Brand: William H Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop: Level E

VERY GOOD

As a test prep tutor who specializes in exams which test vocubulary knowledge - the SAT, SSAT, ISEE, SHSAT and others - I am always on the lookout for helpful vocabulary-building tools. This series, while not particularly exciting, is excellent; I use the full set. Students in lower grades can start from the lower levels and work their way up, while the highest levels generally suit the vocabulary level of high school students. Each word list is accompanied by a good variety of review and reinforcement drills: sentence completions, mix-n-match, passage readings, etc.Since this series is often used in schools, my luckier students get their test prep and school vocabulary homework done simultaneously!

I am a big fan of these series as I used them myself for a couple of years as a teenager and wish I had used them throughout my highschool years. I greatly prefer them to the Wordly Wise and have recommended these as a teacher to parents for extensions in a school which does not do vocabulary soon enough. I plan to use these when I have my own children as I am planning to homeschool.

This book has a variety of activities to help kids remember the words in many different contexts. My son was able to get into the groove and complete the different exercises for each lesson. He didn't ever complain about using the workbook.

When it came, I was surprised to see it was filled in. I was expecting it to be empty. I may have misread the description though.