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Defining New Moon: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the Sat, Act, Ged, and SSAT
"Brian Leaf has done it again! Just as Defining Twilight did, Defining New Moon continues to help students improve their vocabulary while reading Stephenie Meyer's New Moon."
— Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight saga movies) Why is Bella desolate and haggard? Will Jacob win her over with his infectious affability? Can Edward dare to flout the rules and summon the belligerent ire of the Volturi? State your allegiance: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Join Bella, Jacob, and Edward as you learn more than 600 vocabulary words for the *SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT! With hundreds of new vocabulary words, this book can be used completely on its own or as a follow-up to Defining Twilight . Use this workbook side-by-side with your own copy of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon !
— Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight saga movies) Why is Bella desolate and haggard? Will Jacob win her over with his infectious affability? Can Edward dare to flout the rules and summon the belligerent ire of the Volturi? State your allegiance: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Join Bella, Jacob, and Edward as you learn more than 600 vocabulary words for the *SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT! With hundreds of new vocabulary words, this book can be used completely on its own or as a follow-up to Defining Twilight . Use this workbook side-by-side with your own copy of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon !
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 24, 2009
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November 3, 2009
I first discovered Defining Twilight Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT through dailylit.com. They had a preview of the book. After I saw the preview, I borrowed a copy from my library. I was going to have my 13 year old daughter (who loves Twilight) to just copy her answers on notebook paper. After seeing the whole book, I decided I would go ahead and buy both "Defining Twilight" and "Defining New Moon" for her. They are only $9.99 each which is a very small price to pay if she enjoys doing it and learns something in the process.
The book is broken up into 40 groups of words. Each group has 8 words to learn. (You actually learn more than 8 words per group because you also learn synonyms and antonyms) The first page of each group gives you the word and the page number from New Moon. You are to look the word up in New Moon and read it in the context of the story. You are then to write what you think the definition is on the line provided in the workbook.
The second page of the group gives the definitions of the 8 words in layman's terms. For some words it even dissects the words, gives you synonyms, etc. You are to check your answers against these and make corrections. You should read through these a few times and then move on to complete the drills.
The third page of each group is broken up into three sections. There are 4 words in the synonyms section. There are four multiple choice questions where you are to choose a word or phrase whose meaning is the closest to the word given. The second section, containing 2 words, is analogies. Example: "5. Callous is to insensitive as A. wizened is to tall B. extraordinary is to simple C. quantifiable is to limitless D. prophetic is to visionary E. relentless is to timid". The third section , also containing 2 words, is sentence completion. You will get a sentence with a line indicating a missing word. You are to choose the correct word from the five choices.
The fourth page of each group gives the answers to the multiple choice questions on the previous page. These are not just A, B, C answers, they are very detailed explanations of why this is the answer and why the other choices are wrong.
I think this book is such a brilliant idea to get the Twilight fans to dig a little deeper and learn so much more than they would otherwise.
The book is broken up into 40 groups of words. Each group has 8 words to learn. (You actually learn more than 8 words per group because you also learn synonyms and antonyms) The first page of each group gives you the word and the page number from New Moon. You are to look the word up in New Moon and read it in the context of the story. You are then to write what you think the definition is on the line provided in the workbook.
The second page of the group gives the definitions of the 8 words in layman's terms. For some words it even dissects the words, gives you synonyms, etc. You are to check your answers against these and make corrections. You should read through these a few times and then move on to complete the drills.
The third page of each group is broken up into three sections. There are 4 words in the synonyms section. There are four multiple choice questions where you are to choose a word or phrase whose meaning is the closest to the word given. The second section, containing 2 words, is analogies. Example: "5. Callous is to insensitive as A. wizened is to tall B. extraordinary is to simple C. quantifiable is to limitless D. prophetic is to visionary E. relentless is to timid". The third section , also containing 2 words, is sentence completion. You will get a sentence with a line indicating a missing word. You are to choose the correct word from the five choices.
The fourth page of each group gives the answers to the multiple choice questions on the previous page. These are not just A, B, C answers, they are very detailed explanations of why this is the answer and why the other choices are wrong.
I think this book is such a brilliant idea to get the Twilight fans to dig a little deeper and learn so much more than they would otherwise.
April 29, 2015
This book was helpful to me in a way, it helps to strengthen your vocabulary choices but its limited to words you find in the book. Its a gate way book similar to a thesaurus. I gave this book a three star rating because the book is nothing more than a gate way activity book it helps you to acquire new words but after you finish it there is nothing left to do with it. words used in the book.I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
December 19, 2011
thank you firstreads for this book! Defining New Moon has been a great asset in my classroom and has especially helped the many twilight series fans in my special education classes to make vocabulary enhancements that improve both GED and general reading comprehension.
July 25, 2013
After completing Defining Twlight I was excited to try out Defining New Moon. Helps in learning words and is fun at the same time.
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