Vocabulary Drills
By Edward B. Fry, Ph.D.
Reading Levels 4-10, Interest Levels 6-12
Focus on expanding conceptual vocabulary
- Introduce or review Latin and Greek roots
- Build structural analysis skills
- Help students use context clues
Developed by the legendary reading expert Edward Fry, Ph.D., Vocabulary
Drills helps students learn how to approach new words and to become more comfortable
with the language—freeing them to explore new words and their meanings. Vocabulary
study is contextualized with both narrative and expository passages. Additional
structural analysis skills help students figure out the meanings of unfamiliar
words in their own reading.
- Making connections helps students build personal word power
- New vocabulary words are connected by synonyms, antonyms, and analogies
to words they may already know
- Latin and Greek roots expand students’ vocabularies exponentially
- Personal words help students build a useful bank of interesting words
Helpful features make learning new words easier
- Word lists and glossaries in each book save time for students.
- Review and Extension lessons expand students’ understanding of new words.
- Personal Word Lists help students gather special words of interest.
