Analogies 2 Grades 9-10  E-mail this product to a friend

Why teach analogies? Studying analogies helps students to sharpen reasoning ability, develop critical thinking, understand relationships between words and ideas, learn new vocabulary, and prepare for the SATs and for standardized tests.

Each of the Analogies books consist of three parts. Part 1 provides information on analogies and how to solve them. This instructional material is written in clear, conversational English with a minimum of technical terms and makes mastery of analogy techniques manageable for students. Topics include the "bridge sentence," words with more than one meaning, two-step analogies, and various analogy types. There are also warm-up exercises for the students, which are followed up with helpful answers and explanations. Part 2 presents hundreds of analogies organized into 3 groups. Each group is broken down into units, with each unit consisting of 20 problems. There are 15 units in Analogies 1 and Analogies 2, and 20 units in Analogies 3. Part 3 contains vocabulary groups of 100 words each, with the alphabetized and defined words representing some of the most difficult ones in the corresponding analogy group. There are 3 vocabulary groups in Books 1 and 2, and 4 in Book 3.