Vocabulary Games & Vocabulary Activities - Middle School & High School Vocab Fun

Make vocabulary work fun with these vocabulary activities and vocabulary games for middle school and high school that work with any list!

Looking for fun yet challenging vocabulary activities and games for your high school or middle school students? This 40+ page Vocabulary Activities and Games for Secondary mega-pack for high school and middle school provides a wide variety of approaches to vocabulary acquisition and review that make learning meaningful, memorable and fun. Usable with ANY vocabulary list, this resource is divided into four sections:

1) Vocabulary Graphic Organizers and Printables

2) Vocabulary Games and Activities

3) Morphemes / Word Roots

4) Vocabulary Word Sorts

All together, this vocabulary activities packet includes a host of engaging activities to choose from, including:

• Vocabulary Inventory: (Also sold separately.) Why teach them what they already know? Assess students’ understanding of vocabulary words before and after a lesson to ensure you are focusing on the right words and monitoring growth.

• Context Clues Vocabulary Graphic Organizer: Students use prior knowledge and context clues to decipher the meaning of vocabulary words, measuring understanding before and after.

• Vocabulary Builder: This graphic organizer allows students to better connect with words, using student-friendly definitions, images, memory devices and sentence building.

• 10 Most Important Words: Students identify important vocabulary words in the text as they read, demonstrating their ideas about the words before reading and revising meaning after.

• Create-your-Own Vocabulary Crossword: Students generate their own vocabulary crossword puzzle using the grid provided and clues they create.

• Vocabulary Bingo: Students love this classic game for reviewing vocabulary. Use Smarties or Skittles as game chits for even more fun!

• Vocabulary Skits: Students create and act out their own skits using teacher-provided vocabulary words and a list of scene options.

• Context Clues Vocabulary Challenge: In this lively game, teams compete against each other to come up with definitions for vocabulary words using only context clues and their prior knowledge.

• Vocabulary Web Quest: Students learn the meaning of new vocabulary words and practice MLA citation by researching and finding definitions as well as well-crafted examples of usage.

• Getting to the Root: Students learn to decipher unfamiliar words through commonly used Greek and Latin roots.

• Morpheme Madness: Teams compete to come up with as many words as possible using the provided roots. But the best part is the challenge round!

• Invent-a-Word Glossary: Students create their own vocabulary glossary using their own made-up words based on Greek and Latin roots.

• Good vs. Bad Writing Word Sort: Students learn the traits of effective writing along with a host of new vocabulary words by categorizing a deck of word cards related to writing.

• Connotation vs. Denotation Word Sort: (Also sold separately.) In this fun activity, students learn the difference between connotation and denotation as they expand their vocabulary, sorting words based on their shades of meaning.

It is no secret that vocabulary is the foundation of academic success, yet teaching it effectively can be challenging. For example, we all know asking students to look up the definitions of words is not the best way to teach vocabulary effectively. And simply uttering the words “Frayer Model” will be met with a collective moan. Instead, make vocabulary work for your high school and middle school students fun with this versatile variety pack!

This vocabulary activities resource provides so many options to choose from and can be used in countless ways in your high school or middle school classroom--whether for full-class lessons, mini-lessons, bell work, individual or small group work, test review, intervention or enrichment, or just plain fun days!

By adding variety and fun to your vocabulary lessons, you will find your secondary students learning and retaining new words like never before—and having fun along the way!

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