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Janet Allen
Year: 1999
Media: 160 pp/paper
ISBN: 978-157110-085-6
Grade Range: 4-12
Item No.: WMW-0085
Price: $19.50
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Table of Contents | About the Author(s) | Reviews
Do you spend hours creating word lists and weekly vocabulary tests only to find that your students have "forgotten" the words by the following week? Janet Allen and her students were frustrated with the same problem. Words, Words, Words describes the research that changed the way she and many other teachers teach vocabulary. It offers educators practical, research-based solutions for helping students fall into new language, learn new words, and begin to use those words in their speaking and writing lives. This book offers teachers detailed strategy lessons in the following areas: - activating and building background word knowledge;
- making word learning meaningful and lasting;
- building concept knowledge;
- using word and structural analysis to create meaning;
- using context as a text support;
- making reading the heart of vocabulary instruction.
Words, Words, Words provides educators with a strong research base, detailed classroom-based lessons, and graphic organizers to support the strategy lessons. At a time when teachers are struggling to meet content standards in reading across the curriculum, this book offers some practical solutions for meeting those standards in ways that are meaningful and lasting.
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Diaphragming Sentences: A Case for Word Control
Chapter 2: Larger Contexts: Meaningful, Connected, and Rich Uses of Language
Chapter 3: Alternatives to, Look It Up in the Dictionary!
Chapter 4: Reading as the Heart of Word-Rich Classrooms
Chapter 5: How Do We Know It's Working?
Appendix A: Research and Resources for More Information on Vocabulary
Appendix B: Quotes for Word Lovers
Appendix C: Word Games in the Classroom
Appendix D: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Appendix E: Forms
Professional References
Literature References
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About the Author(s)
Janet Allen is an international consultant recognized for her comprehensive work in reading education. After teaching reading and English for nearly twenty years in Maine, Janet relocated to the University of Central Florida.
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Reviews
Currents in Literacy - Spring 2000
"This book, which balances theory and practice, is for all who are interested in enhancing the word knowledge of elementary, middle school, or high school students. It's a valuable resource for all logophiles or logophile proteges." Education Book Reviews - April 1999
"Any teacher who is interested in exploring new ways of teaching new words should read this book." Education Book Reviews, April 1999 English Journal - November 2001
"Words, Words, Words, is a valuable resource for all teachers and a useful library addition and a dynamic, practical guide that can be used by teachers of all grade levels, whether they are experienced or inexperienced." The Reading Teacher - March 2000
"The power of this book is that the author helps us understand how to determine which strategy would be appropriate and shares dozens of examples of visual organizers and best instructional practices to develop independent readers." Voices from the Middle - May 2000
"...just what I have been looking for: a thoughtful,easy-to-read handbook. Teachers will find this book indispensable." Voices from the Middle, May 2000
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