Vocabulary Fun

Materials:
House puzzle
Scissors
Small, plastic baggies

1. Vocabulary:
A. Print the vocabulary house on cardstock paper if you want this activity
to last for years. If you want them to last until you retire, laminate
them too!
B. Cut along the lines and put the pieces in small, clear plastic baggies.
C. Students solve the puzzle by matching the words and the definitions side
by side. They may need to look some words up on their phones or in a
dictionary. They can work in pairs or individually – whatever is best for
your class. (You may want students to look the words up ahead of time.
If so, write them on the board.)
D. Don’t tell students the shape is a house to make the task more fun and
challenging. They will think it is a square, but wrestling with a problem is
good for them.
E. Record the first person/partnership to finish. Maybe they can receive
extra credit or some other reward. (The answer key is a house not cut
up. It is easy to tell if they are correct because it either makes a house
or doesn’t. Easy checking!
F. After the puzzles are put together, students record the words and
definitions on their own paper or add to the definitions they already
have. Then, they add a synonym to each definition.

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 sad &
Tarn enormous serious
small lake Prodigious Solemn

Hysteria
Acute
severe

panic
Singular fear Malady
strange Trepidation sickness
scold or rebuke

Precipitous
Upbraid

steep

Fissure Thinks he is always sick Vivacious

a crack energetic
Unruffled

Hypochondriac
Pervaded
calm

spread

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