Teaching vocabulary : 50 creative strategies, grades 6-12 / [edited by] Gail E. Tompkins, Cathy Blanchfield. - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, c2008. - vii, 178 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Robust" vocabulary instruction -- "You will thank me for this some day" : a reflection on direct vocabulary instruction -- Collecting words -- Exploring definitions -- Working with meanings -- Expanding writing vocabulary -- Investigating word origins -- Playing with words.

9780132405034 (alk. paper) 0132405032 (alk. paper)

2007015958


Vocabulary--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Language arts (Secondary)--United States.

LB 1631 / .T337 2008