student
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

To the Student	xiv
Special Unit Strategies for Unlocking Word Meaning
Determining a Word's Meaning from Context	1	(6)
Definition and Restatement
Example
Comparison
Contrast
Cause and Effect
Inference from General Context
Determining Meaning Through Word Analysis	7	(7)
Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots and Word Families
Unit 1
Target Words and Their Meanings	14	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	16	(3)
``The World of Mark Twain''
Howard Peet
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	19	(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding Examples
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Word's Worth: bankrupt
Related Words	23	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Prefixes un- and non-
The Suffix -ist
The Last Word	25	(1)
Unit 2
Target Words and Their Meanings	26	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	28	(3)
Excerpt from ``A Mother in Mannville''
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	31	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Word's Worth: accord
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words	34	(2)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Suffix-ity
The Last Word	35	(1)
Unit 3
Target Words and Their Meanings	36	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	38	(3)
Excerpt from ``Red Dress---1946''
Alice Munro
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	41	(2)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Word's Worth: barbarian
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Spell the Right Word
Related Words	43	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root anim
The Last Word	45	(1)
Unit 4 Review of Units 1--3
Review Word List	46	(3)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement	49	(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Matching Examples
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Word Reinforcement	53	(5)
Using Related Words
Forming Words
Reviewing Word Structures
The Prefixes un- and in- and the Suffixes-ion, -ity, and ive
Vocab Lab 1
Focus on: Literary Terms	54	(2)
Sentence Completion
Focus on: Analogies	56	(2)
Analogies
Unit 5
Target Words and Their Meanings	58	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	60	(3)
``Moving Oil and Gas''
Howard Peet
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	63	(2)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Sentence Completion
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Word's Worth: corrode
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words	65	(4)
Understanding Related Words
Matching Ideas
True-False
Analyzing Word Parts
Suffix Additions
The Latin Root jacere
The Last Word	68	(1)
Unit 6
Target Words and Their Meanings	69	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	71	(3)
``Gold Fever''
Vic Kondra
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	74	(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding the Unrelated Word
Finding Antonyms
Word's Worth: abandon
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words	78	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Matching Definitions
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root cline
The Last Word	80	(1)
Unit 7
Target Words and Their Meanings	81	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	83	(3)
``Thomas Edison: The Early Years of Genius''
Howard Peet
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	86	(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Antonyms
Word's Worth: veto
Spelling and Wordplay
Proofreading
Related Words	90	(4)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Close Relatives
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root uni
The Greek Root mono
The Last Word	93	(1)
Unit 8 Review of Units 5--7
Review Word List	94	(3)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement	97	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Antonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Fill-ins
Related Word Reinforcement	100	(6)
Using Related Words
Sentence Completion
Reviewing Word Structures
The Latin Roots ject, cline, uni, and mono
Vocab Lab 2
Focus on: Areas of Study	102	(2)
Sentence Completion
Focus on: Word Origins	104	(2)
Finding Word Origins
Special Unit Taking Standardized Vocabulary Tests
Synonyms	106	(1)
Antonyms	107	(2)
Sentence Completion	109	(2)
General Strategies	111	(1)
Unit 9
Target Words and Their Meanings	112	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	114	(2)
``Wood Rat Laughs at Rattlesnake Venom''
James Coomber
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	116	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
True-False
Word's Worth: temperament
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words	119	(4)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root pon / pos
The Last Word	122	(1)
Unit 10
Target Words and Their Meanings	123	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	125	(3)
Excerpt from The Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	128	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Matching Examples
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Word's Worth: curious
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words	131	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Close Relatives
Finding the Unrelated Word
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root fer
The Last Word	133	(1)
Unit 11
Target Words and Their Meanings	134	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	136	(2)
``La Vida Nueva'' (The New Life)
Arnold Dobrin
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	138	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Sentence Completion
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Word's Worth: aide
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words	141	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Context Definitions
Homonyms
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root spir
The Last Word	145
Unit 12 Review of Units 9--11
Review Word List	144	(5)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement	149	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Synonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Proofreading
Related Word Reinforcement	152	(6)
Using Related Words
Matching Idioms
Reviewing Word Structures
Double Word Pyramid
Vocab Lab 3
Focus on: Geography	154	(2)
True-False
Focus on: Choosing the Correct Word	156	(2)
Matching Situations
Using Synonyms Correctly
Unit 13
Target Words and Their Meanings	158	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	160	(2)
``The Cajuns''
Howard Peet
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	162	(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Matching Ideas
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Word's Worth: memento
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words	166	(2)
Understanding Related Words
Close Relatives
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root vert
The Last Word	167	(1)
Unit 14
Target Words and Their Meanings	168	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	170	(3)
``All Gold Canyon''
Jack London
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	173	(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words	176	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Matching Definitions
Questions About Words
Analyzing Word Parts
The Prefixes in-and im-
Word's Worth: chaos
The Last Word	178	(1)
Unit 15
Target Words and Their Meanings	179	(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature	181	(2)
``Everything Old Is New Again''
Hannah Tracy
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own	183	(5)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Finding the Unrelated Word
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Fill-ins
Word's Worth: trend
Related Words	188	(3)
Understanding Related Words
Finding Examples
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
Nouns Made from Verbs
The Last Word	190	(1)
Unit 16 Review of Units 13--15
Review Word List	191	(3)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement	194	(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Antonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Fill-ins
Related Word Reinforcement	198	(6)
Using Related Words
Matching Ideas
Reviewing Word Structures
The Word Parts ex-, in-, re-, mot-, or mov-, and vert-
Vocab Lab 4
Focus on: Emotions	200	(2)
Finding Examples
Focus on: Clear Communication	202	(2)
Understanding Jargon
Gobbledygook or Cliche
Translating Euphemisms
Standardized Vocabulary Test: Units 1--8	204	(5)
Synonyms
Sentence Completion
Antonyms
Analogies
Standardized Vocabulary Test: Units 9--16	209	(5)
Synonyms
Sentence Completion
Antonyms
Analogies
Spelling Handbook	214	(26)
Words with Prefixes	215	(6)
The Addition of Prefixes
The Prefix ad-
The Prefix com-
The Prefix in-
The Prefix ex-
Words with Suffixes	221	(8)
Words Ending in y
The Final Silent e
Doubling the Final Consonant
Words Ending in -ize or -ise
The Suffix -ion
Other Spelling Problems	229	(5)
Words with ie and ei
Words with the ``Seed'' sound
The Letter c
The Letter g
Spelling Review	234	(3)
Commonly Misspelled Words	237	(1)
Commonly Confused Words	238	(2)
Glossary	240	(9)
Pronunciation Key	249	(1)
Inventory Test	250	(2)
Pretest Strategies	252	(1)
Test Yourself	253	(13)
Acknowledgments	266	(1)
Personal Vocabulary Log	267