Your Dictionary: Scrabble Word Finder

Display this list of commonly misspelled and frequently confused words for your learners. Though there is no interactive component, this handout is a great reference tool comparing many homophones such as sole and soul. One tip...

Take a look at linguistics and stereotypes in Great Britian with a word study of "chav." Learners find out what terms are pejoratives and what they are meant to convey. Geared toward British culture, study the ever-changing English...

Immaculate, accumulation, dissipation. Vocabulary drawn from chapter 16 of James McBride's memoir, The Color of Water, can prove to be challenge for readers. To help kids understand the meaning of these words and what they add to the...

This article focuses on providing real practice with root words including defining root words, determining the prefixes and suffixes, understanding word families, and providing a worksheet with an answer key.

This article offers a list of words that 8th graders should know by sight and links to several online resources for teachers including Internet4Classrooms, Puzzlemaker, Tools for Educators, and Fun With Words.

This article discusses the use of sequential word games Scrabble and Boggle to build vocabulary.

This article discusses the use of word games to teach SAT vocabulary words; it provides a list of different types of games that could be used for SAT prep including Jeopardy, crossword puzzles, hangman, online SAT prep quiz games, word...

This article provides tips for teaching confused and unfamiliar words to students. These include being familiar with the words, using pictures to visualize the words, and practicing.

This site offers links to over 100 dictionaries and glossaries on a huge variety of subjects. L.9-10.6 Vocabulary

This site explains the differences between the Shakespearean English (Elizabethan English) and the Modern English of today and offers a list of common words used by Shakespeare and their meanings.