Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary. SPI 0801.1.19

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1. Academic Vocabulary - [10 subjects to select] Knowing the meanings of course-specific words will help you more fully comprehend the material you are learning and will later be tested on. These academic vocabulary exercises will introduce you to some of the key terms that you may find helpful in everyday life and in the workplace after school.
2. Building Vocabulary: Making Multigenre Glossaries Based on Student Inquiry - students make their own glossaries
3. Complete sentence using correct vocabulary word - select easy, medium or hard
4. Context Clues - define the bold word in the reading selection
5. Context Clues - define the bold word in the reading selection
6. Context Clues: Explanations - define the bold word in the reading selection
7. Context Clues: Comparison Clues - define the bold word in the reading selection
8. Context Clues: Contrast Clues - define the bold word in the reading selection
9. Flip-a-Chip - Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary - lesson plan
10. Guessing Vocabulary in Context 1 - ten-question multiple-choice quiz - self checking
11. Interactive Vocabulary Builders for Test Prep - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
12. Techniques for Writing: Using Specific Language - Strike a balance between specific and general language. Interactive exercise.
13. Using Context Clues - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of using context clues. The 30 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists at the site.
14. Vocabulary Practice - complete each sentence using the correct word
15. Vocabulary - complete each sentence using the correct word
16. Vocabulary Review - many activities; answer key given at bottom of page
17. Vocabulary University - acquire and retain vocabulary. [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine, and is no longer being updated.]
18. Vocabulary Worksheets for Test Prep - a collection of resources at Internet4Classrooms
19. Writing an Informal Letter - Understanding the difference between formal and informal letters, vocabulary practice, writing practice

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