Graves and Goblins by Nathaniel Hawthorne Vocabulary Games for High School

Details

Pages

14 Pages

Subject

ELA, Literature & Poetry, Reading & Literacy

Languages

English

Product

Digital

Grade

9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Resource Type

Activities, Games, Worksheets

Standard

Common Core English Language Arts Standards

Description

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Graves and Goblins," a piece of special appeal to high school students interested in Halloween, supernatural fiction, and the relationship between the living and the dead. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, the public domain narrative, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.

Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: adamant, ascend, bard, brood, celestial
deprecate, elude, ethereal, gibber, penance, pensive, pilgrimage, posthumous, remonstrance, scarcely, scowl, sexton, shudder, sordid, summon, threescore, tremulous, unobtrusive, vicissitude, weal, and wretch.

By engaging with these activities, students will:

Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

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