Super Sentences: A Vocabulary Building Activity Book for Word Lovers of All Ages, Incuding School Age Children.

By Susan Winebrenner M.S.

This book has been in constant press since 1990 and has brought much pleasure to avid readers and writers of all ages. There are 11 sentences in Level One, which challenge gifted students in grades k-4 and regular education students in the upper grades. The eleven Level Two sentences challenge students in grades 5-12, and require access to an unabridged dictionary with word origins included. The sentences also provide hours of family fun! You will especially appreciate the Answer Keys at the back of the book. Susan sincerely invites readers to share their original Super Sentences with her from her website, www.susanwinebrenner.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 31, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481772129

Susan Winebrenner M.S.

Susan Winebrenner has been an educator for many years and has taught students in both regular and gifted edcuation settings. A lifelong word and vocabulary maven herself, she wrote this book to share her passion for words with students and adults.

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1st Edition was published on 1989

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/09/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-7213-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-7212-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013912161

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Contents

AN INTRODUCTION TO SUPER SENTENCES

PRONUNCIATION KEY

LEVEL ONE

LEVEL TWO

ANSWER KEYS

LEVEL ONE ANSWERS

LEVEL TWO ANSWERS

An Introduction to

SUPER SENTENCES

This book contains twenty-two SUPER SENTENCES at two levels of difficulty. The chart on this page gives a rough idea of the appropriate grades for each level.

These sentences have been successfully used in classroom situations to provide a challenging activity in vocabulary that includes all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Students must know how to use the dictionary, thesaurus, and pronunciation keys; comprehend the syntax of words and the parts of speech; be able to apply skills learned in reading, English and language arts in the SUPER SENTENCE setting; analyze the most sensible way to put the words together for coherent meaning, and evaluate how well they are creating meaningful thoughts throughout the activity.

Since this activity is so challenging, students should be able to work together in pairs or triads so they may constantly check out the sense of their work with each other.