Words, Words, Words

Jack Umstatter, a master English teacher with more than 30 years’ experience, is a multiple winner of the Teacher of the Year award. He currently teaches English and co-chairs the English department in the Cold Spring Harbor District in Long Island, New York. He is the author of numerous books including Hooked on English!, English Brainstormers!, Brain Games, and Grammar Grabbers from Jossey-Bass.

• ContentsAbout the AuthorAbout This ResourcexiUnit 1 PlacesWord List 21-1. A Large City, a Dock, and More 41-2. The Letters C and R Stand for Themselves 51-3. Find the Three Words 61-4. A Colorful Matching Column 7Unit 2 Beg, Borrow, and StealWord List 102-1. Start with a Capital 122-2. Patriotism Is In! 132-3. Sliding Along 142-4. No Need to Beg, Borrow, or Steal 15Unit 3 What’s That You Say?Word List 183-1. Relating Them 203-2. Ego Man 213-3. Who Is Theodore Geisel? 223-4. Three-Letter Adjectives 233-5. Units 1–3 Crossword Puzzle Review 24Review Test Units 1–3 25Unit 4 Clean Your Room!Word List 284-1. Find the Proverb 304-2. There Once Was a Man 314-3. Look for Those Second Letters 324-4. Two Words and Two Girls 33Unit 5 How We ActWord List 365-1. Clumps of Letters 385-2. Why Start with Something Crude? 395-3. What Is an Amazon? 405-4. Music to Your Ears 41Unit 6 Words from MythologyWord List 446-1. A Monstrous Affair to Say the Least 466-2. Headlines! 476-3. Five Will Get You Forty 486-4. Start with Zeus 49Review Test Units 4–6 51Unit 7 The Big and Small of It AllWord List 547-1. Fifteen and Five 567-2. Floating Like a Butterfly 577-3. Spinning Around 587-4. Change a Letter (or Two) 59Unit 8 Tell It Like It IsWord List 628-1. It’s What They Said 658-2. You Only Hear Its First Letter 668-3. O! Those Prefixes Ending with O! 678-4. Under the Sea 68Unit 9 The Sciences (Naturally!)Word List 709-1. Searching for Those Science Words 729-2. Let’s Start with “No” for Some of These 739-3. Finding the Three-Letter Words 749-4. Figuring Out the Science Words 75Review Test Units 7–9 77Unit 10 Mathematically InclinedWord List 8010-1. Just Do the Math 8210-2. Overheard in Math Class 8310-3. What Is It Called? 8410-4. Famous Names in Mathematics 85Unit 11 How We MoveWord List 8811-1. Just Move It! 9111-2. How Would You Move If .? 9211-3. Newspaper Captions 9311-4. Don’t Be Staggering Through This Puzzle! 94Unit 12 Write On!Word List 9612-1. I’d Like to Read 9812-2. Legends Amongst Us 9912-3. Literary Crossword 10012-4. Really Researching 101Review Test Units 10–12 103Unit 13 Popular SAT WordsWord List 10613-1. Let’s Go Fishing 10813-2. The Fourth-of-July Special 10913-3. To the Nth Degree 11013-4. By a Nose 111Unit 14 What We’d Like Said About UsWord List 11414-1. End with James Bond 11614-2. Don’t Tell This to Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan! 11714-3. Illustrative Examples 11814-4. And Now for the One Noun Form 119Unit 15 To a DegreeWord List 12215-1. Placing Them In 12415-2. Where Did the Word Number Go? 12515-3. Triple the Number 12615-4. Hey! Some Letters Are Missing! 127Review Test Units 13–15 129Unit 16 All Types of PeopleWord List 13216-1. Who Said It? 13416-2. All Sorts of People 13516-3. Politically Speaking 13616-4. Have You Seen the .? 137Unit 17 An Interesting Combination of WordsWord List 14017-1. Coming or Going There Late 14217-2. People Will Not Be Mad at Us This Time 14317-3. Who Said What? 14417-4. All Fifteen 145Unit 18 All in the FamilyWord List 14818-1. It’s a Family Affair 15018-2. Double-Letter Words 15118-3. No Feuding Within the Family Here 15218-4. Headlines 153Review Test Units 16–18 155Unit 19 Skilled—Or Not So SkilledWord List 15819-1. Be an Exemplary Student 16019-2. Positive and Negative Words 16119-3. Which Does Not Belong—And Why? 16219-4. Inventors and Inventions 163Unit 20 Here, There, and EverywhereWord List 16620-1. Your Mother Is What Kind of an Engineer? 16820-2. Adverbs Galore! 16920-3. Making Your Way Around Analogies 17020-4. How Simple! 171Unit 21 Smart—Or Not So SmartWord List 17421-1. Do You Have the Smarts? 17621-2. Do You Have the Skill? 17721-3. Expanding Your Vocabulary 17821-4. World Capitals 179Review Test Units 19–21 181Unit 22 A Bit DifferentWord List 18422-1. A Traitor, a Criminal, and the Rest 18622-2. Finding the Countries 18722-3. People and What They Said 18822-4. Where Did the Word Maestro Come From? 189Unit 23 How (or Not How) to Say ItWord List 19223-1. It’s Not That Greek to You! 19523-2. U-R That Clever! 19623-3. This Is So Easy! 19723-4. A Very Silly Poem 198Unit 24 Gone!Word List 20024-1. Two at a Time 20224-2. Water, Water Everywhere 20324-3. “-Ury” Is In 20424-4. Count on It to Be One of the First 205Review Test Units 22–24 207Unit 25 AgeWord List 21025-1. The Last Letters 21225-2. Starting Fresh 21325-3. One Hundred Years and Counting 21425-4. Ponce de Leon’s Search 215Unit 26 Who Wants to Be Called That?Word List 21826-1. All Types of Behaviors and Moods 22026-2. Identifying the Person 22126-3. Obstinate Is the Way to Go Here 22226-4. Care to Do This Over Breakfast? 223Unit 27 How Much—Or How LittleWord List 22627-1. We Want No Dearth of Correct Answers Here! 22827-2. What Have You Wrought? 22927-3. Large or Small or Just Enough? 23027-4. Sounds Like 231Review Test Units 25–27 233Unit 28 Social Studies ClassWord List 23628-1. Take One, Then Two, and Then #15 Does It Alone 23828-2. Let’s Call It a Tie—At Least in Points 23928-3. Words Within Words 24028-4. Do You Know Your U.S. Presidents? 241Unit 29 Science ClassWord List 24429-1. Making Sense Out of Science 24629-2. Science Words 24729-3. The Dictionary to the Rescue? 24829-4. The Parade of Scientists 249Unit 30 All About the SensesWord List 25230-1. A Crossword for the Senses 25430-2. The Final Letters 25530-3. Just Add Some Sweeteners 25630-4. Sensing Your Capability 257Review Test Units 28–30 259List of Words by Unit 261Words Included in This Book 269Answer Key 273