Word Power and Comprehension for the S.A.T. provides teachers and students with a variety of exercises and multi-skilled activities intended to improve vocabulary, comprehension and retention specifi cally for the S.A.T. Over 300 vocabulary words found frequently on the Scholastic Aptitude Test Vocabulary is taught through Sentence Completion, Reading Comprehension Questions, Word Scramble, Essays and Matching Words are taught in context, demonstrating how the S.A.T. exam poses questions through contextualized reading Active and Passive vocabulary learning Essays presented in S.A.T. format, requiring examples from literature, studies, personal experience and observation Vocabulary Challenge encouraging the student to interact with newly learned words as part of the essay Clustering of words by similar meaning and subject matter as a strategy for learning and retention Glossaries are included at the end of each exercise for easy and immediate access Strategic approaches for Reading Comprehension and Sentence Completions Identifying the Four Types of Sentence Completion questions Identifying the Three Types of Reading Comprehension questions posed on the Scholastic Aptitude Test Strategic approaches used when Teaching for Comprehension Correction Strategies for the reader Appendix on Root Words, Prefi xes and Suffi xes Appendix defining Literary Terms often used on the S.A.T. Answers and Explanations to all the drills in each exercise Special Test Taking Tips at the end of each exercise.
