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The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien's powerful collection of vignettes about the experiences of a platoon of soldiers during the Vietnam War, serves as a text for a crossword puzzle. The 23 clues asks readers to recall characters,...
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Heart of Darkness
There may be plenty of horror in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, but studying the details of the plot doesn't need to be horrific. High schoolers complete a short crossword puzzle to review the names, events, and...
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The Outsiders
Stay gold with a handy crossword puzzle based on S.E. Hintont's The Outsiders. As middle and high schoolers work on completing the worksheet, they review key concepts and quotes from the book.
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A Raisin in the Sun
Or does it explode? Discuss the ultimate deferred dream in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun with a handy crossword puzzle that reviews key names and details from the play.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a strange tale indeed, but a crossword puzzle based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story is pretty straightforward. Help learners review key facts and quotes from the book in a quick...
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Things Fall Apart
Okonkwo's life, family, actions, and culture are the focus of a literary crossword puzzle. As high schoolers finish Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, they answer the clues to review key details from the tragic tale.
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Me Before You
Often readers have trouble keeping track of key events in novels. A thorough crossword puzzle refreshes readers' memories regarding key details in the novel Me Before You. Creative clues encourage further review of the text.
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The Metamorphosis
No matter how your day is going, it probably hasn't started out as badly as Gregor Samsa's day. Explore the essentially—and definitively—Kafkaesque story of a man-turned-vermin with a short and straightforward crossword puzzle on...
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Edith Hamilton’s Mythology
Where is the Oracle? Who brought fire from Olympus? What creature is half bird, half horse? Review details from famous Greek myths with a crossword puzzle that focuses on Edith Hamilton's Mythology.
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Self-Monitoring Strategies and Vocabulary Games
Teachers model self-monitering strategies for their high schoolers. They participate in games and artwork that help them increase their vocabulary. They also complete a crossword puzzle.
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Clifford And the Big Parade
Five worksheets are included in this resource based on Norman Bridwell’s, Clifford and the Big Parade. Class members complete a vocabulary word search and a crossword puzzle, sequence the events in the story, answer eight comprehension...
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Charlotte's Web Crossword Puzzle
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, 3rd graders will read clues and complete the puzzle in the appropriate numbered squares. Students will complete ten crossword clues pertaining to the novel "Charlotte's Web.".
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Homophones Crossword Puzzle
In this literacy instructional activity, students find the homophones that are used in the crossword puzzle. This puzzle is used to increase word usage.
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Sailing Crossword Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, learners read 14 clues that pertain to sailing. Students figure out the answers to the clues and put them in a crossword puzzle.
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Same Sound Crossword Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, students read 14 clues in which they must think of a homonym for the word provided. Students then put these words that sound the same into the crossword puzzle.
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Crossword: Little House in the Big Woods Ch. 1 & 2
For this crossword worksheet, students fill in the answers to a crossword puzzle based on fourteen comprehension questions and vocabulary words from the book.
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Crossword: Chocolate Fever
In this Crossword: Chocolate Fever learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle by writing in 14 vocabulary words from the book Chocolate Fever. The definitions to the words are given as clues.
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Consonant Blends Puzzles
In this consonant blends puzzles worksheet, 1st graders will fill in the missing letters to spell each picture clue word to complete each mini crossword puzzle (6 total).
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Back to School Crossword Puzzle
In this back-to-school crossword puzzle worksheet, students use words from a word bank at the bottom of the page to fill in 10 blanks in the puzzle. They use words such as pen, pencil case, notebook, locker, and playground.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Crossword Puzzle
For this Martin Luther King, Jr. crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 15 clues about this civil rights activist. Students fit their answers in the puzzle, which has no word bank.
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Crazy Crossword
For this recognizing long i words crossword worksheet, students use the word box of "ie" words and the across and down clues to complete the crossword puzzle. Students write 8 answers.
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A Long Way Gone
The memoir A Long Way Gone tells the story of a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone. A crossword puzzle helps reinforce key ideas found in the memoir. The puzzle addresses characters, key events, and other details...
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Into the Wild
Chris McCandless's life, adventures, and untimely death is the subject of Jon Krakauer's nonfiction work, Into the Wild. A thorough crossword puzzle includes quotes, characters, and key details from the book as clues.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Take a moment in your language or social studies class to review key terms and details from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. A quick crossword puzzle allows learners to check understanding before a larger unit, test, or...