Quia
Quia: Synonyms
In this game, students draw a line between synonyms in each column. Java is required.
Quia
Quia: Subject and Verbs: Identifying Verbs 2
This is an interactive, online quiz. Choose all the correct definitions for these words. Immediate feedback and explanations are provided.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Compare and Contrast Ideas
This reading resource discusses the strategy of comparing and contrasting ideas. Students will learn definitions and explanations for similes, metaphors, and analogies. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they...
Quia
Quia: Analogies Jeopardy
Play a Jeopardy-type game to test your skill at understanding analogies or word relationships. The game can be played by one or two players.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Context Clues Worksheets: Context Clues 2.2
This site shares a context clues worksheet. Students will read each sentence, write original definitions of bolded terms, and then write the clues that help them determine the bolded words' definitions. Links for an answer key,...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Business, Economics
This page provides links to over 3000 words for Business and Economics.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for English, Language Arts
This page offers links to around 8000 vocabulary words for English and Language Arts.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for General Interest
This pages offers links to word lists with over 10,000 words on miscellaneous topics.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Math
This page offfers links to word lists with about 900 words pertaining to math, including Tennessee Academic Vocabulary for Grades 6-8 Math.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Novels
This page provides links to vocabulary word lists for novels by author or title.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for People, Groups
This page offers links to vocabulary word lists with thousands of words about individual people and groups.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Science
This page offers vocabulary over 50 word lists pertaining to Science.
Other
Linc Home Study: Grammar Central: Confusing Words 1
This is a tutorial for words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Other
Visual Thesaurus: Shades of Meaning
In this lesson, small groups of students will compete in a "shades of meaning" contest to see which group can use the Visual Thesaurus to help them match words with similar definitions but different connotations in the shortest amount of...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Key Literacy Component: Morphology
Morphology describes how words are formed from building blocks called morphemes, the smallest unit of meaning in a word. Students who don't understand this structure have trouble recognizing, understanding, and spelling words. Find out...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Teaching Word Meanings as Concepts
The most effective vocabulary instruction teaches word meanings as concepts; it connects the words being taught with their context and with the students' prior knowledge. Six techniques have proven especially effective: Concept...
TES Global
Blendspace: Synonyms and Antonyms and a Little Thesaurus
This learning module provides assorted learning materials on synonyms and antonyms. It includes links to reference sheets and videos. Some worksheet and test links were not loading.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Simile Worksheets
This site contains figurative language worksheets that assess students' understanding of similes in the context of sentence. After seeing an example, students will fill in the words that are compared in each simile. In addition, students...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
In this learning module, students will distinguish among words that are homophones, homographs, and homophones. A video lesson and reinforcement worksheets are provided. This module is designed to support all students via hands-on...
Study Ladder
Studyladder: Shades of Meaning
Interactive activity to help students differentiate shades of meaning among groups of words.
TES Global
Blendspace: Connotation/denotation
Work through links to activities, assessments, websites, and videos to learn about connotation and denotation.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Are Homophones?
This page explains homophones (words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings) and provides the most common examples.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Abstract Nouns
This page explains that an abstract noun is not identifiable by any of the five senses and provides examples.
Other
Focusing on Words
This site has information that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills. Experience the wonder of words by focusing on the Latin and Greek elements used in English.