This popular vocabulary-building program, previously available in audiocassette tape format, is now being issued on compact discs. Based on Murray Bromberg and Melvin Gordon’s bestselling classroom book, 1100 Words You Need to Know, this program presents seven humorous dramatizations designed to build students’ word power while preparing them for the SAT, ACT, and ESL tests. Dramatized stories include those of a hapless football team, a private eye, a chef with an accident-prone cooking show, and others. All stories keep their listeners amused while they introduce words and word meanings in the context of informal conversations. A 32-page booklet lists the words-to-learn from each dramatization and provides brief definitions for them all.
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WordPlay
550+ Words You Need to Know Second Edition
FIVE AUDIO COMPACT DISCS with Vocabulary Booklet
SEVEN COMEDY DRAMATIZATIONS TO BUILD YOUR WORD POWER
1. The Rambling Panthers
A high school football team doesn’t have much talent but the players all have high SAT scores
2. Slap Monahan, Private Investigator
A tough private eye gets help from a talking computer
3. The Furious Cook
The world’s most patient chef loses his cool every time something goes wrong during his cooking show
4. High School University
A soap opera flourishes as four romantically involved teens muddle through their misunderstandings
5. Big Mike
News making interviews from the most unlikely places—inside a basketball, behind a refrigerator, under a toupee, and other peculiar locations
6. The Meter is Running
A college professor’s amusing encounter with a cab driver whose English skills are limited
7. City of Gold
Distinguished scholars search across three continents for a fabulous treasure
WordPlay
550+ Words You Need to Know Second Edition
FIVE AUDIO COMPACT DISCS with Vocabulary Booklet
SEVEN COMEDY DRAMATIZATIONS TO BUILD YOUR WORD POWER
1. The Rambling Panthers
A high school football team doesn’t have much talent but the players all have high SAT scores
2. Slap Monahan, Private Investigator
A tough private eye gets help from a talking computer
3. The Furious Cook
The world’s most patient chef loses his cool every time something goes wrong during his cooking show
4. High School University
A soap opera flourishes as four romantically involved teens muddle through their misunderstandings
5. Big Mike
News making interviews from the most unlikely places—inside a basketball, behind a refrigerator, under a toupee, and other peculiar locations
6. The Meter is Running
A college professor’s amusing encounter with a cab driver whose English skills are limited
7. City of Gold
Distinguished scholars search across three continents for a fabulous treasure
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Kind of corney, but worth consideration,
By Lori Kobz "Lorikobz" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: WordPlay: 550+ Words You Need to Know (Audio CD)
This CD will be just one of my vocabulary teaching tools as a home schooling mom. I don't know if my kids would have sat and listened to it, if we had not been on a long drive in the car. The stories are corney and remind me of an old radio program, definitely not the typical entertainment today's kids and teens are used to. My kids laughed at the stories, though, and recognized some of the words from their vocabulary books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Uneasy on the Ears,
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This review is from: WordPlay: 550+ Words You Need to Know (Audio CD)
Imagine hearing the most obnoxious and annoying sound each time a new word is introduced. Gets old fast right? That's exactly what this program does. I can see how this might get people to memorize words and their useage, but for me it was incredibly unlistenable. I bought it to listen to in my car for my commute to and from work, and liked the idea that it introduced new words through storytelling. However, the stories were all corny and I knew what more than half the words meant. To sum it up:
Do not by if you do not like the idea of obnoxoius sounds cued at every word, Do not buy if you consider yourself to have moderate vocabulary...This item is very elementary.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great for your ipod when exercising,
This review is from: WordPlay: 550+ Words You Need to Know (Audio CD)
This is great when you go jogging. If you want to learn not just listin to music.
I use it for my gym exercises to make the time go by quicker.Be set to replay couple of time before you pick up the words.
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