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Introduce Vocabulary: My School's a Zoo
A unique and flexible way to introduce vocabulary. The instructor introduces three new words to the class, then as the book My School's a Zoo by Stu Smith, is read, the students raise their hands when they hear the new words. The...
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English & Fun: Photocopiables Games
30 printable games, activities, and worksheets you can use to practice English. Includes themed activities -- the World Cup, Halloween, New School Year, Dinosaurs -- and activities related to specific skills like learning the alphabet,...
World Food Programme
Free Rice: English Vocabulary
This vocabulary game helps students learn vocabulary and while earning free rice to feed the hungry. When they answer correctly, the next word gets more difficult and 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food...
TESL Journal
Bilingual English Portuguese Vocabulary Quizzes
This site offers vocabulary-building quizzes that can be used either by learners of English or by learners of Portuguese to test knowledge of the English and Portuguese words for colors, days, months, seasons, greetings, fruits,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Greek Vocabulary
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart lesson contains several activities. History - students understand the chronology of Greek history and can organize events and people into major categories to explain historical...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Vocabulary Games
Begin building a better vocabulary through this comprehensive lesson plan with vocabulary games. L.11-12. 6 Vocabulary
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Furniture Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items of furniture. Student tries to match correct word with picture from drop down menu. After 10 questions a score based on correct answers can...
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Esl Kid Stuff: Flash Card Games and Activities
50 or more classroom-based games and activities using flashcards. Teachers are encouraged to submit their own ideas as well.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: 14 Prefixes in Word Puzzles
This page offers links to 112 vocabulary words from these 14 prefix word game puzzles (eight words for each prefix). Select the prefix; links are: AB - AD - BE - COM - DE - DIS - EN - EX - IN - PRE - PRO - RE - SUB - UN. Then select the...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Root Word Lessons
This is an index of links to activities using root words. These activities are separated into 3 levels of difficulty. These interactive, vocabulary puzzles and activities use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help unlock word...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Vocabulary Activities Find Activities
A fantastic reading skills site emphasizing vocabulary activities. This site contains 54 individual vocabulary activities to click on, and provides teaching tips as well. It is still in the building phase, and more activities, tips, and...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Word Sorts
Delve into a world of vocabulary building. This site offers a lesson plan for "word sorts." This simple but effective tool will increase your student's vocabulary skills.
Read Works
Read Works: Game on by Stephen Fraser
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about stem cell transplants being used to heal injuries and cure disease. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Sequential Word Games
This article discusses the use of sequential word games Scrabble and Boggle to build vocabulary.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Matching Games: General Knowledge 8: Famous Buildings
Play a memory match game by matching six different famous buildings with the countries in which they are located.
Quia
Quia: Prefixes (Matching Game)
Match common prefixes to their meanings in this online matching game.
Courseware Solutions
Wordville: Vocabulary Bingo
Students choose words to complete sentences and try to get three in a row for a vocabulary bingo in this three-leveled game.
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Personal Vocabulary Notebook
This site has a simple but direct approach to building your vocabulary. Keeping a special notebook of new words can increase vocabulary, assist memorization, and encourage good study and organization skills. L.11-12. 6 Vocabulary
Scholastic
Scholastic: Science Labelling Game
In a series of five interactive science games, students first study labeled diagrams to learn the names of the Earth's layers, of a flower's parts, of a fish's anatomy, of the human respiratory system, and of layers of the atmosphere....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Flip a Chip: Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary
Contains plans for a vocabulary lesson that uses an activity called Flip-a-Chip to teach about affixes. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson as well as assessment and...
TESL Journal
Internet Tesl Journal: Japanese English Vocab Quizzes
These online vocabulary exercises are created for Japanese speakers to study English. Extensive amount of exercises on various topics. They require JavaScript. Some do not require Japanese fonts.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: What's the Word? Shapes
In this game, students identify shapes by choosing the words that fit the pictures. Links to other games are provided.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Occupations Find It! Quiz
Students use the online "Little Explorers" picture dictionary to search for the occupations described in a series of clues. This exercise, which promotes dictionary use, deductive reasoning, and vocabulary building, would work well with...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Little Explorer Find It! Quizzes
These activities can be used as assessments but are very interesting as classroom small group activities for dictionary skills, vocabulary building, alphabetization, and development of beginning research skills.