Words Are Wonderful, Book 2

Words Are Wonderful: An Interactive Approach to Vocabulary Book 2 builds student vocabulary skills through independent and collaborative exercises and activities on dictionary entries, context clues, portmanteaux, homophones, compound and hyphenated compound words, similes and metaphors, idioms, words with multiple meanings, synonyms and antonyms, prefixes, roots, suffixes, and analogies.

The selections are drawn from science, social studies (historical report and biography), geography, stories (myth and fable), and poetry. This 24-lesson book is designed to meet state standards for vocabulary development. Every sixth lesson is a review.

The Words Are Wonderful vocabulary program provides lessons targeting each student’s instructional level, individual needs, and learning style with a wide range of exercises and activities.