Vocabulary in Context

Exciting reading passages, effective vocabulary instruction

► Class Sets from $324.99
► Student Editions from $12.99

Build vocabulary with high-interest nonfiction reading selections.

Looking for a more effective way to teach vocabulary? Imagine a program so engaging and memorable that your students are clamoring to work ahead!

Each book in the Vocabulary in Context series—Wilderness Survival, The History of Hip-Hop, and Mysteries, Curiosities & Wonders—introduces over 125 vocabulary words in high-interest reading passages and uses classroom-proven lessons to make sure students remember the words they encounter.

This approach gives students the chance to first infer each unfamiliar word’s meaning based on the surrounding text.

After they read, students tackle a variety of exercises, including sentence completion and reading comprehension questions, to reinforce word acquisition.

Vocabulary in Context will help you meet your nonfiction and informational text reading requirements, while also teaching new vocabulary words through passages that even your most reluctant readers will love.

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Class Set & Student Edition - $324.99 per Class Set / $12.99 per Student Edition

Vocabulary in Context: Wilderness
Survival

6th–8th Grades

Vocabulary in Context: The History
of Hip-Hop

8th–10th Grades

Vocabulary in Context: Mysteries, Curiosities & Wonders

11th–12th Grades

Vocabulary in Context strengthens students' word-attack skills with:

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High-interest, themed nonfiction passages
Academic and domain-specific word lists
Words-in-context practice activities
Roots, prefixes, and suffixes lessons
Reading comprehension and analysis exercises

“The variety of activities make this book appealing to a teacher who tries to engage students with various learning styles and interests. The activities are the types of vocabulary activities I incorporate into my class to help students use their vocabulary in many ways.”

ELA Educator, North Carolina

Your students will read texts like:

Vocabulary in Context:
Wilderness Survival (Grades 6–8)

“Psychology of Survival”
“Emergency Shelters”
“Signaling Techniques”
“Wilderness Navigation”
And more!

Vocabulary in Context:
The History of Hip-Hop (Grades 8–10)

“The Roots of Rap”
“Hip-Hop's Firsts”
“Freestyle”
“Dogg in the House”
And more!

Vocabulary in Context:
Mysteries, Curiosities & Wonders (Grades 11–12)

“Three Sides of the Bermuda Triangle”
“Who Was King Arthur?”
“Roanoke, The Lost Colony”
“Where is Amelia Earhart?”
And more!

Find more ways to explore vocabulary in your classroom.

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