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Online SPELL IT! 2011 - Student Worksheets	223 pages, includes 42 daily lessons ( 30 words each), 42 bonus word puzzles, and 3 vocabulary tests. All words in Spell It! 2011 are covered. $20.
2011 SPELL IT! dictionary	Alphabetized list by categories with pronunciations and definitions. $25
2011 NSB Study Lists	On-line Grade-specific lists, dictionary, and exercises. $25

Semantics Level 2 Notebook	Contains daily lesson plans and materials for a 45 day semantics class. Designed for a first year semantics class in buildings offering a one-year semantics class or a second year semantics class in buildings offering a two-year semantics program.

Semantics Level 1 Notebook	Contains daily lesson plans and materials for a 46 day semantics class. Designed for a first year semantics class in buildings that offer a two-year semantics program.



Supplementary Materials
"stuff" sheets (3 per year since 1996)
Phobias
Homonyms Crosswords 1, 2, 3, 4
100 Words Every College Student Should Know (American Heritage Dictionary's list, 5-day unit, & quiz)
Idioms (units 1 - 8)
"rh-" "gn-" and "pt-" words
Word Origins (units 1 - 12)
Analogies (units 1 - 7)
Puzzle Packs (1 - 16; each unit has 5 word puzzles)
"Is It Assimilated?"
Malapropisms (units 1 - 4)
Palindromes
"-ologies"
Animal "-ine" Words (canine, bovine, etc.)
Animal Collectives (gam, herd, bevy, etc.)
"Use the Dictionary" practice sheets (1 - 10)
"Doctrines, Theories, and -isms"
Christmas Songs (a holiday puzzle)
Past, City, State, and National Written Tests
4 Spelling Articles (James Kirkpatrick excercises)
Thomas Jefferson's Secret Code
History of the English Language (a 7-10 day unit)
"Famous" Semantics Words (1 unit per year since 1998)
Wacky Wordies (wuzzle-like puzzles)
New Words in the Dictionary (2 units)
Bill of Rights (a short vocabulary exercise)
History of DPS at the Colorado State Spelling Bee
Complete PAIDEIA word lists (all 82 categories, 1995-2006)

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