Re: "The BAD WORD Ball"

I had a friend who taught in Nova Scotia. He had a student who was years behind in reading ability. Long story short, the student began to read because my buddy told him to read the words he knew and when he got to a word he didn't, to say, "BIG WORD". So often the reading would go "What kind of BIG WORD can we come up with, that won't make us look like a bunch of BIG WORD old BIG WORD? My friend would help him with the various BIG WORDS and eventually the kid's reading level improved.