{"product_id":"words-words-words-isbn-9780787971168","title":"Words, Words, Words","description":"\u003ci\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/i\u003e 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  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrossword puzzles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatching columns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMagic squares\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJumbles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWord finds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClose reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultiple choice questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcealed quotations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRiddles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Resource xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 1 Places\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-1. A Large City, a Dock, and More 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-2. The Letters C and R Stand for Themselves 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-3. Find the Three Words 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1-4. A Colorful Matching Column 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 2 Beg, Borrow, and Steal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-1. Start with a Capital 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-2. Patriotism Is In! 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-3. Sliding Along 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2-4. No Need to Beg, Borrow, or Steal 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 3 What’s That You Say?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-1. Relating Them 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-2. Ego Man 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-3. Who Is Theodore Geisel? 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-4. Three-Letter Adjectives 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3-5. Units 1–3 Crossword Puzzle Review 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 1–3 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 4 Clean Your Room!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-1. Find the Proverb 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-2. There Once Was a Man . . . 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-3. Look for Those Second Letters 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4-4. Two Words and Two Girls 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 5 How We Act\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-1. Clumps of Letters 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-2. Why Start with Something Crude? 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-3. What Is an Amazon? 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5-4. Music to Your Ears 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 6 Words from Mythology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-1. A Monstrous Affair to Say the Least 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-2. Headlines! 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-3. Five Will Get You Forty 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6-4. Start with Zeus 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 4–6 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 7 The Big and Small of It All\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-1. Fifteen and Five 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-2. Floating Like a Butterfly 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-3. Spinning Around 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7-4. Change a Letter (or Two) 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 8 Tell It Like It Is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8-1. It’s What They Said 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8-2. You Only Hear Its First Letter 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8-3. O! Those Prefixes Ending with O! 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8-4. Under the Sea 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 9 The Sciences (Naturally!)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9-1. Searching for Those Science Words 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9-2. Let’s Start with “No” for Some of These 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9-3. Finding the Three-Letter Words 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9-4. Figuring Out the Science Words 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 7–9 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 10 Mathematically Inclined\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10-1. Just Do the Math 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10-2. Overheard in Math Class 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10-3. What Is It Called? 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10-4. Famous Names in Mathematics 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 11 How We Move\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-1. Just Move It! 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-2. How Would You Move If . . .? 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-3. Newspaper Captions 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11-4. Don’t Be Staggering Through This Puzzle! 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 12 Write On!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-1. I’d Like to Read 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-2. Legends Amongst Us 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-3. Literary Crossword 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12-4. Really Researching 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 10–12 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 13 Popular SAT Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-1. Let’s Go Fishing 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-2. The Fourth-of-July Special 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-3. To the Nth Degree 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13-4. By a Nose 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 14 What We’d Like Said About Us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14-1. End with James Bond 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14-2. Don’t Tell This to Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan! 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14-3. Illustrative Examples 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14-4. And Now for the One Noun Form 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 15 To a Degree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-1. Placing Them In 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-2. Where Did the Word Number Go? 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-3. Triple the Number 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15-4. Hey! Some Letters Are Missing! 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 13–15 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 16 All Types of People\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-1. Who Said It? 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-2. All Sorts of People 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-3. Politically Speaking 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16-4. Have You Seen the . . .? 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 17 An Interesting Combination of Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-1. Coming or Going There Late 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-2. People Will Not Be Mad at Us This Time 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-3. Who Said What? 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17-4. All Fifteen 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 18 All in the Family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-1. It’s a Family Affair 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-2. Double-Letter Words 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-3. No Feuding Within the Family Here 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18-4. Headlines 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 16–18 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 19 Skilled—Or Not So Skilled\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-1. Be an Exemplary Student 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-2. Positive and Negative Words 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-3. Which Does Not Belong—And Why? 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19-4. Inventors and Inventions 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 20 Here, There, and Everywhere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20-1. Your Mother Is What Kind of an Engineer? 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20-2. Adverbs Galore! 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20-3. Making Your Way Around Analogies 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20-4. How Simple! 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 21 Smart—Or Not So Smart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21-1. Do You Have the Smarts? 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21-2. Do You Have the Skill? 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21-3. Expanding Your Vocabulary 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21-4. World Capitals 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 19–21 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 22 A Bit Different\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22-1. A Traitor, a Criminal, and the Rest 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22-2. Finding the Countries 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22-3. People and What They Said 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22-4. Where Did the Word Maestro Come From? 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 23 How (or Not How) to Say It\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23-1. It’s Not That Greek to You! 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23-2. U-R That Clever! 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23-3. This Is So Easy! 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23-4. A Very Silly Poem 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 24 Gone!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24-1. Two at a Time 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24-2. Water,Water Everywhere 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24-3. “-Ury” Is In 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24-4. Count on It to Be One of the First 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 22–24 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 25 Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25-1. The Last Letters 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25-2. Starting Fresh 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25-3. One Hundred Years and Counting 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25-4. Ponce de Leon’s Search 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 26 Who Wants to Be Called That?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26-1. All Types of Behaviors and Moods 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26-2. Identifying the Person 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26-3. Obstinate Is the Way to Go Here 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26-4. Care to Do This Over Breakfast? 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 27 How Much—Or How Little\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27-1. We Want No Dearth of Correct Answers Here! 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27-2. What Have You Wrought? 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27-3. Large or Small or Just Enough? 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27-4. Sounds Like . . . 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 25–27 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 28 Social Studies Class\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28-1. Take One, Then Two, and Then #15 Does It Alone 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28-2. Let’s Call It a Tie—At Least in Points 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28-3. Words Within Words 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28-4. Do You Know Your U.S. Presidents? 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 29 Science Class\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29-1. Making Sense Out of Science 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29-2. Science Words 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29-3. The Dictionary to the Rescue? 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29-4. The Parade of Scientists 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnit 30 All About the Senses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord List 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30-1. A Crossword for the Senses 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30-2. The Final Letters 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30-3. Just Add Some Sweeteners 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30-4. Sensing Your Capability 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview Test Units 28–30 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Words by Unit 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWords Included in This Book 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswer Key 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJack Umstatter,\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHooked on English!, English Brainstormers!, Brain Games,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGrammar Grabbers\u003c\/i\u003e from Jossey-Bass.  \u003ci\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCrossword puzzles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatching columns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMagic squares\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJumbles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWord finds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eClose reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMultiple choice questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcealed quotations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRiddles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese activities are ideal for quick time-fillers, competitions, tests, quizzes, make-up quizzes, or extra credit assignments and can be used for individual, group, or entire class formats. In addition, a twenty-five question test is found after every group of three units that will inspire your students to become more motivated and excited about studying vocabulary.  \u003ci\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential tool that can help your students learn how to increase their word power and reading skills.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Offering practical and enjoyable activities, this book is an essential resource for any teacher concerned with enhancing his or her students' vocabulary.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Gary Muschla, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing Teacher’s Book of Lists, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWords, Words, Words\u003c\/i\u003e is a student and teacher friendly book that incorporates key vocabulary skills in a structured, interesting format. Thematic units, helpful hints and enjoyable, motivational exercises make this a standout. 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