Download or read book 1001 Words You Need To Know and Use written by Martin Manser and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This A-Z provides 1001 words you need to know to make your writing and speaking effective, convincing, and expressive. With clear guidance on choosing the right word, this book is essential for anyone wanting to achieve greater success in written and spoken tasks including essays, interviews, CVs and application letters, reports, and more.
Download or read book 500 Words You Should Know written by Caroline Taggart and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential cornucopia of 500 of the best, trickiest and often misused words in the English language.
Download or read book Vocabulary Instruction written by Edward J. Kame'enui and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading. New to This Edition*Reflects the latest research and instructional practices.*New section (five chapters) on pressing current issues in the field: assessment, authentic reading experiences, English language learners, uses of multimedia tools, and the vocabularies of narrative and informational texts.*Contributor panel expanded with additional leading researchers.
Download or read book The Words You Should Know written by David Olsen and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of people need a quick and authoritative way to identify and define the most troublesome common words. The usual approach- stalling for time until you can grasp the context of what the person has just said-has its limits. If only there were a list, not of every word (after all, reading dictionaries is no one's idea of fun) but of the right words, the ones that are used frequently but don't quite register when you come across them. The Words You Should Know features straightforward, succinct definitions and sentence examples of over 1200 tough-but-common words. It's the kind of book that can get you out of a jam, improve your performance at school, and help advance your career. And that's no hyperbole, rigmarole, or embellishment.
Download or read book Creating Robust Vocabulary written by Isabel L. Beck and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2008-04-27 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors provide tools, tips, and examples for teaching vocabulary in this complementary companion to Bringing words to life.
Download or read book The Big Book Of Words You Should Know To Sound Smart written by Robert W Bly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate word book for aspiring intellectuals! The most compendious collection of words for aspiring scholars, this book helps you hold your own in intellectual discourse. Featuring 2,400 sophisticated, obscure, and obtuse terms, each page provides you with the definitions you need to know to lock academic horns with the clerisy. From antebellum and eleemosynary to impasto and putative, you will quickly master hundreds of erudite phrases that will improve your conversational elegance. Complete with definitions and sample sentences for each entry, The Big Book of Words You Should Know to Sound Smart will elevate your lexicon as you impress the susurration out of the perfervid hoi polloi.
Download or read book The Big Book of Words You Should Know written by David Olsen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what "quatrefoil" and "impolitic" mean? What about "halcyon" or "narcolepsy"? This book is a handy, easy-to-read reference guide to the proper parlance for any situation. In this book you will find: Words You Absolutely Should Know (covert, exonerate, perimeter); Words You Should Know But Probably Don't (dour, incendiary, scintilla); Words Most People Don't Know (schlimazel, thaumaturgy, epergne); Words You Should Know to Sound Overeducated (ad infinitum, nugatory, garrulity); Words You Probably Shouldn't Know (priapic, damnatory, labia majora); and more. Whether writing an essay, studying for a test, or trying to impress friends, family, and fellow cocktail party guests with their prolixity, you will achieve magniloquence, ebullience, and flights of rhetorical brilliance.
Download or read book Closing the Vocabulary Gap written by Alex Quigley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As teachers grapple with the challenge of a new, bigger and more challenging school curriculum, at every key stage and phase, success can feel beyond our reach. But what if there were 50,000 small solutions to help us bridge that gap? In Closing the Vocabulary Gap, the author explores the increased demands of an academic curriculum and how closing the vocabulary gap between our ‘word poor’ and ‘word rich’ students could prove the vital difference between school failure and success. This must-read book presents the case for teacher-led efforts to develop students' vocabulary and provides practical solutions for teachers across the curriculum, incorporating easy-to-use tools, resources and classroom activities.
Download or read book 500 Beautiful Words You Should Know written by Caroline Taggart and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the joy of the English language with 500 unusual, interesting and 'perfect' words that will extend your vocabulary and your appreciation of our mother tongue.
Download or read book Vocabulary Assessment to Support Instruction written by Margaret G. McKeown and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vocabulary development is essential for learning, but conventional vocabulary assessments lack the range and flexibility to support K–12 classroom teachers in making instructional decisions. Drawing on linguistics, educational psychology, and educational measurement, this book offers a fresh perspective on word learning and describes powerful, precise assessment strategies. Guidelines are presented for selecting which words to teach, evaluating the depth and richness of students' word knowledge and their ability to apply it in complex contexts, designing effective instructional practices, and using technology to create adaptive and scalable assessments. User-friendly features include sample test items, classroom examples, a glossary, and suggested print and online resources.
Download or read book The Mellifluous Book of Hard Words written by David Bramwell and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've upgraded your house, your wardrobe, even your partner. Now it's time to upgrade your vocabulary. This is a unique, visual guide to doing just that.
Download or read book Words You Should Know How to Spell written by David Hatcher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-18 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceilling. Beleive. Scissers. Do you have trouble spelling everyday words? Is your spell check on overdrive? Well, this easy-to-use dictionary is just what you need! Organized with speed and convenience in mind, it gives you instant access to the correct spellings of more than 12,500 words. Also provided are quick tips and memory tricks, like: Help yourself get the spelling of their right by thinking of the phrase ?their heirlooms.? Most words ending in a ?seed? sound are spelled ?-cede? or ?-ceed,? but one word ends in ?-sede.? You could say the rule for spelling this word supersedes the other rules. No matter what you’re working on, you can be confident that your good writing won’t be marred by bad spelling. This book takes away the guesswork and helps you make a good impression!
Download or read book Words to Go Words to Know Grade 6 Book F written by Jan Gleiter and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 200 Words You Need to Know written by Kathy Sammis and published by Walch Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unit 1. Safety words -- Unit 2. Personal care words -- Unit 3. Body words -- Unit 4. Clothing words -- Unit 5. Weather words -- Unit 6. Entertainment words.
Download or read book I Know My Words a Positional Words Activity Book written by Bobo's Children Activity Books and published by Bobo's Children Activity Books. This book was released on 2016-08-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are positional words? Learn about them in this activity book! You can use this activity book to increase your child's ability to learn and absorb words. With pictures associated to each word, it will be easy for your child to grow his/her vocabulary too. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and grab a copy today!
Download or read book The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart written by Robert W Bly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-04-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADULT LITERACY GUIDES & HANDBOOKS. This is a tongue-in-cheek guide to words that any smart, well-educated, pretentious person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation.The reader is encouraged to toss off words such as 'Disestablishmentarianism', 'descant', and 'autodidactic', proving, if not the value of a good education, at least the appearance of a good education.Each word is accompanied by a pronunciation guide and a sentence illustrating its use. Some of the sentences are made up, while others are well-known quotations.
Download or read book 365 Words Everyone Should Know written by Lauren Holowaty and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
