Wordly Wise, Book 6

Author: Kenneth Hodkinson
Publisher: Educators Publishing Service (EPS); Paperback
Ages: 14-15
Grade: 9

Wordly Wise is a series of twelve workbooks that help students build their vocabulary skills in an interesting, entertaining, and useful way. The exercises are diverse and include activities such as crossword puzzles, analogies, and riddles. Students practice using words in context, learn multiple meanings of words, and use words in sentences.

Wordly Wise, Book 6 is made up of 24 lessons with approximately 16 words in each lesson. Words taught in Book 6 include: stalwart, oust, antithesis, guile, intrepid, magnanimous, acquiesce, ennui, tacit, undulate, prolific, secede, myriad, and wry. Comprehension of the vocabulary words is facilitated and reinforced through the five different exercises repeated in each lesson and the chapter reviews. Answers to the exercises are provided in the Wordly Wise, Book 6; Teacher's Key, ordered separately.