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jeanetpr

07:30:12 Tue
May 27 2003
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Vocabulary

It seems neither the Understanding English nor the English Grammar & Composition classes develop vocabulary skills. What do you use to supplement this area? What do you think about Vocabulary from Classical Roots and/or Wordly Wise? TIA.

Jeanette P-C in KY

jysmith

12:25:29 Tue
May 27 2003
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Re: Vocabulary

We use Jensen's Vocabulary. That one book has 36 lessons on words from Latin roots (18 for Latin I and 18 for Latin II) plus 18 lessons on words from Greek roots.
The lessons are 4 pages each: matching word to definitions, writing the root and root's definition for each word, writing the word based on definitions of the root word, and using the words in a sentence. There are lists of word roots at the front of the book and answers at the back. Each lesson covers 20 words. New lessons reinforce previous ones (e.g. malady in lesson 2, malignant in lesson 3, malordorous in lesson 4, malign in lesson 5, malnutrition in lesson 6...).

We found that our son needed a little more direction and practice than Jensen suggested so we had ds make flash cards with the word and it roots on one side and the definition and a sentence using the word on the other side. He did that plus the matching exercise on Mondays. He did the remaining exercises Tues.-Thurs. On Friday he took a test (usually the matching exercise for the lesson plus using 10 of the words in a paragraph of his creation). If he didn't score 85% or better on the vocabulary test, he had to take it again on Saturday or Sunday. (Once he realized that we were serious about the weekend retest, he started doing much better on the quizzes :wink:

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Janice

teachme2

13:09:20 Tue
May 27 2003
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Re: Vocabulary

Oh, I'm so glad you brought this up. I too was recently thinking about the need to supplement with some kind of vocabulary study, and wondering what to use. My son has used Vocabulary Cartoons I and II in the past, and enjoyed reading them for pleasure. :smile: Each page contains a vocabulary word, and there is a cartoon which provides a visual reminder of what the word means. Great for visual learners.

teachme2

13:10:40 Tue
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Re: Vocabulary

Does anyone know of a vocabulary program which can be studied on the computer?

lbring