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Vocabulary Plus High School and Up: A Source-Based Approach
Alleen P. Nilsen
Don L. F. Nilsen, Arizona State University

ISBN-10: 0205360149
ISBN-13: 9780205360147

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 240 pp
Published: 07/30/2003
Status: Instock

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Unlike other vocabulary books, Vocabulary Plus High School and Up: A Source-Based Approach gives good advice about teaching vocabulary and provides ways to teach specific words by presenting sound theory combined with workable teaching materials.

Grounded on the Nilsens' source-based approach, students and teachers are led through explorations of how, over the centuries, words have been enlarged and given additional meanings both through lexical extensions and metaphorical processes. Capitalizing on the basic concept of a source-based approach that words have “natural” connections to each other, the Nilsens provide ample applications to demonstrate how these words can be taught through what are called gestalts, webs or ladders.

The abundance of materials provide students with ample practice in using contextual clues, not so much to figure out a meaning as to exclude the meanings of a word that are inappropriate. Each chapter includes “Workshop” pages ready for photocopying, along with suggestions for many other activities that will engage students' interest long enough that their minds will have time to absorb the meanings. An answer key is provided for each of the exercises.

Ready-to-photocopy “Workshop” pages in every chapter (except the Introductory chapter) are easy to use and serve as conversation topics and as a way to refocus students' attention after they have been engaged in the more free-flowing parts of each lesson.

Photographs of student work and of students at work at the beginning of each chapter provide a quick glance at the possibilities for hands-on, multi-sensory activities.

Background reading for the teacher in each chapter present an almost-painless introduction to morphology, the part of linguistics dealing with word formation, and provide teachers with background information and “extra” examples, giving them confidence both in the material and in their ability to present it through the “Workshops” for students.

Open-ended end-of-chapter activities in every chapter (except the Introductory chapter) constitute the PLUS part of the text, by providing tested suggestions for activities that go far beyond the typical “memorization” of word meanings and include writing, speaking, and art activities.

Suggestions for eliciting participation from students in each chapter to help students internalize the meanings of new words and gain a sense of ownership over the material by exploring techniques other that note memorization.

Connection of word study with the development of higher-order thinking skills in each chapter facilitate the preparation of students in passing the vocabulary section of the high-stakes tests given at the state level by teaching the thinking skills that will enable students to figure out meanings of words they have not met before, both on tests and in real life.

A full and unique chapter (Ch. 8) devoted to prefixes and suffixes provides useful background on how students can really learn using a source-based approach.

Each chapter begins with “Teachers Preface,” and concludes with “End-of-Chapter Activities.”

Preface.

1. The Theory Behind a Source-Based Approach.

An Overview of the Kinds of Language Change That Will Be Illustrated.

The Problem of Testing vs. Teaching.

Knowing the Differences Between Metaphors and Puns.

Things We Learned from our Guest Teaching.

How the Remaining Chapters in This Book Are Organized.

2. Animals.

Workshop 2.1 From the Horse's Mouth.

Workshop 2.2 Other Farm Animals.

Workshop 2.3 Animal Homes.

Workshop 2.4 Figuring Out the Grounding of Metaphors.

Workshop 2.5 Practicing with Analogies.

Workshop 2.6 A Crossword Puzzle.

3. The Human Body.

Workshop 3.1 The Grounding of Eye Metaphors.

Workshop 3.2 Back Metaphors from Literal to Literary.

Workshop 3.3 Up in Arms—An Extended Metaphor.

Workshop 3.4 Latin and Related English Words for Body Parts.

4. Communication.

Workshop 4.1 The Power of Communication.

Workshop 4.2 Non-Voice Communications.

Workshop 4.3 Music and Performance.

Workshop 4.4 Musical Instruments.

Workshop 4.5 Using Colors for More than Decoration.

Workshop 4.6 Computer Assisted Communication.

5. Plants and Food.

Workshop 5.1 Farming and Gardening Metaphors.

Workshop 5.2 Plants as the Source of Shape Metaphors.

Workshop 5.3 Plants as the Source of Color Words.

Workshop 5.4 Good Food—Good Taste.

Workshop 5.5 Good-Related Clichés.

Workshop 5.6 Cooking and Eating.

Workshop 5.7 A Crossword Puzzle of Plants and Farming Words.

6. Clothing.

Workshop 6.1 Clothes as the Source of Metaphors.

Workshop 6.2 From Head to Foot.

Workshop 6.3 Accessories.

Workshop 6.4 The Making of Clothes.

Workshop 6.5 Weaving Cloth.

Workshop 6.6 Sewing and Knitting.

7. Living and Dying.

Workshop 7.1 Being Born.

Workshop 7.2 Words for Being Alive: Quick, Bio, and Vivus.

Workshop 7.3 English Words from Latin Mortalis.

Workshop 7.4 Other Words Related to Death.

Workshop 7.5 Words Related to Death.

Workshop 7.6 The Remains.

Workshop 7.7 A Crossword Puzzle on Living and Dying.

8. Using Prefixes and Suffixes.

Workshop 8.1 Pro and Con.

Workshop 8.2 The Good and the Bad.

Workshop 8.3 Directions: Near and Far.

Workshop 8.4 Ex- Marks the Spot.

Workshop 8.5 Just Say No.

Workshop 8.6 Above and Below.

Workshop 8.7 Time Out.

Workshop 8.8 Actor or Agentive Suffixes.

Workshop 8.9 More or Less.

9. Do-It-Yourself Lessons.

Numbers.

Family Relationships.

Weapons and Hostile Actions.

Weather and Sky.

Geological Formations.

Latin and Greek Roots for Intellectual Actions.

Vocabulary Development (Reading & Literacy)

Backcover Copy

Unlike other vocabulary books, Vocabulary Plus High School and Up provides good advice about teaching vocabulary combined with ways to teach specific words with sound theory and proven teaching materials.

Features of this new text!

Ready-to-photocopy workshop pages in every chapter serve as conversation topics and as a way to refocus students' attention after they have been engaged in more free-flowing parts of each lesson.
Photographs of student work and of students-at-work, found at the beginning of each chapter, provide a quick glance at the possibilities for hands-on, multi-sensory activities.
Background reading for the teacher in each chapter.
Open-ended, End-of-chapter activities found in every chapter constitute the PLUS part of this text, by providing tested suggestions for activities that go far beyond the typical “memorization” of word meanings and include writing, speaking, and art activities.
Suggestions for eliciting participation from students in each chapter help internalize the meanings of new words and gain a sense of ownership over the material by exploring techniques other than rote memorization.
Connection of word study with the development of higher order thinking skills in each chapter facilitate the preparation of students in passing the vocabulary section of the high-stakes tests given at the state level by teaching the thinking skills that will enable students to figure out meanings of words they have not met before both on tests and in real life.
A full and unique chapter (Ch. 8) devoted to prefixes and suffixes providing useful background on how students can really learn using a source-based approach.

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URL: http://www.ablongman.com/nilsen1e

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