Words, Words, Words
Ready-to-Use Games and Activities for Vocabulary Building, Grades 7-12
1. Edition June 2004
336 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Words, Words, Words offers teachers a handy and much-needed
resource filled with creative and engaging games and activities
that will help students in grades 7-12 improve their vocabulary.
The book features proven, practical, and accessible methods to
encourage your students to increase their vocabularies and have fun
while they are doing it. Words, Words, Words is divided
into thirty thematic units each containing fifteen interrelated
words. Each unit contains four different ready-to-use activities
for each group of words. The book is designed to help students
understand each word's meaning, associations, similarities,
and differences and includes dynamic classroom-tested activities
such as
* Crossword puzzles
* Matching columns
* Magic squares
* Jumbles
* Word finds
* Close reading
* Multiple choice questions
* Concealed quotations
* Riddles
essential resource for any teacher concerned with enhancing his or
her students' vocabulary."
--Gary Muschla, author, The Writing Teacher's Book of
Lists, Second Edition
"Words, Words, Words is a student and teacher
friendly book that incorporates key vocabulary skills in a
structured, interesting format. Thematic units, helpful hints and
enjoyable, motivational exercises make this a standout. Umstatter's
latest is a great vocabulary book with a sense of
humor!"
--Marylou McCullough, director of humanities, West Islip Public
School and former high school English teacher
"Jack Umstatter has created a book filled with meaningful
language arts activities. This book can be used as a foundation for
a course, for spot lessons, or for remediation. These lessons will
engage students and help make learning fun."
--Tom Hall, high school principal, Harvard, Massachusetts
"Jack Umstatter's uniquely engaging word puzzles are not
just vocabulary-builders. They invite students to think seriously
about the shades of meaning that are so critical to reading
comprehension, critical analysis and self-expression."
--John Tessitore, award-winning author for young adults, author of
Muhammad Ali: The World's Champion