Janie Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I prefer a free online source. :) I make up sentences for my vocabulary lists and I like these to come from good literature. I've tried sample sentences from the dictionaries online, but those are hit-and-miss to find. Online is good because it's quick. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Bumping - I'd like to know, too.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) I think I saw that Simply Charlotte Mason sells something...let me see.... Here it is. Spelling Wisdom. "Incorporates more than 12,500 words, including 6,000 most frequently used words in the English language." and "Presents beautiful and fascinating ideas from great men and women of history that encourage and motivate children as they learn to spell the words." It's not free (not hardly!) but you can get it as a PDF download. Edited May 7, 2009 by stripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 ...pretty cool, though. It's called Vocabu-Lit. It pulls vocab list words for each week from good literature. We haven't used it yet, but it looks great to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Here's what I found, I hope it works for you. :) I wasn't sure what grades you were looking for. Just click on the book title and the words come up. http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:bjJ1mZ9Ki3IJ:www.vocabulary.com/classic.html+vocabulary+words+with+great+literature&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Oh, I re-read your question. Were you looking for the sentences that contained those vocabulary words, or just the words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 what about sparknotes? Don't they list vocabulary words in their lit guides? http://www.sparknotes.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyco Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'm not entirely sure what you're asking...do you mean you want the words, or the sentences? You can try www.bartleby.com -- it's like having the Bartlett Quotations book right there. You can search by typing in the word you want and it will show quotations. Also, it's free. But there are ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 If you have access to the Oxford English Dictionary on-line via your library system (we do), the OED always includes several examples of the defined word being used in sentences from notable sources. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryTX Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Cool beans! I have bookmarked those! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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