Painless Vocabulary
by Michael Greenberg, Author
Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's Painless Series authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each subject to practical use. Most of these books take a light-hearted approach to their subjects, often employing humor, and always presenting fun-learning exercises that include puzzles, games, and challenging "Brain Tickler" problems to solve. Each chapter in this book introduces 15 new words and places them in amusing sentences as aids to memory retention and vocabulary building.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780764147142
- Print Status
- In Print
- Table of contents
- 23
- Pages
- 304
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 12th
- Publisher
- Barron's Educational Series Inc.
- Copyright
- 2006
- URL
- http://www.barronseduc.com
Table of contents
- 1 Chapter One: Dinosaur Man. Words in Context
- 2 Chapter Two: In Your Face! Word Forms
- 3 Chapter Three: The Writing Process. Read, Read, and Read Some More
- 4 Chapter Four: Old Folks? Verbal Analogies
- 5 Chapter Five: The Tale of the Teaching Tyrant. Starting Your Own Black Book
- 6 Chapter Six: The Newest Thing Using a Dictionary
- 7 Chapter Seven: Where Have All the Words Gone? A Brief History of Our Language
- 8 Chapter Eight: Natural DisastersâSomething Can Be Done Electronic Dictionaries
- 9 Chapter Nine: The Middle School YearsâHow Much Do They Matter? Using a Thesaurus
- 10 Chapter Ten: Bargain HuntersâGoing to Unreasonable Lengths New Words Through Technology
- 11 Chapter Eleven: The Phone Keeps Ringing The Verbal Analogy Bridge
- 12 Chapter Twelve: Ozzieâs Nine Lives Using an Electronic Thesaurus
- 13 Chapter Thirteen: Enough to Eat Importing New Words
- 14 Chapter Fourteen: All Pumped UpâHome Runs and Steroids A Brief History of Dictionaries
- 15 Chapter Fifteen: King of the #7 Train Words from Myths
- 16 Chapter Sixteen: A Closer Look at the Patriot Act Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
- 17 Chapter Seventeen: The Hot CornerâLearning to Love Books Word Games
- 18 Chapter Eighteen: Dare to âDisââBullying the Bullies Electronic Readers
- 19 Chapter Nineteen: Weâre Smarter Than You Areâ Using the Context: A Case Study
- 20 Chapter Twenty: The Borrowed Child Looking Back
- 21 Appendix: Word List
- 22 Words from Greek and Roman Myths and Languages
- 24 More Words to Know
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