Daily Vocabulary for Middle School

This vocabulary curriculum will give middle school students the explanations and practice they need to master important word skills and helping them be successful! Includes a pretest, a post test and answer keys. This workbook includes 4 Sections & Subsections: Tools for Building Vocabulary – Why work on your vocabulary? – Tools and techniques for learning new words – Use a word’s context to figure out its meaning – Create meaning from connotations – Understanding word parts – Take words down to their roots – Mnemonics: Codes to help you spell words – Synonyms and antonyms – Which is the right word? Use Different Parts of Speech to Increase Vocabulary – Discover new nouns – Pick the best adjectives – Zip up your verbs – Dress up verbs with adverbs Build Vocabulary in All Subject Areas – Words to describe personalities – Words to describe feelings – Words to describe extreme emotions – Strange feelings and emotions – Learn words for the Sciences – You may see the doctor now – Words about families – Mind your manners – Words from popular culture – Words from the sports arena – Words about politics – Words about computers Build Vocabulary in Special Ways – Words we’ve adopted – Words that really mean something else – Confused and abused words – Words about words – Words with extra power