Defining Twilight

// 10.7.09 // Filed under: Homeschooling, Link Love

Defining Twilight is a nifty little workbook that uses the Twilight saga to teach vocabulary for standardized tests. I received a review copy from author Brian Leaf and was impressed with the fun, simplistic way the book is laid out.

Defining Twilight has 40 groups of vocabulary words (about eight words in each group) selected from the book Twilight, many of which will show up on the SAT, ACT, GED or SSAT. You are told what page in Twilight the word appears so you can read it in context. The workbook asks you to suggest a definition, then turn the page and read a complete definition. The author also provides drills for further comprehension, such as synonyms, analogies, sentence completions and memorization tools. Defining New Moon will be available in late October.

Since my kids aren’t anywhere near taking the SAT, I’d love to pass my copy of this book on to you. (It’s gently used – the binding shows a tiny bit of wear because I did look through it for this review.) Just leave a comment here and tell me if you (or your child) is Team Edward or Team Jacob.

Sweepstakes open to US citizens ages 18 and older. Winner will be chosen at random on Monday, October 12th at 9 am.

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19 Responses to “Defining Twilight”

  1. Kelly K. says:

    OMG! Thanks so much for the info. I can’t wait for the new movie to come out!

  2. Headless Mom says:

    Don’t enter me! But Man, is that brilliant!
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  3. Chris says:

    I don’t see what the big deal is with Twilight, but the kids seem to love it. I’m sure someone will find this very helpful!
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  4. Mary512 says:

    Definitely Team Edward! I am newly obsessed with Twilight so I’d love this book. Thanks!
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  5. Erica says:

    Very cool. It sounds like something my kids would be interested in. Thank you for sharing and Happy Sits Sharefest Saturday!!!
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  6. Lady Lex says:

    I love twilight and I think that’s a nifty way to teach vocab. I wish I had such a great story to teach me vocab while I was growing up. Ha Ha! xoxo

    yours truly,
    Lady Lex
    ineedprettythings.com

  7. Jamie W. says:

    How cool! Would love to have a copy of this! Thanks for the chance to win it!

    Hugs,
    Jamie
    jamiejaws AT gmail.com

  8. renee says:

    Team Jacob from the first book to the last!

  9. Donna says:

    Team Edward!!!!

  10. thanks for the chance team edward eaglesforjack@gmail.com

  11. Tori Jean says:

    I like the site…saw you on sits:) have a glorious day!
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  12. Twilight Fan says:

    Thank you, Do know, when this book would available in Germany?

  13. Jessica says:

    Twilight is such a phenomenal! I just cannot resist reading the books and following each and every character. I get even more excited with the movie. Thank you for this yet another great post!
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  14. fishing says:

    Inspiring Book! How to enhance my English vocabulary , I read books ,newspapers and often look at difficult words in a dictionary but I don’t remember their meaning the second time I see that word somewhere else.
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  15. Hi,
    It is really nice post with have a good info.but what they mean when the the contest says ‘You can write Twilight fan fiction or an entirely original essay?’ i want to do it but im not sure wat it means, they dont give much detail.
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  16. I’m not a Twilight fan at all, I don’t get it. (For the record I love sci-fi, but more like Transformers and Star Trek.) However, whoever came up with this idea is brilliant! I know plenty of high schoolers who are obsessed with the series, it would definitely be helpful to them.

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  17. My wife bought that book about a month ago, she really enjoyed it. Now she wants a Kindle so she can just look up words right within the text.
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  18. Richard says:

    Nice book to read on.
    I enjoy readind & twillight has one of my favourite books

  19. very nice outcome i think i might do the same

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