Words of Wisdom: Keys to Success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Written by a former Spelling Bee contestant who placed 34th and 4th in his two years of participating, this comprehensive guide to the Scripps National Spelling Bee not only recounts the author's experience, but it also prepares you to have the thrill of your own lifetime. Scott maximizes your study time by organizing the book into sections, each with a specific set of skills or goals in mind. He has dissected almost every language that has entered our English patois and formatted the words into tables, with accompanying observations. There are more than a hundred exercises, spelling tests, and activities where you can absorb over 10,000 regional and national level words. If you are interested in competing on the national level, this book is for you. It has thousands of words of all difficulty levels, for all different types of spellers - the product of almost two years of exhaustive work. We invite you to experience the ultimate reality TV show... from the inside. "Bee" wise and choose Words of Wisdom: Keys to Success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee!