Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 28, 29, and 30 of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: aristocrat, clamber, cynically, effluvium, exultantly, fretful, gaunt, grubby, nimble, perspire, and relentlessly. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 25, 26, and 27 of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: blight, bluster, feeble, frayed, indistinct, putrescence, slup, spindly, stealthy, sullenly, and trot. 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

Reinforce the standard conventions of academic writing and perform a quick check of students’ knowledge with this grammar worksheet covering 30 common word usage errors in high school writing and speech. Delivered in printable Word Document format, as well as in PDF format, this resource conveniently offers the option to edit. An answer key is provided. Usage principles covered include the following: accept vs. except advice vs. advise affect vs. effect all ready vs. already all right vs. alright all together vs. altogether allusion vs. illusion among vs. between amount vs. number anyway vs. anyways being as/that vs. since beside vs. besides could/would/should have vs. could/would/should of couldn’t care less vs. could care less each other vs. one another enthusiastic vs. enthused farther vs. fewer fewer vs. less good vs. well imply vs. infer in vs. into its vs. it’s lay vs. lie lose vs. loose principal vs. principle regardless vs. irregardless supposedly vs. supposably than vs. then who vs. whom whose vs. who’s

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Gwendolyn Brooks’ short story “Maud Martha Spares the Mouse.” 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 length of time Maud Martha had searched for the mouse Maud Martha’s assumptions about the mouse’s mindset Maud Martha’s initial reaction to encountering the mouse Maud Martha’s emotional response to sparing the mouse Maud Martha’s self-reflection Maud Martha’s tasks at home And more

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement John Steinbeck’s short story “Flight.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: agilely, ascend, clamber, coarse, dart, desolate, foliage, furtive, gangling, gulch, listless, meager, plod, rein, scowl, sentinel, sheepishly, skitter, slumberous, stern, whinny, withered, wriggle, and writhe. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 11, 12, and 13 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: blunder, corroborate, derisive, loathsome, merciful, paltry, plead, rebuke, tedious, temperament, translucent, and wary. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 7 and 8 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: erode, intently, mutter, obscurity, personnel, raucous, shudder, swaggering, transparent, polyglot, magnanimous, and ostentatiously. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 1 and 2 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: commiserate, forestall, glint, malleable, mirth, peripheral, quarrel, rescind, smirk, spatter, submerge, and vivisect. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 14 and 15 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: apprehension, ascetic, compensate, dwell, feint, formidable, graceful, inscrutable, itinerant, timid, vague, and wince. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 3 and 4 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: ambiguous, beckon, contempt, decelerate, deftly, extenuating, feeble, glower, incredulous, persecution, stride, and taunt. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 9 and 10 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: acquiescence, archaic, banter, competent, cynical, denunciation, discreet, humble, improvise, keen, surly, and wander. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 5 and 6 of Orson Scott Card’s dystopian science fiction novel Ender’s Game. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: clamber, effect, emulate, errand, extricate, martyr, opaque, sadism, tumult, unanimous, whimper, and wriggle. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 4, 5, and 6 of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: brood, flitter, hasten, idle, meek, pique, ravenously, refuge, relish, scornfully, scowl, sparse, wane, withered, and wriggle. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 1, 2, and 3 of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: bemused, crossly, cunningly, dissipated, flare, judiciously, mutter, plod, smugly, squint, and stiflingly. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Kate Chopin’s short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: acute, appreciable, consternation, decipher, deft, fastidious, gaudy, gaunt, judicious, laborious, matinee, muse, poignant, and shabby. 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

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Hollow of the Three Hills.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: affliction, allude, anathema, beckon, countenance, crone, decrepit, despondent, dolefully, impious, latter, melodious, mirth, monotonous, obscure, perfidy, putrid, querulous, reverie, scourge, stately, stern, vicissitude, 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

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering John Steinbeck’s short story “Flight.” 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 cause of Papa Torres’ death The items Pepé takes with him on a trip The reasons for Pepé’s trip Events culminating with a fatal injury Mama Torres’ reaction to her son’s departure What happens to Pepé’s horse The cause of Pepé’s hand injury How Pepé treats his injury The cause of Pepé’s death

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Kate Chopin’s short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings.” 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: Mrs. Sommers’ initial intentions for her money The neighbors’ treatment of Mrs. Sommers Mrs. Sommers’ past The effect of the stockings on Mrs. Sommers’ emotions The shoe clerk’s observations about Mrs. Sommers Various items purchased by Mrs. Sommers Mrs. Sommers’ feelings as she returns home

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering the science fiction short story “The Star” by H.G. Wells. 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: Setting A discovery about the planet Neptune The cause of a disastrous fireball Scientists’ initial findings about the fireball A mathematician’s discovery The reaction of the general public The effects of the fireball’s approach on Earth The reason Earth is saved from complete annihilation The future of surviving humans A revelation in the resolution

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement “The Challenge” by Gary Soto, a coming-of-age short story highlighting the importance of authenticity and unconditional acceptance of others for who they are. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: abrupt, asphalt, briskly, cower, flank, grimace, grimy, jarring, lob, mishap, mutter, ojos, ragged, and ricochet. 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