Words on the Vine: 36 Vocabulary Units on Root Words
by Claudia Vurnakes Author
(From Amazon): Ancient Latin and Greek live on in the words we speak every day. Introduce your students to the fun and challenge of word genealogy with Words on the Vine, a 36-unit vocabulary program based on common Latin and Greek roots that will provide you witha framework for an entire school year. Each unit introduces ten related words and shows how their definitions can be traced back to a common meaning. Students first examine each word in context to understand its correct usage. Then theyhave the opportunity to put the words to work for themselves in creative and challenging assignments. Each unit provides easy-to-remember visual clues, fun-to-read usage examples, and hand-on activities.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1568226616
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 108
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Instructional Fair
- Copyright
- 1999
Lessons
- 1 Leaf Lovers
- 2 Comic Re-Leaf
- 3 Turn Over a New Leaf
- 4 Mission To Mars
- 5 Interplanetary P.O.
- 6 What On Earth?
- 7 Hand in Hand
- 8 Hand Done
- 9 All Hands on Deck
- 10 Write and Wrong
- 11 Rest in Peace
- 12 Pardon Me?
- 13 Birthday Blow-out
- 14 Star-Studded Birthday
- 15 Kissing Cousins
- 16 Around the World
- 17 Globe Trotters
- 18 Where in the World?
- 19 Fancy Footwork
- 20 Feet First
- 21 A Foot in the Door
- 22 Stars and Stripes Forever
- 23 Twinkle, Twinkle
- 24 Now Playing: Starstomp
- 25 Clock Wise
- 26 Beat the Clock
- 27 Time Out
- 28 Wet and Wonderful
- 29 Tanks a Lot!
- 30 The Clock is.....Dripping
- 31 Power Under the Hood
- 32 Motion City
- 33 Motion Sickness
- 34 Head Hunters
- 35 Upper Case Code
- 36 History/Mysteries
- 37 His and Hers
- 38 Family Matters
- 39 All in the Family
- 40 Goody Goody Gumdrops
- 41 Bon Voyage
- 42 For Goodness' Sake
- 43 Play Ball!
- 44 Wow! Rats! Yike!
- 45 Flotsam and Jetsam
- 46 Marshmallows, Please
- 47 International House of Heartburn
- 48 Snap, Crackle, Pop!
- 49 Blue Ribbon Specials
- 50 The Princess and the Pea
- 51 First Impressions
- 52 Making Tracks
- 53 Wheel of Fortune
- 54 In the Pit
- 55 Heartbroken
- 56 Love Letters
- 57 By Heart
- 58 Tyrannosaurus Rex
- 59 Nestor, Court Jester
- 60 King For a Day
- 61 One-Track Mind
- 62 As the Stomach Churns
- 63 One of a Kind?
- 64 Twice as Nice
- 65 Double Trouble
- 66 Show and Tell
- 67 Paint by Nmber
- 68 The Scoop Shoppe
- 69 Your Lucky Number
- 70 Through the Looking Glass
- 71 A Closer Look
- 72 The Specter Inspector
- 73 Top Secret
- 74 Last Will and Testament
- 75 With Pen in Hand
- 76 Mr. Tee
- 77 Meet Me at the Mall
- 78 Simon Says
- 79 In the Running
- 80 Rhymes on the Run
- 81 Mixed Messages
- 82 The Golden Rule
- 83 On Cloud Nine
- 84 History/Mysteries
- 85 By the Book
- 86 The Hall of the Horrid
- 87 Twister
- 88 Small Change
- 89 It's a Small World
- 90 Fore!
- 91 Do You Hear What I Hear?
- 92 Sounds Phishy to Me!
- 93 Telephony Baloney
- 94 Human Beans
- 95 A Whale of a Tale
- 96 Human Headlines
- 97 Speak Your MInd!
- 98 Said the Spider to the Fly
- 99 Legal Eagles
- 100 Carry On!
- 101 Sleeping Beauty
- 102 Basket of Goodies
- 103 All Together Now
- 104 A Job Well Done
- 105 UFO Scrapbook
- 106 Cupid's Arrows
- 107 Where is Love?
- 108 History/Mysteries
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