Vocabulary for the High School Student
Grades 9–12
Comprehensive vocabulary development
- Give students a major boost to their vocabulary with this rigorous vocabulary program designed to build familiarity and usage of over 1,000 words.
- Modular design gives teachers flexibility to address five topical areas
—learning new words from context
—building vocabulary through central ideas
—deriving words from various languages (Greek, Latin, Anglo-Saxon roots and prefixes)
—expanding vocabulary through derivatives
—understanding word relationships and analogies - Varied exercises support common learning standards such as concise expression, close reading, and composition skills.
- Additional practice opportunities include synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, analogies, and writing exercises to reinforce students’ command of new vocabulary.
Context-Based Learning
- Explore more than 1,000 high frequency vocabulary words.
- Lessons introduce words in groups based on central "Big Ideas"—words from context; derivatives; and Latin, Anglo-Saxon, and Greek word parts.
Standards-Based Skills Practice
- Each lesson's seven comprehensive writing exercises help students gain experience using new words in various situations.
- Exercises include sentence completion, synonym identification, concise writing analogies, compositions, and more.
- These exercises address state standards, including analyzing nuances of words with similar denotations, acquisition and accurate use of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, and more.
Use as a Workbook or Reference Source
- The consumable softcover Workbook includes blank “write on” lines. 324 pages
- The non-consumable softcover Handbook has no blank “write on” lines. 377 pages
- Vocabulary for the High School Student
