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Download or read book TEXAS TEST PREP Vocabulary Skills Workbook Synonyms and Antonyms written by T. Hawas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an organized program where students complete focused exercises to develop a key language skill required of Texas students. The exercises increase from easy, to moderate, and then to advanced. This leveled and focused approach will introduce students at a comfortable level and then build on the skills so that students reach and then exceed grade level expectations. Key Features - 101 exercises focused on synonyms and antonyms - also covers suffixes, prefixes, determining word meaning, and connotations - 10 complete sets of exercises organized into easy, moderate, and advanced - vocabulary, reading level, and difficulty increase through the sets - each set includes a variety of tasks that allow students to develop and then apply new skills - each set is focused on developing key language skills listed in the TEKS - includes a complete answer key Develops 10+ TEKS Language Arts Skills - produces a thorough understanding of synonyms and antonyms - illustrates how prefixes and suffixes change word meaning - helps students distinguish between words with similar meanings - provides practice using synonyms and antonyms to complete analogies - builds an understanding of positive and negative connotations - teaches students to use context to determine word meaning - helps students make real-life connections between words and their meanings - increases general vocabulary and develops knowledge of word meanings - improves writing by encouraging stronger word choices - promotes the use of effective and varied adjectives - allows students to convey ideas precisely - enhances reading comprehension skills Improves Performance on the STAAR Reading and STAAR Writing Tests - improves reading comprehension skills - helps students perform well on questions about synonyms, antonyms, word meanings, prefixes, and suffixes - improves performance on written composition tasks