There’s a monster lurking in the dark corners of your English language arts curriculum. Hiding in the shadows between grammar and literature, the creature waits for the perfect moment to strike. Its name? Vocabulary.
But teaching vocabulary doesn’t have to be scary! Conquer your fears and boost your current curriculum with these vocabulary lesson plans, posters, puzzles, and more, all available for free.
Lesson Plans
Vocabulary in Context: Inside the World of Wizards
With this free lesson plan, harness the magical world of the Harry Potter series to build your students’ understanding of context clues, word roots, and author’s purpose.
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Vocabulary in Context: Wilderness Survival
Inspired by the workbook of the same name, this free lesson plan introduces ten new vocabulary words and provides several context-based activities designed to help students retain the words they learn.
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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Activity
Perfect for a simple warm-up activity, supplemental lesson, or an extra credit assignment, this free lesson plan will introduce your students to 36 new words recently added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
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10th Grade Vocabulary Lesson
Intended for 10th graders, but certainly adaptable for any high school class, this free lesson plan will help students develop the skills needed to understand words in context, build connections to existing vocabulary, and learn about connotative meanings.
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Crossword Puzzles
Vocabulary Power Plus Crossword Puzzles
Does your class use Vocabulary Power Plus? Pair your lessons with these free crossword puzzles based on the 9-12 grade editions. Each lesson in the books has a corresponding crossword puzzle—that’s 84 different puzzles to choose from!
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Posters
Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Perfect for an everyday classroom reference, this printable poster presents more than 40 different Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes that your students will encounter in their studies.
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Top 10 Greek Roots
Chrono, geo, graph, lith: These are just a few of the Greek roots featured on this downloadable poster.
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Top 10 Latin Roots
Did you know that nearly all of our English law and logic words come from Latin? This free poster covers 10 of the most common Latin roots.
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Laws and Justice
To aid your students in their word root study, download and print this free classroom poster inspired by Growing Your Vocabulary: Level 6. Your students will have the meanings of leg, jus, and jur memorized in no time!
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