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BL
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757233
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b577198
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LearningExpress (Organization)
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Junior skill builders : : word power in 15 minutes a day.\ LearningExpress (Organization)
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1st ed
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New York : LearningExpress, ©2009.
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Junior skill builders.
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vii, 248 pages ; 26 cm.
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1576856747
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: 9781576856741
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| Contents
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Lesson 1: why work on your vocabulary? --; Lesson 2: tools and techniques for learning new words --; Lesson 3: use a word's context to figure out its meaning --; Lesson 4: create meaning from connotations --; Lesson 5: understanding word parts --; Lesson 6: take words down to their roots --; Lesson 7: mnemonics, or, codes to help you spell words! --; Lesson 8: synonyms and antonyms: "similars" and opposites --; Lesson 9: figure out which is the right word --; Lesson 10: discover new nouns --; Lesson 11: pick the best adjectives --; Lesson 12: zip up verbs --; Lesson 13: dress up verbs with adverbs --; Lesson 14: words to describe personalities --; Lesson 15: words to describe feelings --; Lesson 16: words to describe extreme emotions --; Lesson 17: strange feelings and emotions --; Lesson 18: learn words for the sciences --; Lesson 19: you may see the doctor now --; Lesson 20: words about families --; Lesson 21: mind your manners --; Lesson 22: words from popular culture --; Lesson 23: words from the sports arena --; Lesson 24: words about politics --; Lesson 25: words about computers --; Lesson 26: words we've adopted --; Lesson 27: words that really mean something else --; Lesson 28: confused and abused words --; Lesson 29: words about words --; Lesson 30: words with extra power.
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Offers easy-to-understand lessons and fun factoids that enable students to enrich their vocabularies.
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Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature.
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Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Juvenile literature.
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LearningExpress (Organization)
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