The first in a new 3-book skills-based series and perfectly aligned with DJ Henry's The Skilled Reader, Developing Vocabulary builds a college-level vocabulary to prepare students for studies within academic the various disciplines through the use of textbook excerpts. Students are given plenty of exercises requiring exploration through context clues, word analysis, proper usage, and application. To help visual learners use images to develop their college vocabularies, photographs and drawings are accompanied by captions for students to complete as a quick test of vocabulary development and reading comprehension. Can be used to complement The Skilled Reader or as a stand-alone product. Heavy emphasis placed on academic disciplines as readings are adapted from college textbooks. Please enter here Please enter here

Introduction

1. Vocabulary in Context and Using Word Analysis Readingndash;not sure, but I'll send you something later today.

2. Dictionary Skills George Xenophon Tsirimokos, Letter to the Editor, Daily Press, July 8, 2005, p. A 16 Introduction Review

Test I. VOCABULARY IN HEALTH

3. Vocabulary in Health from "The Healing Power of Humor,rdquo; Living Healthy: Working Well, a Monthly newsletter Distributed to State of California LAP Coordinators, May 1999. (Appears on p. 114-115 of The Skilled Reader)

4. Vocabulary in Health adapted from Donatelle, Health: The Basics, 4 th ed., p. 20. (Appears on p. 685 of The Skilled Reader)

5. Vocabulary in Health adapted from Donatelle, Health: The Basics, 4 th ed., p. 384.(Appears on p. 669 of The Skilled Reader)

6. Vocabulary in Health Daily Press, Oct. 18, 2002, p. A13. (Appears on p. 723 of The Skilled Reader)

7. Vocabulary in Health Jocelyn Smith, Discover, June 2005, p. 14. (New) Unit 1 Review

Test II. VOCABULARY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

8. Vocabulary in Psychology D.J. Henry, "Stages of Grief,rdquo; The Skilled Reader, Longman, p. 265 (written by author)

9. Vocabulary in Psychology adapted by D.J. Henry from Kosslyn & Rosenber, Psychology: The Brain, The Person, The World, p. 432 (P. 371 of The Skilled Reader)

10. Vocabulary in Gender Studies Renzetti & Curran, Women, Men, and Society, 4 th ed. pp. 164-165 (Appears on p. 80 of The Skilled Reader)

11. Vocabulary in American History "A Guide for Visitorsrdquo; brochure from Monticello

12. Vocabulary in British History Interview with American tourist in London on the day of the bombings, July 7, 2005) Unit 2 Review

Test III. VOCABULARY IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY

13. Vocabulary in Mathematics Stanley Salzman, Charles Miller, & Gary Clendenin, Mathematics for Business, 7 th ed., Addison Wesley, 2001, pp. 1-2.

14. Vocabulary in Biology Audesirk, Audesirk, & Byers, Life on Earth, 3 rd ed., p. 81 (Appears on p. 715 of The Skilled Reader)

15. Vocabulary in Biology Adapted from Hayden, Seven African American Scientists, pp. 55-57 (App