Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Vocabulary Games (Fifth Iteration)

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (fifth iteration). 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: auxiliary, clamber, commodity, foliage, frivolously, gibber, guru, humility, idle, indistinct, inexorably, marshal, mundane, outmoded, precariously, scowl, supercilious, temperament, and translucent.

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