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The Giver: Vocabulary Bingo! Lesson PlanThe Giver: Vocabulary Bingo! Lesson Plan
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The Giver: Vocabulary Bingo!

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Bingo! Combine the thrill of bingo with Lois Lowry's The Giver in a fun vocabulary lesson. Kids write selected vocabulary words from the novel onto a bingo chart, and then listen for the correct definitions in order to mark off their words.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the giver, lois lowry, Vocabulary

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Bring the game in early in the novel unit, before your class has reached any of the words in questions
  • Have the winner of each game create sentences or short stories using all five of the words they lined up to win

Classroom Considerations

  • First page is blank, but the instructions are included at the end of the resource

Pros

  • Provides a list of both the words and their definitions
  • An engaging way to involve learners of all skill levels

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.4 RL.6.4 RL.7.4 RL.8.4

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