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s e c ur o s e R g n hi c a e T c sti ola Reproducible Practice Pages PLUS Easy-to-Score Quizzes h c S ki, That Boost Kids’ Word Power and Comprehension c ni ar J d arol by Harold Jarnicki H © y ar ul b a c o V e! s a e Pl e, c cti a Pr g n ori B o N New York • Toronto • London • Auckland • Sydney New Delhi • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Buenos Aires s e c ur o s e R g n hi c a e T c sti a ol h c S ki, c ni ar J d ol ar H © y ar ul b a c o V e! s a e Pl e, c cti a Pr g n ori B o N Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the activity sheets from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557Broadway, New York, NY10012. Cover byJaime Lucero Cover illustrations Mike Moran Interior design by NEO Grafika Illustrations by Kelly Kennedy ISBN 0-439-53148-9 Copyright © 2005by Harold Jarnicki All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 12345678910 40 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 Introduction WOW! Palindromes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 s What an Oxymoron! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ce What Is Vocabulary? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ur so Let’s Get Retro! Eponym and e Thesaurus Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 R g Palindrome Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 n hi Thesaurus Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 c ea Quickie Quiz: Eponyms, T stic Presto! The Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Palindromes, Oxymoron . . . . . . . . . . 30 a chol Negative Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Sound Out Homophones . . . . . . . . . 31 S ki, Positively Negative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 c Home in on Homographs . . . . . . . . . 33 ni Jar Extraordinary Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 d Commonly Confused Words . . . . . . . 34 ol Har Ultra-Cool X-Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Put It in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 © ary Let’s Get Retro! Prefix Review . . . . . . 14 Quickie Quiz: Homophones, ul b ca Quickie Quiz: Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Homographs, and More . . . . . . . . . . . 36 o V e! Suffix Rocks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Synonym/Antonym s a e Pl Analogy Adventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 e, Suffix Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 c cti The Relationship a X-Word-Ology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Pr g Analogy Adventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 n ori Be a Suffix Sleuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 B The “Part of” Analogy Adventure . . . 41 o N Let’s Get Retro! Suffix Review . . . . . 22 Quickie Quiz: Analogies . . . . . . . . . . 43 Quickie Quiz: Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Eponyms: It’s All in the Name! . . . . . . 25 IIII nnnnttttrrrroooodddduuuuccccttttiiiioooonnnn II II magine a classroom where students do not slump in their seats every time you announce it’s time for vocabulary; where vocabulary lessons and practice bring exciting opportunities along with a couple of laughs and a little competition; where students get emotionally involved in the fundamentals of MMMIIINNNvoIIIc---aBBBbYYYulTTaTryEEE,11 and improvement is proudly displayed by students and recognized by teachers and parents. 22 MMMIIINNNIII---BBBYYYTTTEEE You might think such a classroom is merely a figment of my MMMIIINNiNmIIIa---gBBBiYYnYaTTtTioEEEn33 or a fantasy of some ambitiously naive first-year education grad. I can boldly claim that such is not the case. I have been teach4i4ng for about 20 years and, with the help of some games, a MMMIIINNNIII---BBBYYYTTTEEE few jokes, and other gimmicks, have witnessed students get excited about voca55bulary, spelling, grammar, and more. MMMIIINNNIII---BBBYYYTTTEEE The No Boring Practice, Please! series is an extension of my classroom and one humble step toward helping kids do what comes naturally — learn. If you’re ready to add spice to your vocabulary lessons, then this book is for you. Carefully structured as a good basic course of study, the recipe for each lesson is simple. No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary es dishes up straight vocabulary practice with a dash (or splash) c ur o of fun. Inside you’ll find a concoction of reproducible pages s e R g that cover prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, analogies, n chi homophones, and more. Flavored with engaging illustrations a e T and an edgy design, each practice page is easy for kids to c asti swallow. Best of all, you can serve these pages with only a ol h c minimal amount of teacher instruction. S ki, c ni ar J d ol ar H © 4 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Each unit opens with a brief, simple explanation of a key