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Say hello to a platform dedicated to industrious, yet overtasked teachers like you. Say goodbye to countless hours spent developing relevant and engaging ELA lessons. Whether you are teaching the fundamentals of grammar, creative writing skills, classic literature, or contemporary fiction, you will find thousands of activities and assessments to help you achieve a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing academic rigor.
Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 4
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Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 4

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 4 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: din, exclaim, ignominious, impromptu, perpetually, posthumously, prophecy, shrewd, skirmish, solemn, tractable, and vague. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 2
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Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 2

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 2 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: contrary, expound, feebly, gambol, idle, inventive, irrepressible, nimble, reign, reproach, shrill, and unanimous. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 1
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Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 1

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 1 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: benevolent, cynical, dissentient, enmity, ensconce, falter, hearken, hoarse, laborious, preliminary, sturdy, and tyranny. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 5
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Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 5

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 5 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: articulate, blithely, indifferent, liable, manifestly, procure, ratify, restive, reverent, sly, unintelligible, and whimper. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 6
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Animal Farm Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapter 6

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 6 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: extravagant, gale, indignation, intermediary, malignity, mournfully, plod, promptly, repose, rouse, superintendence, and timidly. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
"The Jay" by Yasunari Kawabata Quiz and Answer Key
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"The Jay" by Yasunari Kawabata Quiz and Answer Key

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Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the short story “The Jay” by Yasunari Kawabata. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the narrative. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The reason for a jay’s singing Yoshiko’s personal history A misinterpreted sign of good luck Characters’ shared traits The effect of the father’s second marriage on his family How Yoshiko and her brother came to live with their grandmother The grandmother’s medical condition The father’s arrangement for Yoshiko An important meeting Yoshiko’s discovery
"Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan Vocabulary Games and Activities
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"Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan Vocabulary Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Amy Tan’s short story titled “Rules of the Game,” a passage from her book The Joy Luck Club. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: benefactor, benevolently, deftly, impart, obscure, prodigy, pungent, relent, retort, solemnly, successive, and vanity. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
"Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing Vocabulary Games and Activities
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"Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing Vocabulary Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Doris Lessing’s coming-of-age short story “Through the Tunnel.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: beseech, buoyant, chivalry, clamber, continually, contrition, frond, idly, incredulous, inquisitive, luminous, myriad, promontory, and supplication. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
"The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier Vocabulary Games and Activities for High School
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"The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier Vocabulary Games and Activities for High School

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement the short story “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: ashen, bleak, clamor, furtively, garish, laconic, larder, leaden, murmur, pallor, pilchard, placid, pram, scullery, stealthily, weary, and whimper. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
"The Interlopers" by Saki Vocabulary Games and Activities
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"The Interlopers" by Saki Vocabulary Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: acquiesce, affray, dispossess, exasperation, fitful, interloper, keen, languor, pious, plight, precipitous, retort, vain, and wrest. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
"The Beast in the Cave" by H.P. Lovecraft Vocabulary Games and Activities
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"The Beast in the Cave" by H.P. Lovecraft Vocabulary Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement the short story “The Beast in the Cave” by H.P. Lovecraft. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: apprehension, effulgence, fleeting, gibber, interminable, irresolute, itinerant, labyrinth, obscurity, prognathous, reverence, salubrious, sepulchre, and uncanny. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
"Charles" by Shirley Jackson Vocabulary Games and Activities
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"Charles" by Shirley Jackson Vocabulary Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Shirley Jackson’s short story titled “Charles.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: cynically, deprive, elaborately, grimly, haggard, incredulously, insolently, raucous, scornfully, solemnly, swaggering, and warily. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 6, 7, and 8
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Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 6, 7, and 8

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 6, 7, and 8 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: concede, eccentricity, emaciated, gaudily, haggard, implore, indignation, multitudinous, obstinately, persecution, precipitous, reminiscence, scurry, and undulate. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 3, 4, and 5
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Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 3, 4, and 5

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: emphatic, exultant, furtively, genial, incessant, keen, plaintive, proffer, shudder, solidarity, solitude, stealthy, and timid. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 1 and 2
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Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 1 and 2

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 1 and 2 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: apoplectic, bleakly, continuous, crude, curtly, deferential, indefatigable, pallid, reverently, sibilant, solemn, suffuse, and superfluous. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 9, 10, and 11
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Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 9, 10, and 11

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 9, 10, and 11 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: conspicuous, feebly, flare, heretical, irrepressibly, languish, mirth, portentously, quaint, sonorous, venerable, and weary. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 12, 13, and 14
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Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 12, 13, and 14

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 12, 13, and 14 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: anguish, apprehension, clamber, derisive, exasperated, ferocity, impudent, inexorable, ingratiating, innocuous, irresolute, melancholy, shrill, and tremulous. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18
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Brave New World Vocabulary Games and Activities for Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18 of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: continual, earnestly, effect, illicit, importunately, infamous, menial, morsel, propagation, propitiatingly, respectively, tangible, and vague. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Lord of the Flies Chapter 8 Vocabulary Development Games and Activities
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Lord of the Flies Chapter 8 Vocabulary Development Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: derisive, fervor, glower, illusive, inexpertly, iridescent, rebuke, serenade, sodden, tremulous, vexed, and vivid. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Lord of the Flies Chapter 11 Vocabulary Development Games and Activities
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Lord of the Flies Chapter 11 Vocabulary Development Games and Activities

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Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 11 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: bough, ferocity, intently, liberation, luminous, multitudinous, propitiatingly, quench, unhandily, wary, waxy, and wield. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences