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9780395979907

Wordskills

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  • ISBN13:

    9780395979907

  • ISBN10:

    0395979900

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

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Table of Contents

To the Student xiv
Special Unit Strategies for Unlocking Word Meaning
Determining a Word's Meaning from Context
1(5)
Definition and Restatement
Example
Comparison
Contrast
Cause and Effect
Inference from General Context
Determining Meaning Through Word Analysis
6(7)
Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots and Word Families
Unit 1
Target Words and Their Meanings
13(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
15(3)
Excerpt from ``The Open Boat''
Stephen Crane
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
18(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
21(3)
Understanding Related Words
Matching Ideas
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Prefixes ac- and as-
The Latin Root bene
Word's Worth: shroud
The Last Word
23(1)
Unit 2
Target Words and Their Meanings
24(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
26(3)
Excerpt from Silent Spring, ``The Obligation to Endure''
Rachel Carson
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
29(2)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding the Unrelated Word
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words
31(4)
Understanding Related Words
Finding Examples
Words in Action
Word's Worth: sinister
Analyzing Word Parts
The Prefix inter-
The Latin Root magni
The Last Word
34(1)
Unit 3
Target Words and Their Meanings
35(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
37(2)
Excerpt from The Chicanos: A History of Mexican Americans
Matt S. Meler
Feliciano Rivera
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
39(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding Examples
Words on a Continuum
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
42(4)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Matching Definitions
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root med
The Latin Root spir
Word's Worth: mundane
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(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding the Unrelated Word
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Pyramid
Related Word Reinforcement
52(6)
Using Related Words
Sentence Completion
Reviewing Word Structures
Word Parts
Vocab Lab 1
Focus on: The Environment
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(2)
Excerpt from Physics of the Earth, ``The Earth's Origin''
T.F. Gaskell
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
62(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Finding Examples
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
65(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root ject-
The Latin Root pon/pos
Word's Worth: augment
The Last Word
67(1)
Unit 6
Target Words and Their Meanings
68(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
70(2)
Excerpt from Ship of Fools
Katherine Anne Porter
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
72(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words
75(4)
Understanding Related Words
Finding Examples
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root civ
The Prefix poly-
Word's Worth: seamy
The Last Word
78(1)
Unit 7
Target Words and Their Meanings
79(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
81(2)
Excerpt from Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
83(2)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Matching Sayings and Target Words
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
85(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Prefix cata-
Word's Worth: ardor
The Last Word
87(1)
Unit 8
Review of Units 5-7
Review Word List
88(3)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement
91(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Words and Personalities
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Synonyms
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Proofreading
Related Word Reinforcement
94(6)
Using Related Words
Sentence Completion
Reviewing Word Structures
Forming Words
Vocab Lab 2
Focus on: Foreign Words and Phrases
96(2)
Matching
Focus on: Mnemonics
98(2)
Creating Mnemonic Devices
Special Unit Taking Standardized Vocabulary Tests
Antonyms
100(1)
Analogies
101(2)
Sentence Completion
103(2)
General Strategies
105(1)
Unit 9
Target Words and Their Meanings
106(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
108(3)
Excerpt from Her Mother's Daughter
Marilyn French
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
111(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Synonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words
114(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root vita
The Latin Root path
Word's Worth: ruminate
The Last Word
116(1)
Unit 10
Target Words and Their Meanings
117(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
119(2)
Excerpt from Moby Dick, ``Ahab''
Herman Melville
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
121(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Finding Examples
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
125(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
Analyzing Word Parts
The Prefix trans-
The Latin Roots cur, duct, scribe, turb and voc
Word's Worth: melancholy
The Last Word
127(1)
Unit 11
Target Words and Their Meanings
128(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
130(2)
Excerpt from The Female Eunuch
Germaine Greer
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
132(2)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
True-False
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words
134(3)
Understanding Related Words
Matching
Word's Worth: duplicity
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root press
The Last Word
136(1)
Unit 12
Review of Units 9-11
Review Word List
137(3)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement
140(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding Examples
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Synonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Proofreading
Related Word Reinforcement
143(7)
Using Related Words
Sentence Completion
Reviewing Word Structures
Prefixes and Roots
Vocab Lab 3
Focus On: Economics
146(2)
Finding Examples
Focus on: Semantic Change
148(2)
Semantic Sleuthing
Unit 13
Target Words and Their Meanings
150(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
152(3)
Excerpt from ``Gauss''
Ian Stewart
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
155(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Matching Ideas
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Synonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
158(3)
Understanding Related Words
Finding Examples
Sentence Completion
Word's Worth: austere
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root scrib
The Last Word
160(1)
Unit 14
Target Words and Their Meanings
161(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
163(3)
Excerpt from Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
166(2)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding the Unrelated Word
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Spelling and Wordplay
Word Maze
Related Words
168(3)
Understanding Related Words
True-False
Finding Examples
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Root sol
Word's Worth: capital
The Last Word
170(1)
Unit 15
Target Words and Their Meanings
171(2)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Target Words in Reading and Literature
173(3)
Excerpt from ``Stallone's Rocky''
Pauline Kael
Refining Your Understanding
Ways to Make New Words Your Own
176(3)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Finding the Unrelated Word
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Analogies
Word's Worth: cliche
Spelling and Wordplay
Crossword Puzzle
Related Words
179(3)
Understanding Related Words
Sentence Completion
True-False
Analyzing Word Parts
The Latin Prefixes en-/em- and re-
The Last Word
181(1)
Unit 16
Review of Units 13-15
Review Word List
182(3)
Inferring Meaning from Context
Using Review Words in Context
Review Word Reinforcement
185(4)
Using Language and Thinking Skills
Understanding Multiple Meanings
Practicing for Standardized Tests
Antonyms
Synonyms
Analogies
Spelling and Wordplay
Middle Message
Related Word Reinforcement
189(5)
Using Related Words
Sentence Completion
Reviewing Word Structures
Latin Roots and Prefixes
Vocab Lab 4
Focus on: The Law
190(2)
Sentence Completion
Focus on: American and British English
192(2)
Household Words
Getting the Story
Standardized Vocabulary Test: Units 1-8 194(4)
Antonyms
Analogies
Sentence Completion
Standardized Vocabulary Test: Units 9-16 198(4)
Antonyms
Analogies
Sentence Completion
Spelling Handbook 202(23)
Words with Prefixes
203(4)
The Addition of Prefixes
The Prefix ad-
The Prefix com-
The Prefix in-
The Prefix ex-
Words with Suffixes
207(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
215(4)
Words with ie and ei
Words with the ``Seed'' sound
The Letter c
The Letter g
Spelling Review
219(2)
Commonly Misspelled Words
221(2)
Commonly Confused Words
223(2)
Glossary 225(7)
Pronunciation Key 232(1)
Inventory Test 233(2)
Pretest Strategies 235(1)
Test Yourself 236(13)
Acknowledgments 249(1)
Personal Vocabulary Log 250

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