concept in easy-to-understand language. Students are then challenged to apply what they are learning through practice pages. Next comes a review, followed by a quick and easy-to-score quiz. Occasionally, you may want to add an extra exercise or practice test depending on students’ progress, but the units are designed to stand on their own. You may wonder what inspired me to write this book—and the rest of the No Boring Practice, Please! series. Let me start at the beginning. As a baby boomer’s hyperactive kid, I wasn’t a huge fan of school. Sitting at a desk most of the day was tough enough. Add a generous helping of dry vocabulary practice and my eyes would glaze over, roll back in my head, and send me into a near comatose state where hands on clocks ceased to move. Years passed. After a less-than-stellar career in rock ’n’ roll, I decided the teaching profession was a more lucrative gig. I had two specific goals: (1) to become the teacher I never had; and (2) to add a little rock ’n’ roll to the school system. Like it or not, we are teaching a new breed of children—one that watches more than four hours of values-distorting TV each day, plays mindless video games on a regular basis, and gobbles up entertainment far more than nutriment. We welcome these media- savvy kids into our classrooms and expect them to get excited about root words, homophones, and analogies. Let’s get real! This is what drives the No Boring Practice, Please! series. The series is academically sound and rich in language-skill development, but all this learning is disguised by a hip design and comical illustrations that have lots of kid appeal. Think of the series as whole-grain oats packaged in a box of tutti-frutti breakfast cereal. I know that students can get excited about doing well in s e c ur vocabulary, and I feel gratified to be part of the process. I hope o s Re the No Boring Practice, Please! series helps teach and inspire. g n hi c a e May the force be with you. T c sti a hol Sincerely, c S ki, Harold Jarnicki c ni ar J d ol ar H © 5 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name ___________________________________________ W hat Is Vocabulary? MMM MMM MMIINN MMIINN MMMIIINNN IIININNII IIININNII All the words you know make up your vocabulary. The bigger BB-I-I BB-I-I BBB-I--II YBYYBB--- YBYYBB---Words are yyoouu rc vaonc haabvuela srpy,e tahkein mg,o rreea wdoinrgd,s a ynodu wkrniotiwng a!nd the more fun YY YYY powerful! YYTTEE 44TTEE 33TTTEEECla p y2o2TTTuEEEr hand11sTTT EEEand 55 Check out this bodacious a!ctivity. Wow your friends with your titanic vocabulary! They’ll think your brain is absolutely colossal. We guarantee they will be astonished ce-le-brate syl-la-ble s! by your beoxdtraecmioeuinst—ellirgeemnacerk.able astonish—to amaze titanic—having extraordinary power or size S u p e r Kcoliodssa l—massively large extreme—great Challenge List four of your favorite words and write each word’s meaning. Then use the word in a sentence that helps express the word’s meaning. Favorite Word 1: ________________________ Meaning: __________________________________ Sentence: _________________________________________________________________________ Favorite Word 2: ________________________ Meaning: __________________________________ Sentence: _________________________________________________________________________ s e c ur Favorite Word 3: ________________________ Meaning: __________________________________ o s e R g n hi c ea Sentence: _________________________________________________________________________ T c sti a ol h c S ki, Favorite Word 4: ________________________ Meaning: __________________________________ c ni ar J d ol Har Sentence: _________________________________________________________________________ © 6 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary NamTe _h___e___s__a__Cl_ua__p _ r_y_ou_u__rs_ _h_ a__nP_d_s_o_ _a_nw____e___r_____ d Thesaurus? Is that some kind of extinct reptile? MMIINNB-I5BY-IY5TTEE MMIINNB-IBY-I4Y4TTTEEECla p MMM III3NNNB-IBByY--II3YY TTT oEEEur MMMhIIIN2NNB-IBBY--IIYY2a TTT EEEnds MMMa1IIINNNB1-IBBY--IIYY n TTTEEEd ASynntoonnASAyyy nmmtnth oosseacannemsmyy-alpepmmul-leebrss::ru hcaaasoorrtltoeeieass ns wwdaasl ,y oco bomlrr-lodlddaasoss-sb kilvtw ehe o,si! athf ht u s gmoyenpeopannoy stmiShtese u amsnaepdma neaei nntthgorisnn.gy m.Ks. i d ! ! A thesaurus can help make your writing more interesting, attention-grabbing, and powerful. ce-le-brate syl -la- ble s! With a thesaurus you can take an ordinary word and PRESCTOh! CaHAlNl GeEn-Og! meak e it more exciting. Take this simple sentence: Guido ran down the street after his dog. Open a thesaurus and the sentence can change to: • Guido darted down the street after his dog. S u••pGGuueiiddoor dzoa oshmKeedddidoodwwnn t hthee s strtereeet ta aftfeter rh hisis d doogg.. C h a l l e n g e Ha! Ha! FUNNY Word Search Replace the underlined word with Find six synonyms for the word funny a powerful, attention-grabbing and list