schoolbooks

Homework reading material

Schoolbooks are textbooks and other books used for classroom instruction.

The term evokes the physical books students carry to and from school: She lugged her schoolbooks in a heavy backpack.

Schoolbook as an adjective suggests something basic or standardized: schoolbook examples of supply and demand.

physical

textbook

Academic subject manual

spine · pages · chapters · index · illustrations · cover · dust jacket · edition · printing · ISBN

school

classroom

Educational instruction space

  • deskFurniture for writing
  • lockerSecured storage compartment
  • backpackStrapped bag worn dorsally

bookbag · curriculum · syllabus · teacher · student · lesson · course · grade · semester · required

use

studying

Deliberate learning effort

highlighting · underlining · memorization · revision · reading · exercises · practice · cramming · review · bookmarks

subjects

mathematics

Science of quantity and structure

literature · grammar · spelling · biology · chemistry · physics · civics · economics · social studies · language arts

publishing

publisher

Company releasing books

adoption · printing · digital · e-textbook · ISBN · copyright · revision · update · supplement · answer key

cost

expensive

Costing much money

resale · used · new · price · deposit · fee · subsidy · free · provided · purchase

Categories
Opposites
purpose of reading

schoolbooksleisure reading

Unpressured engagement with texts

page-turners · escapist fiction · guilty pleasures · pulp fiction · novels

formality of content

schoolbookstabloids

Sensational gossip newspapers

zines · dime novels · social media · comic books · magazines

Family

schoolbook

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G