The Ring of McAllister Book

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by: Robert Marantz

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Average Rating: Rating: - An effective concept that supersedes memorizing wordlists So finally Kaplan came out with their version of learning SAT vocabulary in context of a book. Like its similar counterparts,"Tooth and Nail" and Barron's "Simon's Saga", this book tries to help students learn vocaulary in a 'novel' way. I think learning words through reading is an effective way to build an great vocabulary and easier than memorizing word lists. The story is about a high-school student named Will who lives next to an abandoned mansion supposedly haunted by the town hero Algernon McAllister. Will had an incident involving the mansion when he was young and is terrified by the thought of it. Soon enough, a historian and his daughter move next door and strange events start happening. It up to Will and his new neighbor Laura to figure how the mystery of the mansion, and uncover the truth behind the recent chaos in their quiant town. The author effectively integrates the SAT words into the book and there is a glossary of all the words in the back. I enjoyed this book and learning the words in context , but I think Kaplan could of done a better job of instilling the words into the reader's mind. Like in Simon's Saga, at the end of each chapter every SAT word was defined and there were exercises involving the words. I think this really helped me learn words most effectively. But in "The Ring of McAllister" there are no excercises, and you have to flip back and forth to the glossary to look up words. This can be a pain after a while. Overall, I like the concept of this book, but I think it could of done a better job of making the reader remember the words with exercises and definitions right at the end of the chapter. Rating: - Good for the SAT I'll be taking the SAT over the summer and am dreading the vocab sections. My mom just got me the Ring, and I finished it in a day. I'm probably going to read it a few times to make sure the words stick in my head. But I'm already feeling better about my vocab. Rating: - A pleasant surprise My mom got me this book for Christmas. I would've preferred a gift certificate or something. Whatever. I read it over winter break and kinda got into it. By the way, I don't agree with Julia. Flipping back to the glossary was my way of testing myself. I'd guess what the word meant and then check to see if I was right. And gimme a break. We're already studying for the SAT by reading the book. Exercises at the end of every chapter would've been overkill. And broken up the story, which was good. I sort of related to Will and what he was feeling (being bored in a small town, etc). Anyway, I'd recommend this to people. It can't hurt. It works better than stupid memorization (I actually dropped a vocab word while talking to my mom--she was impressed...whatever). It's a better way for people (like me) who prefer trig, calc or chemistry over English class to study.

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