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Activity
Novelinks

Wildwood Dancing: Vocabulary Squares

For Teachers 9th - 12th
As part of a study of Juliet Marillier's Wildwood Dancing, class members create vocabulary squares for words drawn from the story.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finders Keepers: Vocabulary Instructional Routine Guide for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Like Oskar, the curious boy in Jonathan Safran Foer’s story, class members journey through other “stories that the mouth can’t tell” to find another sentence that uses a word found in novel. Individuals create their own vocabulary list,...
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Organizer
Curated OER

The Outsiders Vocabulary

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Looking for a vocabulary list and exercise to use with a study of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton? Try out this resource, which provides both the list and the exercise. Each of 19 words is paired with a part of speech and definition or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary List 4

For Students 8th - 9th
As your class progresses through Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, present them with this vocabulary assignment. Unfortunately, specific chapters are not stated, but it does present 20 new vocabulary words for your class to learn like...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The House on Mango Street Vocabulary List 2 Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Words drawn from The House on Mango Street are used in two vocabulary exercises. Readers answer questions and complete sentences using Cisneros’s words. 
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Lesson Plan
Novelinks

The Good Earth: Vocabulary Bingo Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Endeavor. Qualm. Stolid. Fortitude. Filial. Bingo! As part of their study of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth, class members engage in a vocabulary bingo game.
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Handout
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

Junior Certificate Latin: Defined Vocabulary List

For Students 8th - 12th
Support your Latin language learners with a collection of vocabulary words paired with definitions. Kind of like a small dictionary, this reference material contains about 600 Latin words with English definitions.
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Activity
Curated OER

The Metamorphosis: Vocabulary Bingo

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is one of the most fascinating pieces of literature from the 20th century, and its rich vocabulary is one of the reasons it has endured for over a century. Help learners of all levels work through new...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pudd'nhead Wilson: Vocabulary Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Invite your pupils to do the teaching when it comes to the vocabulary in Pudd'nhead Wilson. Each individual is assigned one word to research in depth and teach to classmates, one pupil at a time.
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning: Know or No

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Activate the prior knowledge of young scholars as they expand their vocabulary with this language arts activity. Given a deck of cards containing new vocabulary words, learners sort them into four categories, from Don't know the meaning...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hoot: Vocabulary Squares

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Study the vocabulary from Carl Hiaasen's Hoot with an activity featuring synonyms and antonyms. Kids fill in a graphic organizer for each word, prompting critical thinking as they find additional ways to put the word into context.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sense and Sensibility Vocabulary Strategy: Desk Top Teaching

For Students 10th - 12th
Amicably dispel “the prejudices of…young mind(s)” by exposing them to the language of Jane Austen. Readers of Sense and Sensibility use desk-top strategies to teach one another the vocabulary from this classic romance novel. The resource...
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Lesson Plan
Novelinks

The Hobbit: Vocabulary in the Round

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Blundering, audacious, obscurest. Class members develop strategies for teaching each other vocabulary words drawn from The Hobbit.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Vocabulary Terms: Matching

For Students 7th - 10th
This is a basic vocabulary matching exercise consisting of 20 words. Learners match the definition to the word. Answers are provided. You might use this to inspire your next vocabulary list and give this activity to your class.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Short Story Vocabulary: Matching

For Students 7th - 11th
Looking for a vocabulary list and exercise? Then this resource might be for you! Consisting of 39 words, this activity has learners match each word with its definition. Answers are provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Review: School, Clothing, Colors, Shopping

For Students 6th - 9th
A great list of vocabulary words are provided here! Although they were originally designed to accompany the Spanish textbook ¡Buen Viaje!, this is a great resource for all beginning Spanish classrooms.
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Activity
Novelinks

The Tempest: Vocabulary Bingo

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Bingo! Practice vocabulary from William Shakespeare's The Tempest with a fun matching game. As you call out the definitions, class members mark the new vocabulary words that match and try to get five in a row.
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Lesson Plan
Novelinks

The House on Mango Street: Vocabulary Word Squares

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Chanclas, muerto, cuando. Spanish words are plentiful in The House on Mango Street and may be unfamiliar to many readers. A vocabulary words squares activity will help kids remember the meaning of these words and add to their...
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Vocabulary A-Z

5-Day Vocabulary Teaching Plan

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Reinforce important reading skills with a set of vocabulary lesson plans. Middle schoolers complete sentences, play word games, finish analogies, and build their growing vocabulary with a packet of helpful and applicable graphic organizers.
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Worksheet
Orange County Public Schools

Vocabulary #20 Worksheet – English 1

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Five vocabulary activities help kids to put words into context while reinforcing their definitions. They find synonyms and antonyms, finish analogies, and use context clues to study ten words on the list.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tangerine: Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here's a great way to make vocabulary words drawn from Edward Bloor's novel Tangerine memorable. Kids create a word square, and in one quadrant write the word. A picture goes in a second quadrant, the definition in a third, and a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Victorian Vocabulary Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your high schoolers to some tough vocabulary. No, I'm not talking about the SAT list! Revisit Victorian literature to find tricky words we still use today. Using the Visual Thesaurus, learners will preview vocabulary in a quote...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vocabulary Game

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Help scholars discover new ways to build their vocabulary. Groups create a game involving their vocabulary words. Using the jigsaw model, the groups shuffle and play the games of the other groups. Save the games and use them for other...
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Worksheet
Orange County Public Schools

Vocabulary #15 Worksheet – English 1

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Focus on synonyms, antonyms, and context clues with a vocabulary worksheet. Kids study ten words and match them to their definitions before putting the words in context.

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