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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context (English 7 Reading)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
You will learn how to determine or clarify the meaning of words using context within a sentence and in larger sections of text.
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Handout
Other

Confusing Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Confusing Words
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Football: College and Pro

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 22 vocabulary words and a variety of interactive puzzles and activities on the theme of football at the college and pro levels. A list of 310 football words is also provided.
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Basketball March Madness

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using vocabulary pertaining to basketball. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List for Basketball (317 words).
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Developing Academic Language: Got Words?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This is a research-based article concerning how to best teach academic vocabulary. Research finds that most teachers assign and mention vocabulary, but to be effective, instruction must be direct and meaningful. Recommendations for...
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Activity
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesaurus

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn about different reference materials such as dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri to help you learn meanings of words, pronunciation, or parts of speech. View a short lesson then practice using Game Mode or Test Mode.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learn a Word: Science Vocabulary Acquisition

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, students use multiple sources to learn the meanings of science words, collaborating to create useful resources for learning and retaining science vocabulary.
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Unit Plan
Vocabulary.com

Vocabulary.com: 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site contains a list of 100 words that middle school students need to know to ensure academic success. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words...
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Strunk's Elements of Style: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Common misused words are defined. Examples of how to use them correctly are provided. Some examples are "all right" to "would", "as good or better than", and "as to whether."
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Preview Vocabulary Words [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn about previewing vocabulary words, an important instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement the previewing of vocabulary, find research that supports the previewing of vocabulary, and find...
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Back to School

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using vocabulary words pertaining to going back to school. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for life skills and careers.
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Activities for Teaching Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on the importance of teaching vocabulary and how to teach it effectively. It lists concepts that need to be considered when preparing to teach vocabulary such as prior knowledge, dictionary use, context clues, and...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Crossword Puzzle Maker

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
ABCya! Crossword Puzzle Maker is a fun and easy way for children to create interactive crossword puzzles. Kids can input answers and clues using a simple form or by copying and pasting from a text document. Crossword Puzzles can be...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Use Precise Language and Domain Specific Vocabulary

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides 17 English language arts lessons for 7th grade. Grade-level standards are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Semantic Mapping

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A strategy for developing students' vocabulary by representing the concepts of words graphically. This helps refine their understanding of vocabulary to meet expectations in reading and language.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Explicit Vocabulary Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Vocabulary instruction is an important part of reading and language arts classes, as well as content-area classes such as science and social studies. By giving students explicit instruction in vocabulary, teachers help them learn the...
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Handout
Other

Weber State University: Misused Words and Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fun look at the wrong way to use the English language; includes many examples.
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Handout
English Club

English Club: Learn English: Vocabulary: Topic Vocabulary Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to information and lists of English words and phrases by category. Includes information on the difference between a dictionary and thesaurus, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, figures of speech, eponyms, euphemisms, sayings,...
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Business Crossword 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with the business world.
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Activity
English Club

English Club: Business Crossword 7

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with business.
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Activity
TES Global

Tes: Geography Key Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides a collection of 31 terms related to vocabulary about geography.
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Lesson Plan
English Page

English Page: English Vocabulary: Advanced Vocabulary Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives people learning English with a list of useful vocabulary for situations such as getting an apartment or going to the grocery store. It includes a learning activity to practice the vocabulary.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Common Words With Multiple Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces common words with multiple meanings.
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Interactive
Education Development Center

Tv411: Vocabulary: Finding New Ways to Say Something: Activity 1 of 3

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice your vocabulary skills by choosing the stronger synonym from a word bank to complete each sentence.