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Literacy Education Online: How to Use a Thesaurus
A good overview of what a thesaurus is and how best to use one. Also includes the difference between the two forms of thesauri and explains how to choose the correct synonym to use. L.9-10.4c References
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Vocabulary.com: 100 Sat Words Beginning With "A"
This site contains a list of 100 words from the SAT that begin with the letter "A". Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Vocabulary.com: Gre High Frequency Words
This site contains a list of 334 high frequency words found on the GRE test. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
English for Everyone
Englishfor Everyone: Sentence Completion 3: Level 6 [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 6 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound and complex sentences.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Appropriate Vocabulary
This page focuses on the choice of vocabulary in a paper: Is it clear and appropriate for the audience? Does the vocabulary fit the subject matter? W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
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Read Write Think: Abc Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
Six 50-minute lessons build vocabulary through the content areas by making an ABC book. It can become a classroom resource. Links include a non-fiction book list, checklist, word list, rubric, and a storyboard chart. There is also a link...
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Read Write Think: Using a Word Journal to Create a Dictionary
This lesson enables students to track unfamiliar words as they read, link these words to their background knowledge, create new sentences for their words, and develop a final project that displays their new vocabulary. Great resource for...
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Read Write Think: Vocabulary Self Collection Strategy
Contains plans for two lessons that ask students to compose their own vocabulary lists by selecting words that are unfamiliar to them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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.
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My vocabulary.com: List of Themes for Social Studies & History
This is a list of interactive vocabulary activities for social studies and history.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Business, Economics
This page provides links to over 3000 words for Business and Economics.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for English, Language Arts
This page offers links to around 8000 vocabulary words for English and Language Arts.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Fine Arts
This page offers links to over 3000 words pertaining to Fine Arts.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for General Interest
This pages offers links to word lists with over 10,000 words on miscellaneous topics.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Health and Physical Education
This page offers links to word lists with about 9,000 words pertaining to Health and Physical Education.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for History, Social Studies
This page offers links to word lists of over 18,000 words pertaining to History and Social Studies.
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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.
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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.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Science
This page offers vocabulary over 50 word lists pertaining to Science.
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My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Vocational Education
This page offers links to vocabulary word lists pertaining to vocational education.
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My vocabulary.com: Labor Day
This is a collection of puzzles and activities using a bank of 18 words on the theme of Labor Day. It also provides a Vocabulary Word List for Vocational and Technical Education (362).
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My vocabulary.com: Lwhs Donna D
This page provides two word puzzles and a word list using the theme of LWHS-DonnaD. It also offers a Vocabulary Word List for Eagles (144).
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My vocabulary.com: History How America Works
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 15 words pertaining to How America Works. It also provides an extensive list of 230 words and lesson plan information.
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My vocabulary.com: Gold Rush California
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 19 words pertaining to the Gold Rush in California. It also offers an extensive Vocabulary Word List of 286 words, and ideas for lesson plans on the topic.