This book offers an organized program where students complete focused exercises to develop a key language skill required of Florida students. The exercises increase from easy, to moderate, and then to advanced. This leveled and focused approach will introduce students at a comfortable level and then build on the skills so that students reach and then exceed grade level expectations.Key Features

• 101 exercises focused on synonyms and antonyms
• includes practice understanding and using suffixes and prefixes
• also covers connotations, shades of meaning, and precise word choices
• 10 complete sets of exercises organized into easy, moderate, and advanced
• vocabulary, reading level, and difficulty increase through the sets
• format allows for review and feedback as the student progresses
• covers vocabulary skills from the B.E.S.T. English Language Arts standards

Develops Key Language Skills

• produces a thorough understanding of synonyms and antonyms
• illustrates how prefixes and suffixes change word meaning
• helps students distinguish between words with similar meanings
• provides practice using synonyms and antonyms to complete analogies
• builds an understanding of positive and negative connotations
• teaches students to use context to determine word meaning
• helps students make real-life connections between words and their meanings
• improves writing by encouraging stronger word choices
• provides practice making precise word choices
• improves performance on written composition tasks