VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 13 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
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Verbal Master 2 Vocabulary Definitions
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 13
Word 1: eccentric
Word 1 Definition: strange, to vary from a usual pattern of style
Word 2: endow
Word 2 Definition: to furnish with an income, to make a grant
Word 3: emerge
Word 3 Definition: to come into being, to come out into view
Word 4: enlightened
Word 4 Definition: freed from ignorance, freed from misinformation
Word 5: emphasis
Word 5 Definition: a special stress on something, a special insistence on
something
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This is what your child has been reading.
Please have your child read this passage to you.
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 13
The eccentric widow decided to endow the
small black college with a great deal of money.
She wanted the college to emerge as a major
university with an enlightened emphasis on race
relations.
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CLUSTER 3 UNIT 13
Please remember to:
• accept any answer that makes sense
• give as much praise as possible
• say how proud you are
• ask to be read to again and again
• instill pride and confidence
Vocabulary Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does the word eccentric mean?
What does the word endow mean?
What does the word emerge mean?
What does the word enlightened mean?
What does the word emphasis mean?
Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Who was eccentric?
What did the widow endow?
What did she want the college to emerge as?
What did she want to be enlightened?
What topic did the widow want eccentric?
More Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Are mimes eccentric?
Do donors endow hospitals?
Does day emerge after night?
Can an illiterate person be enlightened?
Do colleges place emphasis on students’ grades?
And never forget:
There is no such thing as too much praise or too much practice!
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 14 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Verbal Master 2 Vocabulary Definitions
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 14
Word 1: embargo
Word 1 Definition: a legal ban on sending out goods or to prevent
something from happening
Word 2: expend
Word 2 Definition: to spend or make use of
Word 3: economize
Word 3 Definition: to use sparingly, to save
Word 4: enterprise
Word 4 Definition: a difficult project, energy used to start an action
Word 5: elapse
Word 5 Definition: to pass or slip away
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
This is what your child has been reading.
Please have your child read this passage to you.
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 14
The worldwide embargo of the small nation
forced its citizens to expend all their energy to
economize supplies. Any suspicious enterprise
found trying to exploit the situation was allowed
to quickly elapse.
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CLUSTER 3 UNIT 14
Please remember to:
• accept any answer that makes sense
• give as much praise as possible
• say how proud you are
• ask to be read to again and again
• instill pride and confidence
Vocabulary Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does the word embargo mean?
What does the word expend mean?
What does the word economize mean?
What does the word enterprise mean?
What does the word elapse mean?
Questions to ask your child?
1. Whose embargo was it?
2. What did the citizens expend?
3. What did the citizens try to economize?
4. What kind of enterprise might exploit the situation?
5. How soon did the enterprises elapse?
More Questions to ask your child?
1. Can an embargo be placed on imports?
2. Would you like to expend a million dollars?
3. Should you economize if you have a limited amount of money?
4. Do you look forward to starting a new enterprise?
5. Have you ever let time elapse while doing chores?
And never forget:
There is no such thing as too much praise or too much practice!
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 15 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Verbal Master 3 Vocabulary Definitions
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 15
Word 1: frontage
Word 1 Definition: land between the front of a building and the street,
front side of a building
Word 2: facility
Word 2 Definition: something that is built, ease in performance
Word 3: formulate
Word 3 Definition: to put into a statement, to form in the mind or invent
Word 4: fictitious
Word 4 Definition: imaginary or false
Word 5: fatality
Word 5 Definition: death resulting from disaster, destined for disaster
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This is what your child has been reading.
Please have your child read this passage to you.
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 15
The man was arrested in the middle of the
frontage at the high-rise facility where the
murder was discovered. The police said his excuse
was stupid. They could not understand how
anyone could formulate such a fictitious reason
for the horrible fatality.
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 15
Please remember to:
• accept any answer that makes sense
• give as much praise as possible
• say how proud you are
• ask to be read to again and again
• instill pride and confidence
Vocabulary Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does the word frontage mean?
What does the word facility mean?
What does the word formulate mean?
What does the word fictitious mean?
What does the word fatality mean?
Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Where on the frontage was the man arrested?
What kind of facility was he arrested in front of?
Who could not understand how anyone could formulate the reason for the fatality?
What could the police not understand about the fictitious reason?
What kind of fatality was discovered?
More Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Do houses have frontage?
Can you enter a locked facility?
Do some people formulate stories?
Is an alias a fictitious name?
Does a coroner investigate a fatality?
And never forget:
There is no such thing as too much praise or too much practice!
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 16 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Verbal Master 3 Vocabulary Definitions
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 16
Word 1: gait
Word 1 Definition: a manner of walking, a manner or rate of movement or
progress
Word 2: gallows
Word 2 Definition: a frame from which criminals are hanged, the
punishment of hanging
Word 3: glazed
Word 3 Definition: lack of expression, covered by a glassy film
Word 4: grim
Word 4 Definition: somber, gloomy, unflinching
Word 5: gore
Word 5 Definition: coagulated blood from a wound
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
This is what your child has been reading.
