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Dictionary Bluff
Students practice their dictionary skills by participating in a game of words with correct and incorrect definitions. They must work in pairs to determine the incorrect definitions and uses for a word.
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Learning Words
Students listen to Jane Yolen's, All Those Secrets of the World. They engage in activities to find word meanings without using a dictionary. They practice using a vocabulary mapping handout.
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Increasing Vocabulary Skills
Young scholars explore new words through the reading of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. In this literature lesson, students write down the words that they do not know as they read the book. Young scholars look up the words in the...
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Verbs Vocabulary Exercise
For this word meanings worksheet, students how to use verbs in sentences. Students choose the correct word for each of the ten sentences and conjugate eight verbs.
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Same Meaning
In this synonyms worksheet, students read the words and write 'same' or 'not same' for each example. Students complete 5 synonym activities.
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Identifying Ideas Using Words
In this literacy activity activity, students identify the picture and meaning for each. Students write the word that explains the meaning of the picture. Students complete 5 examples.
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Word Meaning Activity
In this word meaning worksheet, students choose the word that describes a picture, 5 total. Worksheet is a basic vocabulary and word recognition activity.
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Which Word Doesn't Belong?
In this grouping words worksheet, learners explore word meanings. Students are given ten sets of four words and are to determine which word doesn't belong in the group.
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Nate 'Tiny' Archibald
In this literacy worksheet, students use the words and the grammar form to match it with the definition found in the right column. The solution is found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Creation Myths Make-up Quiz
In this literacy worksheet, students match the correct vocabulary term with its answer in the column on the right side of the page. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Estuary
Students discuss how the meanings of words can change over time. Through discussion, lecture, and activities, they identify how words can have multiple meanings and how those meanings can be changed over time. Lesson resources are...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Context Clues
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students practice using context to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Included are practice activities and assessment pages.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension
An article highlighting the improvements of middle and high school students' reading comprehension through a sixteen-week program. Includes introduction, overview of the intervention, course structure, sample activities, assessments, and...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes
Learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Diction and Tone (English Ii Reading)
This lesson will help students identify diction and tone in their reading and will help them answer these questions: What does the author mean? What is the author's attitude about what he or she is writing? How will my understanding of a...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Applying Word Study Strategies (English I Reading)
In this lesson, students will practice applying word study strategies to improve your reading fluency and comprehension. L.9-10.5b nuances
Quia
Quia: Matching: What's My Meaning?
This matching game asks students to match roots on a grid with their meanings. Java is required.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Language: Vocabulary Acquisition: Shades of Meaning
This is a PDF learning exercise in which the students order synonyms according to the strength of the word and fill in the blanks in a reading passage with the most appropriate word.
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Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: Word Splash Sentences [Pdf]
In this PDF comparison/contrast lesson, students learn a word splash writing activity which asks students to craft meaningful sentences that utilize content vocabulary words. Students-alone or in groups-examine a collection of vocabulary...
Other
Beacon Educator: Reading Educator: Dictionary Game
Develop better vocabulary and dictionary skills while playing this fun dictionary game with students in small groups. Click on the video link to watch the game being played in a classroom. L.9-10.4c References
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Julius Caesar Paraphrase
A scene-by-scene paraphrase of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in two formats. You can proceed act by act through the paraphrase, or you can view the original text and the paraphrase side by side in a PDF document. RL.9-10.4 Word choice, Tone
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Dictionary.com
Look up any word by typing the entry at the top. Includes word of the day, links to foreign language dictionaries, and link to a thesaurus. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning, L.11-12.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning,...
Quia
Quia: What's My Meaning
This Concentration-style game asks students to match root words with their meanings while remembering the location of the covered pairs of words. Java is required.
Other
Visual Thesaurus: Shades of Meaning
In this lesson, small groups of students will compete in a "shades of meaning" contest to see which group can use the Visual Thesaurus to help them match words with similar definitions but different connotations in the shortest amount of...