Vocab Videos for Educators: Classroom SAT Vocabulary Program

Here are a few reasons why Vocab Videos is right for your classroom:

• Engages Students in Learning Vocabulary
• Improves SAT Scores and Builds Vocabulary
• Includes Extensive Review Material and Study Resources

Engages Students in Learning Vocabulary

Getting students excited about learning vocabulary can be a challenge. Vocab Videos uses hilarious short videos with humorous plot lines and entertaining characters to really engage students in the material. Here are just some of the ways you can implement Vocab Videos in the classroom:

• Use a Word of the Day format as a starter exercise
• Play an episode on your SMART Board and give a quiz
• Assign a chapter as homework for students to access using their personal accounts

Improves SAT Scores and Builds Vocabulary

About 1/3 of the SAT reading section is made up of questions that are explicitly vocabulary-dependent--questions that are potentially worth 150 points in all. Vocab Videos covers 500 high value words that are frequently tested on the SAT and often appear in high school English tests. While your students may be participating in various forms of SAT prep outside of the classroom, Vocab Videos offers you a way to work test preparation into your vocabulary curriculum. An increased vocabulary has benefits far beyond raising standardized test scores, it makes students better readers, writers, and interpreters of information. Indeed, often the only thing that makes a question hard for students is its vocabulary. Compare these two questions:

Dave was in a ------- mood; he was smiling and cheerful all day long.
(A) happy
(B) angry
(C) sad
(D) smart
(E) cold

Dave was in a ------- mood; he was smiling and cheerful all day long.
(A) sanguine
(B) bilious
(C) disconsolate 
(D) perspicacious
(E) boreal

Includes Extensive Review Material and Study Resources

We don't expect simply watching a video to be enough for a student to remember the meaning of a word, so our extensive review material is an essential part of the Vocab Videos study program.  All of the material is downloadable, providing teachers with the flexibility to set their own pace and adapt to their curricula.

• Quizzes - After watching the videos in an episode, students take quizzes to test their knowledge and to reinforce what they’ve seen. SAT–style questions prepare students for what they’ll encounter on standardized tests.
  
  

  Complete the sentence with the correct word:
  
  The specifications Gary gave Dudley about the camera were _______, 
  very difficult for anyone unfamiliar with cameras to really understand.
  (A) PERTINENT
  (B) CEREBRAL
  (C) ABSTRUSE
  (D) EMINENT
  

• Alphabetical Glossary - An alphabetical glossary of all the words and their definitions helps teachers and students keep track of words they’ve mastered, and gives students the option to review definitions without re-watching the videos.
• Category lists - Words are grouped by common themes helping students to understand subtle differences in meanings and when to use particular words.
  
  

  Eagle Eye
  ACUITY            sharp perception or vision
  ASTUTE            having sharp judgement
  DISCERN           to detect or perceive
  INCISIVE          penetrating, clear and shard
  KEEN              sharp, perceptive
  PERSPICACITY      a high level of perception or understanding
  

• Study Guides - Suggested study guides help teachers and students to allocate time and work towards specific goals.
• Worksheets - Worksheets provide space for students to write their own sentences, synonyms and mnemonic devices and to build a clear understanding of the meaning of a word.