Details
Pages
13 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, enhance reading comprehension, and indulge the Halloween spirit no matter the time of year with this set of games and activities to complement "The Tomb" by H.P. Lovecraft, a short story with elements of Gothic fantasy that evokes the works of Edgar Allan Poe. A vocabulary application worksheet, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, the public domain text, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: accordingly, accost, admonish, allude, archaism, beckon, boisterous, commence, conviviality, declivity, dryad, empiricism, erudition, habitual, interment, inure, keen, mirth, monotony, phosphorescence, prosaic, sojourn, sultry, sylvan, tangible, temperament, transmute, uncanny, verdure, and voluble.
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
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: accordingly, accost, admonish, allude, archaism, beckon, boisterous, commence, conviviality, declivity, dryad, empiricism, erudition, habitual, interment, inure, keen, mirth, monotony, phosphorescence, prosaic, sojourn, sultry, sylvan, tangible, temperament, transmute, uncanny, verdure, and voluble.
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
Support vocabulary development, enhance reading comprehension, and indulge the Halloween spirit no matter the time of year with this set of games and activities to complement "The Tomb" by H.P. Lovecraft, a short story with elements of Gothic fantasy that... more
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Are answer keys included?
Yes, answer keys are included.