Moreisexpectedofmiddleschoolers--morereading,morewriting,moreindependentlearning.Achievingsuccessinthismorechallengingworldrequiresknowingmanymorewords.100WordsEveryMiddleSchoolerShouldKnowhelpsstudentsingrades6to8(ages11-14)toexpressthemselveswithdistinctionandgetthemostoutofschool.The100wordsarevariedandinteresting,rangingfromverbslikemusterandreplenishtonounslikehavocandrestitutiontoadjectiveslikeapprehensiveandimperious.Knowingthesewordsenablesstudentstoexpressthemselveswithgreaterclarityandsubtlety.Eachwordhasadefinitionandapronunciationandappearswithatleastonequotation--amovingordramaticpassage--takenfromabookthatmiddleschoolersareassignedintheclassroomorenjoyreadingontheirown.Bothclassicandcontemporaryworksoffictionandnonfictionarerepresented.Amongtheauthorsareyoungadultfavoritesandaward-winnerssuchasKateDiCamillo,RussellFreedman,NeilGaiman,E.L.Konigsberg,LoisLowry,WalterDeanMyers,KatherinePaterson,J.K.Rowling,andGarySoto.Readerscanseeforthemselvesthatthewordsareusedbytheverybestwritersintheverybestbooks.Itstandstoreasonthattheywillseethemagainandagaininhighergradesandthroughouttheirlives.100WordsEveryMiddleSchoolerShouldKnowhelpsstudentstogainusefulknowledgeandpreparesthemtostepintoabroaderworld.
