Following are the complete contents of the grade 8 Word Wisdom program. Unit 9 is included in this Lesson Sampler to illustrate the format of the instruction that is common to all units in grades 3–8.


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UNIT THEME Behavior


Contents 6


PART 1 Context Clues “Shoppers and Shopping Behavior” . . . . . . 6


Context Clues Strategy: Look for What Kind of Object, Concept, or Action the Word Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7


Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 11


PART 2 Latin Roots: vers, vert, fac, fect, fic, turb


“Playing Fair: Good Sports Finish First” . . 12 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 13 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14


Use Roots and Prefixes: intro-, ad-, contro-, dis-, extro-, per-, pro- . . . . . . . . . 15 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . . 17


PART 3 Reference Skills: Idioms and Special Dictionaries


“Making Friends: Fearless About Friendship” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18


Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 19 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 23


PART 4 Review


Categorize by Syllables and Identify Latin Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Review Unit Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25


Taking Vocabulary Tests: Test-Taking Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Build New Words: Suffix -ly/Speak It!. . . . 27


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UNIT THEME Measurement


PART 1 Context Clues


“How’s the Weather? The Science of Forecasting” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28


2 Contents 28


Context Clues Strategy: Look for What the Word Is Used For . . . . . . . . . 29


Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 33


PART 2 Latin and Greek Roots: meter, metr, part, port, sta


“Buying Guide: A Bike That Fits” . . . . . . 34 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 35 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Use Roots and Prefixes: peri-, dis-, equi- 37 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Apply What You’ve Learned/Speak It! . . . 39


PART 3 Reference Skills: Using a Thesaurus for Multiple Meanings


“Drought: Not Enough Water” . . . . . . . . 40 Practice the Context Clues Strategy . . . . 41 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 45


PART 4 Review Label It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Review Unit Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47


Taking Vocabulary Tests: Test-Taking Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Play with Language/Speak It!. . . . . . . . . . . 49


3


UNIT THEME Communication


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PART 1 Context Clues “The 1920s: Sounds of Change” . . . . . . . 50


Context Clues Strategy: Look for What the Word Is Contrasted With . . . 51 Unlock the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Use Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Process the Meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Apply What You’ve Learned/Write It! . . . 55


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