The June 2005 issue of Adolescent Literacy In Perspective, which focuses on vocabulary and word study, includes a feature article, "A Little Latin and. . .a Lot of English," by Rick M. Newton and Evangeline Newton; two classroom vignettes, "Vocabulary and Word Study" by Karla Hieatt Bisig, and "A Wall of Words and Other Ways to Teach Vocabulary" by Shaleen Reed; and "A Look at the OGT: Vocabulary Instruction" by Nicole Luthy. The feature article keys in to the power of prefixes, roots, and suffixes, and talks about ways to incorporate these Latin and Greek word parts into classroom vocabulary instruction. The authors make strong their conviction to meaningful vocabulary instruction, and assert that, as teachers, "we need to teach students how to divide and conquer word parts, especially those of Latin and Greek origin," that "we need to provide regular opportunities for students to practice and discover words on their own," and "in the company of others, we need to share our own love of words and invite students to share theirs."

Both classroom vignettes share practical ways to apply vocabulary learning in the classroom, and a resource list hosts active links to activities and vocabulary word play web sites. Nicole Luthy considers some of the ways students might "know" a word in her "Look at the OGT." She asks and answers three specific questions: (1) How might vocabulary knowledge be assessed on the reading portion of the OGT? (2) What are some effective strategies for vocabulary instruction? and (3) What resources are available to support vocabulary instruction? (author/ebm)