Ebook Stories that boost vocabulary (Grades 4-8)

y d Stories That Boost Vocabulary by Dan Greenberg S C H O L A S T I C ROFESSIONAL OOKS New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires l Dedication To my parents,Ruven and Julie, who appreciate my efforts more than anyone. Scholastic Inc.grants teachers permission to photocopy the reproducible pages from this book for classroom use.No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part,or stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without written permission of the publisher.For information regarding permission,write to Scholastic Inc.,555 Broadway,New York,NY 10012. Cover design by Kelli Thompson Interior design by Kelli Thompson Cover and interior illustrations by Mike Moran ISBN:0-439-15586-X Copyright © 2001 by Dan Greenberg All rights reserved.Printed in the U.S.A. _______________________ Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Planning Skills Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Part 1: Just Prefixes Rowena and Squirmy in “Bicycle Power” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bill Klepper, Fat-Cat Wheeler-Dealer Billionaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Bill Klepper, Fat-Head Wheeler-Dealer Billionaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Part 2: Just Suffixes Sufferin’ Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Part 3: Affixes (Both Prefixes and Suffixes) The Word Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Professor Sylvia’s Word Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ancient Latin Quizmo!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The Cutting Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Nanette’s Word Salon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Police Squad: MAU (Missing Affix Unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 _______________________ Part 4: Build Your Vocabulary Police Squad: SVU (Special Vocabulary Unit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Emily Taproot’s Poetry Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Eddie Snively: World’s Biggest Liar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Bingo Hackles, Sports Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 The Four Vocabularians: Dr. Dialect’s Dictionary of Deception . . . . . . . . . . 42 Laverne Weaselford, U.S. Senator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Marla Murgatroid, Romance Novelist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Emily Taproot, Vocabulary Poet: The Language of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Four Vocabularians: The National Word Day Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The Wordies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Buck Bickley’s Big Braggin’ Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Buck Bickley’s Dog’s Braggin’ Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Julie Kablooie’s Hollywood Gossip Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Freelance Know-It-All Reviewer? . . . 57 Journey to a World Without Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 ... - tailieumienphi.vn