Please have your child read this passage to you.
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 16
The convict walked with a slow gait as he
approached the gallows. The glazed look in
his eyes was a grim foreshadowing of what
was about to happen to him for the gore he
committed a long time ago.
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CLUSTER 3 UNIT 16
Please remember to:
• accept any answer that makes sense
• give as much praise as possible
• say how proud you are
• ask to be read to again and again
• instill pride and confidence
Vocabulary Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does the word gait mean?
What does the word gallows mean?
What does the word glazed mean?
What does the word grim mean?
What does the word gore mean?
Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Who walked with a slow gait?
How did the convict approach the gallows?
What part of his face showed a glazed look?
What did the grim foreshadowing represent?
When did he commit his act of gore?
More Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Do runners have a fast gait?
Would you like to be in the gallows?
Do mannequins wear a glazed expression?
Would you like your life to have a grim outlook?
Do some people faint at the sight of gore?
And never forget:
There is no such thing as too much praise or too much practice!
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 17 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Verbal Master 3 Vocabulary Definitions
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 17
Word 1: hysteria
Word 1 Definition: behavior marked by overwhelming fear or emotional
excess
Word 2: hearse
Word 2 Definition: a coffin, a vehicle for transporting the dead
Word 3: hideous
Word 3 Definition: ugly or shocking
Word 4: homage
Word 4 Definition: respect or tribute
Word 5: hypocrite
Word 5 Definition: a person who puts on a false appearance, a fake
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
This is what your child has been reading.
Please have your child read this passage to you.
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 17
The crowd broke into thunderous hysteria when
it saw the lavish hearse of the dead dictator.
Everyone remembered all his hideous crimes
and felt anyone in a crowd who pretended to
pay homage to this butcher was nothing but a
hypocrite.
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 17
Please remember to:
• accept any answer that makes sense
• give as much praise as possible
• say how proud you are
• ask to be read to again and again
• instill pride and confidence
Vocabulary Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does the word hysteria mean?
What does the word hearse mean?
What does the word hideous mean?
What does the word homage mean?
What does the word hypocrite mean?
Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. What kind of hysteria did the crowd break into?
What kind of hearse did the crowd see?
Who committed the hideous crimes?
To whom might people pretend to pay homage?
Who did the crowd feel was a hypocrite?
More Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Can a celebration turn into mass hysteria?
Have you been inside a hearse?
Are some crimes hideous?
Do people pay homage to different gods?
Can a hypocrite be popular?
And never forget:
There is no such thing as too much praise or too much practice!
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 18 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Verbal Master 3 Vocabulary Definitions
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 18
Word 1: humiliated
Word 1 Definition: reduced to a lower position, shamed
Word 2: hoax
Word 2 Definition: an act intended to trick or dupe someone
Word 3: heirloom
Word 3 Definition: a piece of property that’s part of an inheritance,
something passed down to future generations
Word 4: heritage
Word 4 Definition: something passed on from our ancestors, tradition
Word 5: hybrid
Word 5 Definition: means an offspring of two different animals or plants, a
person whose background has two different cultures
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This is what your child has been reading.
Please have your child read this passage to you.
CLUSTER 3 UNIT 18
The woman was humiliated when she
discovered the terrible hoax. The necklace she
was wearing was not a famous heirloom rich
in her family’s heritage. It was just a hybrid of
worthless costume jewelry.
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
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CLUSTER 3 UNIT 18
Please remember to:
• accept any answer that makes sense
• give as much praise as possible
• say how proud you are
• ask to be read to again and again
• instill pride and confidence
Vocabulary Review
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does the word humiliated mean?
What does the word hoax mean?
What does the word heirloom mean?
What does the word heritage mean?
What does the word hybrid mean?
Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Who was humiliated?
What kind of hoax did she discover?
What kind of heirloom did she think she had?
Whose heritage did she think the necklace represented?
What was the necklace a hybrid of?
More Questions to ask your child?
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Have you ever felt humiliated?
Is it fun to play a hoax on someone?
Can grandparents give an heirloom to their grandchildren?
Do you have a heritage?
Do hybrid plants come from more than one plant?
And never forget:
There is no such thing as too much praise or too much practice!
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack
VERBAL MASTER 3 - PARENT PACK
Dear Parent,
We have just completed Unit 19 of Dr. Joseph Lockavitch’s Verbal Master 3
program. Dr. Lockavitch believes students should have very successful reading
experiences. His stories were written with this objective. Your child has enjoyed
reading and doing the activities in this program and has been very successful. You
should feel very proud.
I have enclosed some material for your child to share with you. Please set aside
an uninterrupted amount of time so your child can read to you.
I have also provided a list of questions you may ask once your child has finished
reading. Remember to use these questions as a guide. They are not a test. They are
not homework. They are just a way in which you can let your child know you are
interested in what he or she is doing in school. Please use these questions wisely and
make this an enjoyable experience.
Your Child’s Reading Teacher
Verbal Master 3 Parental Communication Pack