them below. word from the thesaurus. Make sure the word fits the sentence. L X L J V M L S W bellowed K G H G R A S U A Example: “Let’s go!” shouted Coach Beefy. L F C N C L U O C (cid:182) L T F I Y K O I K It is a nice day. N C M S D V R R Y (cid:183) We had a delicious meal. Q O R U K M O A K (cid:184) C T Z M Q M M L L That is a big building. Q R P A V K U I D (cid:185) Mrs. Jovial is always so happy. Z A N Y R Z H H R s (cid:186) ce The stage lights are bright. ur o s Re ª Bozo was angry when he fell in the mud. A __________________________________ g n achi º Eating breakfast makes me feel strong. C __________________________________ e T c asti (cid:189) Wow, that was a nice try! H __________________________________ ol h Sc æ H __________________________________ ki, What is your plan, Secret Agent Map? c Jarni ø Professor Obtuse is very smart. W __________________________________ d arol Z __________________________________ H © 7 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name ___________________________________________ Me ready to hunt Thesaurus thesaurus! Use a thesaurus to find a synonym for each clue below. 1T 2S 3C 4T 5G 6A 7M P 8A 9E 10I 1M1 12 W 1T3 F X 14 B 15 1S6 W 1S7 X 1B8 1A9 20 21 Q 22 23 V T 2B4 U P 25 D 26 R s Across Down e sourc 2. Run 19. Cute Sdooe, sw htheen 1. Win 11. Most e g R 3. Grab 21. Calm fun start? 2. Fly 15. Leave hin 7. Accident 22. Food 3. Eat 18. Mistake c Tea 8. Love 24. Deceive 4. Storm 19. Get stic 12. Melt 25. Dedicated 5. Beautiful 20. Swallow a hol 13. So 26. Shake 6. Amazing 23. Annoy c S ki, 14. Jump 8. Then c ni 16. Skinny 9. Delight (in) ar d J 17. Roomy 10. Smart ol ar H © 8 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name ___________________________________________ Presto! The Pref ix To help pronounce a word, we sometimes divide the word into syl-la-bles. To understand what a word means, we can divide the word into its parts. Many words are made up of different parts. For instance. . . • Root: the main part of a word • Prefix: a part added to the beginning Add a prefix and PRESTO! You have of a root word to change its meaning a new word!! Example: recount The root word is count.The prefix re- means “again.” So,recount means“tocount again.” MMaattcchh Match each prefix with a root word. Then match the new word TToottaall with its meaning and write it on the chart. Follow the example. UUUppp!!! RRReeecccaaallllll Prefix Root Prefix + Root = Meaning New Word SSmmaarrtt sub- view underwater 1. submarine SSSuuuffffffiiixxxeeesss re- scope see before 2. mini- pact the most 3. PPoossiittiivvllyymi c ro- marine used to see very small objects 4. !!! NNNeeegggaaatttiiivvveeesssmaxi- mum see again 5. anti- view substance that prevents freezing 6. TTrryy com- freeze packed tightly 7. FFiillll ’’’eeemmm UUUPPP ttthhhiiisss!!! pre- mum least amount 8. s ce Use The Words! ur o HHoommmoooppphhReshooonnneee ZZZUseooo sonnnmeeee of the new words from the chart to complete these sentences. g n hi (cid:182) c The ____________________speed on that road is 30 miles per hour. a e T FFFiiixxx---aaabbblllstic eee TT(cid:183)hhDere. Fr ankenstone looked into her ____________________to see the tiny cell. SSSeeennnttteeennncccolaeeesss Sch CCChhhaaa(cid:184)llllllI eeethnnninkggg I’eeell ____________________my notes so I can ace the test! ki, c (cid:185) ni We got to ____________________the movie before everyone else. ar J d (cid:186) EExxttrreeHarolmmee AAnnaallooPuggttyyin g ____________________in your radiator will help save your car in winter. GGGrrrooo© ooovvvaaattthhhooonnn!!! 9 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary Name ___________________________________________ Negative Prefixes A negative prefix changes unIsb eiltie vreaabllley tshoat a word’s meaning to the I’m so undecided? opposite of what it was. 11 EEE TTT Here are the basic meanings of some negative prefixes. MMM III NNNIII---BBBYYY un- : not; opposite of Learning to use 22 in- : not EEE negative prefixes can TTT de- : remove; do the opposite of have a positive effect MMM III NNNIII---BBBYYY dis- : do the opposite of; not non- : not; without on your grammar! 33 EEE TTT An Un-Positive Chart MMM III NNNIII---BBBYYY Choose a negative prefix from the list above. Add it to each word to make 44 EEE a new word. Write the new word next to its matching definition. TTT MMM III NNNIII---BBBYYY WORD TO NEW WORD’S PREFIX NEW NEGATIVE WORD CHANGE MEANING 55 EEE decided not decided 1. undecided MMM III NNNIII---BBBYYY TTT acceptable not acceptable 2. believable not believable 3. visible not visible 4. complete not complete 5. sensitive not sensitive 6. active not active 7. activated not activated 8. s e urc caffeinated not caffeinated 9. o s e g R advantage not an advantage 10. n hi c ea able not able 11. T c asti agree not agree 12. ol h c S ki, alcoholic not alcoholic 13. c ni ar perishable not perishable 14. J d ol Har smoker not a smoker 15. © 10 No Boring Practice, Please! Vocabulary