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Implementing Vocabulary Ladders in the Classroom  \nTips for Extensions How to Use This Book  \nLesson Overview  \nHow to Implement the Lessons Correlation to the Standards  \nStandards Chart Lessons  \nBehavior  \nBravery  \nIntelligence  \nRange of Emotions  \nMaterial Texture  \nStrength  \nNeatness  \nUsing “Said” to Show or Express Emotion  \nShowing Emotion  \nPiece of Something  \nMovements  \nFreedom  \nAmount of Something  \nLevel of Protection  \nLevel of Support  \nSelf-Concept  \nLevel of Annoyance  \nDegree of Sanity  \nSocializing  \nFollowing the Law  \nAppendices  \nAppendix A: Vocabulary Ladders  \nAppendix B: References Cited  \nANote to the Educator  \n\n| “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”\u003Cbr>—Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain\u003Cbr>Choosing the right word adds power and richness to a writer’s message. Understanding the reason for that choice adds precision and depth to the reader’s comprehension. This book provides a unique approach to vocabulary study that supports both writers and readers and offers several advantages. First, it sharpens students’ thinking and refines their sense of the underlying concept. Second, it encourages students to consider the purposes and circumstances for selecting specific words so they are used effectively. Third, it provides the writer or speaker with a range of words from which to choose to most appropriately express the meaning he or she intends to convey.\u003Cbr>The activities in this book include instructional concepts from the research on vocabulary teaching and learning. The activities require students to review and clarify specific word meanings and relate them to appropriate situations. Students will also have the opportunity to solidify their learning by applying word meanings to their personal experiences.\u003Cbr>While the materials in these books are tightly organized, and the activities are clear and straightforward, the connections among words often are not. Word relationships are complex, and there may be several reasonable interpretations of how words should be arranged along a continuum. The word orders in the ladders are not cast in stone. Many times the differences among word meanings are less a matter of degree and more one of the context or situation. To be most effective in increasing the breadth and depth of student vocabularies, teachers must encourage students to explain their own understandings of the word meanings and explain how they are connected and how they may be used, and they must respect these explanations. It isin the process of talking about words that learning about them is best advanced. Thus, the ladders should not be seen as end points to be memorized, but as starting points for discussion, debate, and discovery. |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| | —Jerry Zutell Professor Emeritus The Ohio State University |\n\nResearch  \n“Give me the right word and the right accent, and I will move the world.”  \n—Joseph Conrad  \nIt is well established that success in reading requires readers to understand the individual words they encounter in text (Anderson and Freebody 1981; 1983; Becker 1977; Davis 1944; National Reading Panel 2000). Without the understanding of keywords, it is very unlikely that readers will have a good understanding of the larger texts in which the words are embedded. Similarly, proficiency in writing requires writers to have a large array of words at their disposal. Word choice is consistently viewed as an important factor when judging the quality of a student’s writing. 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