文档介绍：The Power of Words
Learning Vocabulary
in Grades 4–9
Scott C. Greenwood
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD EDUCATION
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Lanham • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK
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Greenwood, Scott C.
The power of words : learning vocabulary in grades 4-9 / Scott C. Greenwood.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60709-726-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60709-727-3 (pbk. : alk.
paper) — ISBN 978-1-60709-728-0 (electronic)
1. Vocabulary—Study and teaching (Elementary) 2. Vocabulary—Study and teaching
(Middle school) 3. Word recognition—Study and teaching (Elementary) 4. Word
recognition—Study and teaching (Middle school) I. Title.
2010
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Contents
List of Figures v
Acknowledgments vii
1 Why This Book? 1
2 What Works: Prin