A Novel Way to Study SAT Vocabulary

Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:10PM EDT

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Got a Warcraft lover who has little interest in studying vocabulary words for the SATs?

Kaplan, a name well known to anyone who has prepped for an SAT or an ACT, has teamed up with Tokyopop to help raise college prep scores through a series of graphic novels sprinkled with more than 300 words often found on SAT and ACT tests.

Warcraft: Dragon Hunt, Volumn 1: Kaplan SAT/ACT Vocabulary-Building Manga is the first in the Sunwell Trilogy.

The definitions of the vocabulary words can be found in the margins surrounding the graphics, and many of the words are in talk bubbles and sidebars describing what's happening in the story.

I can't vouch for the content since I haven't seen the book. But if you've got teens who are into Warcraft and that's been okay with you for awhile, this could be one effective study tool for college prep test studying. Hey, at least they'll be reading.

LINK: Study for the SATs with Warcraft Manga [Wired]

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  • 1 Posted by sakurablue15 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:00PM EDT Report Abuse

    WOW.... I've never read it-- don't plan too-- but the illustrations are nicely done. Warcraft isn't my thing--

  • 2 Posted by daemon_sugisaki on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:34PM EDT Report Abuse

    I think this is a very original way to prepare for the Act. I have to say that it would have certainly helped me with mine.

  • 3 Posted by arappa01 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:57PM EDT Report Abuse

    There seems to be a theme in SAT prep these days - basically making it more interesting...i wish I had this stuff! My personal favorite is Flocabulary (www.flocabulary.com), which uses rap songs to teach big vocab words.

  • 4 Posted by princehll1 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:18PM EDT Report Abuse

    I'll probabaly be getting a few copies for my younger neices and nephews. heck where was this thing when I was playing PacMan? That's the last time I was in on the game craze.

  • 5 Posted by broken_angelyn on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:13PM EDT Report Abuse

    I am a definite World of Warcraft lover and although my SATs were taken a long time ago, I think this will be a great tool for high school kids who love to play WoW. Kudos!!

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