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Tooth and Nail: A Novel Approach to the New SAT (A Harvest Test Preparation Book)

Description

Abate, abhor, abject, abridge, abstemious ... still awake? Good, because now there's a better way to learn all those words than plowing through those never-ending vocabulary lists devised by torture experts. Tooth and Nail: A Novel Approach to the New SAT is just what it says it is: a guide to the big, bad SAT words in the form of a mystery novel. Follow Caitlin and Phil's exploits as they wend their way through their first year of college and find intrigue behind the curtain of academia. As you do, you'll find a few words in boldface, each of which is defined and compared with other words in a glossary in the back of the book. Seeing the word in its context and immediately finding a definition is a much more satisfying way to learn than just to read word after unconnected word--you might as well read the dictionary! A preface explains in greater detail how best to use the book, and there are helpful SAT-style exercises in antonyms, analogies, and comprehension, so this makes a great all-around verbal package for the serious test-taker. If you must take the test, you might as well have a little fun doing it, and by the time you've finished Tooth and Nail, you'll be glad it doesn't end as a list: "...wizened, wreak, writhe, zeal, zealous." --Rob Lightner

Reviews

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2009-10-20
Summary: "interesting to struggling teen readers? puh-leeze!"

As a high school English teacher, I wanted to like this book. Sadly, as with many books that have an agenda, this one suffers from the story serving the message. My struggling readers do not relate at all to the main characters. They chose the book, and now they are begging to stop reading it-at chapter 8! Plus, there are paragraphs with 4 or 5 (or more) target words in them. That is way too many new words to be able to figure out what the words mean in context. (See others for the "looking up" problem.) Sorry, but I won't be offering it to other unsuspecting students on the pretext of its being an easy way to learn new vocabulary. I'd rather see someone be given permission to search more compelling pieces of literature that are or could be read in high school for SAT vocabulary and allow that researcher/writer to make up SAT workbooks that complement study of that novel.

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-03-12
Summary: "Wonderful Reading!"

Charles Harrington Elster has a talent for storytelling. I am often re-reading this book, both for pleasure and for augmenting my vocabulary.

"Tooth and Nail," is a great story with twists.

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-12-12
Summary: "Good for the younger test-taker"

I purchased this for my daughter, who is a 7th grader preparing to take the ACT through the gifted program. She used it in a study group at school. Not only was it helpful for the test, but she said the story was fun to read. Having read some of the less-favorable reviews, perhaps this worked for her because she is so young and hasn't been exposed to the more difficult vocabulary that a high school student might. I also think using it in a teacher-guided session made a big difference in helping her learn the vocabulary.

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2005-08-21
Summary: "Better than a sharp stick in the eye..... maybe"

Better than a sharp stick in the eye....maybe

Although the concept seems like a good idea, in reality due to the lack of any real plot the only thing this "novel" managed to do was drone on and on and on while going absolutely nowhere. The cramming of three to four words in a single sentence was just annoying. The chapter on the radio talk show was so mind numbingly boring that I considered just blowing the assignment off and going to the beach. For example, "...I would like to ask our listeners to abandon for a moment the tedious insistence on objective fact and impartial analysis that tyrannizes so much scholarship and to indulge instead there powers of speculation." Seriously, is all that needed to get the thought across? Or are they just using a lot of words to fill up space (like most kids on their English essays). However because it was assigned reading and I will be graded on it I persevered.

Most of the words I am already familiar with. The ones I was not were not driven home, as it were, by this style of study. I think my time will be better spent in an SAT Prep class, and using practice tests. Certainly more time consuming but far less painful.

Really, reading a dictionary cover to cover would have been a better use of time. It probably would have also been a better read.

Again, the concept could have been a good one if the authors had given more thought to the audience that they were writing for. One sure way to impede the education process for my age group is to bore us to tears.

The question remains would I recommend this book. To the student that has grown up in an inarticulate environment with no real grasp of the English language well, yeah, maybe. For the rest of the overstressed, pre SAT crowd who have been exposed to the world at large, save your money.

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2004-07-05
Summary: "A Complete Waste of Time"

I read this book for an english summer homework assignment. Although the back description and introduction allude to an interesting and valuable read, do not expect much. This book is a sore disappointment for anyone who possesses a genuine love of reading. The plot is unbelievably simplistic and unoriginal and it was difficult for me to believe that two well educated scholars wrote it. I was bored to tears after the opening paragraph of the "story" and have had a tough time finishing it. If it weren't for the fact that I will be tested on this, I would have gladly exchanged it for a more engaging read. In terms of SAT prep, it was not entirely helpful there either. Many times throughout the book, it seemed as though the authors exchanged simpler words for complex, lesser known SAT words. The problem was that the SAT words did not fit the context and were spoken by characters that would not have had any clue about the word. The characters were dull and 2-D without ever developing or being explored. The dialogue was unreal and forced.
All in all, this was a horrible book that did not teach me any new words. It was torture to read. Like a previous reviewer said, for SAT prep words read some classic novels where you will be entertained as well as educated. For a REAL mystery, try "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown.