ACADEMIC VOCABULARY PERSONAL DICTIONARY HOW TO SET IT UP

ALPHABETICAL ORDER & NUMBER OF PAGES Put a capital letter in the upper-right-hand corner of each page in ink (no letters on back of pages). For example: “ A” would be at the top of page of 4 individual pages, then “B”, then “C”, so on until you get to the page numbers below Repeat this for letters “A” through “P” & “Q” will repeat for 2 pages “R”, “S”, “T” will repeat for 4 pages each “U”, “V”, “W” will repeat for 2 pages each “X” through “Z” will repeat for 1 page each IF COMPOSITION BOOK IS 70 TO 80 PAGES: Only label 3 pages for every letter that is given 4 above. There will be remaining pages for extra words added to your dictionary if you run out of space (no need to label these pages now).

EACH PAGE You will need seven (7) lines for each word on the front of each page. Count down seven (7) lines and then draw a pencil line tracing a line across the page There should be 4 sections on each page for words Do not use white-space at the top of page DO NOT USE SHARPIE IN YOUR PERSONAL DICTIONARY (It bleeds through the page and makes the back of each page unusable.)