Jk, L, M Versability

By Roger J. Maderia

VERSABILITY takes the enjoyment of verse that you may have had with
nursery rhymes, jingles or songs and puts it into a dictionary of common
nouns. Then it takes these common nouns and groups them into categories
rather than alphabetical order. Finally a RHYME TIME challenge is added
to encourage repetition and a family or friendly game.
Build a great vocabulary.
Its one key to succeeding.
Share some time together.
Have some fun with reading.
Enjoy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503563827

Roger J. Maderia

Roger Maderia was a teacher for 35 years in the town of Wilmington, MA. He always enjoyed poetry and tried to incorporate some of this enjoyment into his teaching. In his retirement, he has tried to use verse in advertisements and cards, along with song writing, label making, and story telling. He considers VERSABILITY as the ability to put any written work into verse and works at it diligently. As the father of five and the grandfather of fourteen, he now has a new audience for his verse. With his Books of Versability, he hopes to make that audience much larger.

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CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD

JK

JK INDEX

L

L INDEX

M

M INDEX

DEDICATION

To a most fantastic family

I give this dedication,

extended by students and friends

who have been my inspiration.

INTRODUCTION

Roger J. Maderia was raised in Cambridge, MA near Longfellow’s spreading chestnut trees. Maybe this is why he has always enjoyed poetry. Now he is a retired teacher, having 35 years of experience in Wilmington, MA. He has always tried to incorporate this enjoyment into his teaching of Reading and Language Arts.

In his retirement, he has finally had the time to use this poetry in a new and innovative way which he calls Versability : the ability to enrich vocabulary and put other writing into verse. It has been used in ads, cards, labels, invitations and songs.

This is a dictionary of common nouns, but meanings are in the context of verse, so it is far more enjoyable to read and hear over and over again. This repetition can build a vocabulary of new words and enhance vocabulary that is already known. The added RHYME TIME challenge just makes retention better. It encourages rereading and adds a challenge and some fun to learning.

Blue Ink Reviews calls Versability a delightful device to remind adults and students alike that stretching one’s vocabulary can be a noble - and surprisingly challenging - pursuit. Think Dr. Seuss meets Wheel of Fortune.

FOREWORD

Versatility is the ability to do many things competently. We have created the word versability which is the ability to put many things competently into verse.

Because simple phrases and rhymes are often remembered much more easily than dictionary meanings, these books are created to give the reader a brief meaning of a word, in the context of verse. They also focus on only common nouns to be less confusing and to enrich the vocabulary through the knowledge of things.

This book consists of about 100 pages of verse to include almost 2000 common nouns beginning with the letters JK, L, and M. Naturally, some books will consist of more letters until we get to the final one which will be the UVWXYZ Book of Versability.

In the versability dictionary words will not occur in alphabetical order because these books will attempt to group things by categories to assist with meaning retention. Therefore, when the reader is trying to remember the meaning of the word auk, he may remember that it rhymed with hawk, which is a bird. That’s versability.

Each page will also contain a challenge called RHYME TIME. It uses one of the underlined words to fill in one blank and the reader has to think of a rhyming word for the second blank. A navy foot covering is a _____ _____. (blue shoe). Sometimes the challenge will be PRIME RHYME TIME : A recently purchased navy foot covering is a ____ _____ _____. (new blue shoe). In each full book there will be a PRIME RHYME TIME SUBLIME to figure out four rhyming words from the clues. Answers always appear two pages away from the puzzle.

Each page is designed to be read three times. Once for the meter and rhyme. Again for learning new words and lastly to solve the RHYME TIME puzzle.

An index, in alphabetical order, of all words with pages on which the words appear, is provided at the end of each book so the reader can easily refer back to each word, its verse, and its versability.

JK

This next book has to be different:

our first with more than one letter.

Letters J and K come together

to fit in our categories better.

Our J’s have one starting sound

like the jar that holds lots of jam.

Another is in Spanish words.

Jalapeno has an h sound like ham.

Kn brings a silence to K,

This knowledge can take one real far.

But most like a kernel of corn

sound just like the c in a car.

We’ll have almost 400 words

which was an original quest.

RHYME TIME is added as always

to make our retention the best.

PRIME RHYME TIME

To speak letters that rhyme with the letter A

is to _____ __ __.

We’ll start with the world of animals.

Marsupials from Australia are a few.

Koalas hold babies in their pouches.

A joey is a young kangaroo.

A jaguar is a rather large wildcat.

The jaguarondi is a much smaller one.

A jackal is a dog-like wild mammal.

Jackrabbits always hop when they run.

A kudu is an antelope from Africa.

A young cat called a kitten loves to purr.

A kolinsky is a European weasel

known for its dark and tawny fur.

Karakuls are Central Asian sheep.

The lambs have soft coats the color black.

Kiangs are Tibetan beasts of burden

toting heavy loads on their back.

Kinkajous are tree dwelling mammals.

They are often called honey bears.

A keeshond is a dense-coated dog

with shaggy blackish-gray colored hairs.

Jennies or jennets are female donkeys.

A jackass is a corresponding male.

A jerboa is a small nocturnal rodent

with large ears and a long tufted tail.

RHYME TIME

A young cat injured by another animal’s mouth

is a _______ _______.

Many of our animals are birds.

The bright colored kingfisher is here.

The kookaburra