Re: Vocabulary in context

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I haven't used it myself, but I believe the Vocabulit series
(through grade 12) presents passages from well-known,
grade-level appropriate literature so that the students are
first seeing the vocab in context. I personally use Painless
Vocabulary which does the same thing with expository essays,
but it's definitely best suited for middle school.

On 9/11/11, Steve wrote:
> Are there any vocabulary books for grades 9-12 that
> *genuinely* orient exercises around vocabulary in context?
> This would have to go well beyond just having students use
> or look at the words in sentences!
>
> Such a book would have to have a short passage or passages,
> (and I would think) exercises that require students to
> examine clue/cue words to attempt to determine the meaning
> of a word BEFORE verifying or learning the dictionary
> definition.
>
> Or do all vocabulary books still just churn out the drill
> and kill, which seems so out of date given the Common Core
> standards?
>
> Questions of the form: "The word X in the previous passage
> likely means... (a., b., c., d.,)" on state tests are
> ubiquitous. Why can't I find a text that explicity
> addresses that skill in a focused way?

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