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April Fool’s Day Vocabulary Lesson Lesson PlanApril Fool’s Day Vocabulary Lesson Lesson Plan
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Prestwick House
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8th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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April Fool’s Day Vocabulary Lesson

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Quandimonium will ensue when the class discovers you will be grading this April Fool's Day vocabulary activity, complete with made-up words and definitions, although the truly perspicacious will remain axomachilliax.

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Concepts

april fools day, academic vocabulary

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as a warm up or bell ringer on April 1

Classroom Considerations

  • Appropriate for individual or group work

Pros

  • Definition, part of speech, and a sample sentence are included for each word on the list

Cons

  • None

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