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Resources
SELECTED REFERENCES
Copi, Irving M., and Carl Cohen. Introduction to Logic (Eighth edition). New York: Macmillan, 1990.

The Literacy Dictionary: The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing. Edited by Theodore L. Harris and Richard E. Hodges. Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 1995.

Recommended Literature, Grades Nine Through Twelve. Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1990.

Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight (Revised edition). Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1996.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth edition). Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1993.

Vocabulary Bibliography
Professional Reading
National Reading Panel Spring 2000
Chapter 4 Comprehension: Part 1 Vocabulary

Vocabulary: The Missing Link Between Phonics and Comprehension. Andrew Biemiller (prepublication draft Spring 2000

Language and Reading Success by Andrew Biemiller Volume 5 in the series "From Reading Research to Practice" Brookline Books 1999

Vocabulary Development by Stevenİ Stahl Volume 2 in the series ìFrom Reading Research to Practice" Brookline Books 1999

Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by William Nagy
NCTE/IRA ISBN 0-8141-5238-4

Becoming a Word Learner - A Debate on Lexical Acquisition by Golinkoff, et al
Counterpoints (Cognition, Memory, and Language) Oxford University Press 2000
ISBN 0-19-513032-4

Syntactic Theory (A Formal Introduction) by Ivan Sag & Thomas Wasow
Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford, California 1999
ISBN 1-57586-160-7

Classroom Materials
The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists (3rd Edition)
by Fry, Kress, and Fountoukidis
`The Center for Applied Research in Education 1993

The ESL Teacher's Book of Lists by Kress
The Center for Applied Research in Education 1993

Reading Strategies That Work: Teaching Your Students to Become Better Readers by Laura Robb, Scholastic 1992

English From the Roots Up by Joegil Lundquist
ISBN 0-9643210-3-3

Word Matters by Gay Su Pinnell & Irene Fountas Heinemann 2000

Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction by Bear, Templeton, Invernizzi, and Johnston (2nd Edition) Merrill 2000

Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension by Linda Hoyt Heinemann 1999

Teaching Reading Sourcebook (K-8) by Honig, Diamond, Gutlohn CORE 2000

Reading/Language Arts Framework (K-12) CDE 1999

Word Walls (Teaching Vocabulary Through Immersion) by Joseph Green Pippin Publishing ISBN 0-88751-036-1

Read to Me - Raising Kids Who Love to Read by Bernice Cullinan Scholastic, Inc. 1992, 2000 (revised and updated) SBN 0-439-08721-X

Children's Literature
Utterly Yours, Booker Jones by Betsy Duffey Puffin Books 1995 ISBN 0-14-037496-5

Frindle by Andrew Clements Aladdin Paperbacks 1996 ISBN 0-689-81876-9

Miss Alaineus (A Vocabulary Disaster) written and illustrated by Debra Frasier Harcourt, Inc. 2000 ISBN 0-15-202163-9

Antics! By Cathi Hepworth Putnam and Grosset 1992 ISBN 0-698-11350-0

Bug Off! By Cathi Hepworth Putnam and Grosset 1998 ISBN 0-399-22640-0

There's An ant in Anthony by Bernard Most A Mulberry Book 1980 ISBN 0-688-11513-6

The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1999 ISBN 0-374-35083-3

The Pig in the Spigot poems by Richard Wilbur Harcourt, Inc. 2000 ISBN 0-15-202019-5

Night*Knight (A Word Play Flap Book) by Harriet Ziefert Houghton Mifflin 1997 ISBN 0-395-85160-2

Baby Buggy *Buggy Baby (A Word Play Flap Book) by Harriet Ziefert Houghton Mifflin 1997 ISBN 0-395-85161-0

Donavan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross HarperCollins 1994 ISBN 0-06-020191-6

Books by Marvin Terban (Clarion Books)
Eight Ate (A Feast of Homonym Riddles) 1982 ISBN 0-89919-086-3
In A Pickle and other funny idioms 1983 ISBN 0-89919-164-9
Too Hot To Hoot (Funny Palindrome Riddles) 1985 ISBN 0-89919-320-X
Mad As A Wet Hen and other funny idioms 1987 ISBN 0-89919-479-6
Guppies in Tuxedos (Funny Eponyms) 1988 ISBN 0-89919-770-1
Funny You Should Ask (How to Make Up Jokes and Riddles with WordPlay) 1992 ISBN 0-395-58113-3
It Figures! (Fun Figures of Speech) 1993 ISBN 0-395-66591-4

Resources About Words (Dictionaries)
Collins Cobuild English Dictionary (Helping Learners with Real English) HarperCollins 1995 (reprint 2000) ISBN0-00-370941-8

Scholastic dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homonyms Scholastic 2001 ISBN 0-439-25415-9

The Word Detective by Evan Morris Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2000 ISBN 1-56512-239-9

The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer Pocket Books 1991 ISBN 0-671-02811-1

The Word Museum (The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten) by Jeffrey Kacirk Simon & Schuster 2000 ISBN 0-684-85761-8

Oxford Minireference Thesaurus compiled by Alan Spooner Oxford University Press 1992 ISBN 0-19-860096-8

English Pocket Dictionary DK Publishing 1997 ISBN 0-7894-1497-X

Demonic Mnemonics (800 Spelling Tricks for 800 Tricky Words) by Murray Suid A Fearon Teacher-Aid Book 1981 ISBN 0-8224-6464-0

What in the World is a Homophone? By Leslie Presson Barron's 1996 ISBN 0-8120-6585-9

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms by Marvin Terban Scholastic 1996 ISBN0-590-38157-1

Checking Your Grammar by Marvin Terbanİ Scholastic Guides 1993 ISBN 0-590-49455-4

Time to Rhyme - A Rhyming Dictionary by Marvin Terbanİ Wordsong Boyds Mill Press 1992 ISBN 1-56397-630-7

English Vocabulary Quick Reference (A Comprehensive Dictionary Arranged by Word Roots) by Roger S. Crutchfield LexaDyne Publishing 1997 ISBN 0-9659138-0-5

Vocabulary Cartoons (Building an Educated Vocabulary with Mnemonics) byİ Sam, Max, Bryan Burchers New Monic Books 1998 ISBN 0-9652422-7-7

2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions From White Elephants to Song Dance by Charles Earle Funk Galahad Books 1993 ISBN 0-88365-845-3

The Secret Lives of Words by Paul West Harcourt, Inc. 2000 ISBN 0-15-100466-8

Web Sites
www.allwords.com (online dictionary)
www.wordcentral.com (online dictionary)
www.thesaurus.com
www.m-w.com (word for the wise NPR scripts)
www.eslcafe.com (esl idiom page)
www.word-detective.com
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