Use this online matching activity to help teach vocabulary and word roots. Learners choose a definition for each listed vocabulary word using a drop-down menu for each response. Your class can receive immediate feedback, as this activity...

Consider this online matching activity to assist your class with vocabulary and word roots. Class members select a definition for each listed vocabulary word using a drop-down menu for each response. Learners receive immediate feedback,...

Review the definitions of 12 vocabulary words containing the word roots GRAD, MOT or CAD with this online and interactive worksheet. Learners match up each vocabulary word with its definition and then receive immediate feedback by...

Choose the correct present participle verb for the animated pictures shown! A question is posed for each of six pictures and a drop-down list of verbs allows the learner to answer the questions with the correct words. Four more sentences...

Practice being concise. Exercise your vocabulary. Improve your editing skills. The contention in this instructional activity is that by imposing a 140 character limit, the Twitter format actually helps improve writing skills. And of...

Pupils are provided with six vocabulary words containing the word roots cern, jur, and leg as well as a word bank of six corresponding synonyms and antonyms. To complete this word puzzle, they must fill in the appropriate synonym and...

Learners are given 6 vocabulary words containing the roots GRAD, MOT and CAD as well as a word bank of 6 corresponding synonyms and antonyms. To complete this exercise, they must plug-in the correct synonym and antonym for each...

A standard vocabulary quiz that tests learners on their knowledge of word definitions, this online and interactive worksheet covers vocabulary words containing the word roots PLIC, FAC or COGN. To complete this activity, test takers must...

Pupils practice vocabulary words containing the roots PLIC, FAC and COGN with this online activity. Chosing from a word bank of 12 vocabulary words, they must plug each word into the correct sentence. A great way to practice vocabulary...

Students listen to and analyze the lyrics for Avril Lavigne's song, Sk8er Boi. They discuss and interpret the vocabulary, phrasal verbs, and various grammar structures used in the lyrics.

Review synonyms and antonyms for 12 vocabulary words containing the word roots grad, mot, and cad using this interactive fill-in-the-blank activity. Learners select the correct synonyms and antonyms from a list provided and match them to...

A fan of magic squares vocabulary activities? Readers use terms drawn from Gary Paulsen’s Canyons to complete an exercise. The worksheet, an answer sheet, as well as complete directions for crafting a magic square, are included.

Read, analyze, and critique a newspaper article about a concert with a Western singer and an Iranian band. Scholars will assess key vocabulary terms within the article, learn how to understand a short news report, and hone in on how the...

As part of a four-lesson unit on personal finances, class members practice using a checkbook. Exercises include writing checks, filling out deposit and withdrawal slips, and keeping a check register. 

While working with Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day," take some time to consider vocabulary. This exercise lists eight sentences from the story in which Bradbury uses words in interesting or different ways. Pupils read the sentence...

Students view portraits of Nathanial Hurd. They complete a worksheet and identify differences between the portraits. This lesson finishes with a visit to the "About Face" exhibit in the Memorial Art Gallery.

“The Lord’s Prayer” provides the text for a study of how language changes. Using the provided link, young linguists examine the prayer in Old and Middle English and compare how the diction, syntax, and phonology have evolved over the...

In this vocabulary building worksheet, students enhance their personal vocabulary by learning words with the BL or BR blend. Students are allowed the use of a dictionary.

A basic worksheet on filling in nouns awaits your charges. They use a list of vocabulary words to fill-in-the-blanks in this worksheet. This worksheet provides a way for young writers to practice vocabulary and the use of a and an.

Advanced English language learners use the vocabulary bank at the top of the page to complete several sentences. Word choices include emphasise, notably, more, yet, regard, etc. Although the worksheet guide (page two) suggests it will...

Pupils are provided with 12 clues for this standard crossword activity. In order to complete the puzzle, they must come up with vocabulary terms for these clues that contain the word roots FIN, SED and FER. This learning exercise is...

Kids are always being told to eat their vegetables, but this time you can tell them to spell their vegetables! Kids fill in the vowels to spell 14 different vegetables ranging from lettuce to radish.

In this exercise, learners examine the difference between a theme, topic, and moral. After a class discussion on the definition of literary themes, the instructor reads The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler. Next, individuals analyze the...

Students are introduced to the topic of legends. Using the text of Irving's novels, they gather information on different cultures. They practice using new vocabulary and their listening skills. They retell the stories in chronlogical order.