Tag Archives: building vocabulary/conceptual knowledge

Jocular (adj)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the adjective jocular. While not a word in particularly common usage these days, it is a good word to know nonetheless.

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Mainstay (n)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun mainstay. It’s a commonly used word, maybe even a mainstay of the English language. But very, very few of my students over the years have known it; they should.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Mediocre (adj) and Mediocrity (n)

Here are two context clues worksheets on the adjective mediocre and the noun mediocrity. I probably shouldn’t own up to this, but I wrote these so my students in Manhattan would have words to describe their experience as students in the New York City Department of Education.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

A Midsummer Text, July 2018: Five Worksheets on Using the Homophones Two, Too, and To

Here are five worksheets on the homophones two, too, and to, which I am confident you have noticed that are frequently confused–sometimes to hilarious effect (i.e. Dumb and Dumber To), but more often just, well, confusing effect.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Euphemism (n)

Here is a context clues worksheet on the noun euphemism, which I think high school students, particularly in the media environment which we currently occupy, really ought to know and be able to use.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Babe Ruth

Here is a reading on Babe Ruth and the comprehension worksheet that accompanies it. Not much to say about this other than it tends to be high-interest material.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Fractal

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on fractals for math teachers and students alike.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

You’re (pro/v contraction) and Your (pro)

Here, on a cool Saturday morning in July, are five worksheets on the homophones you’re and your. These are two words frequently confused.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Prolific (adj)

Here, if you can use it, is a context clues worksheet on the adjective prolific. This is a word that comes up quite a bit in casual discourse, particularly in connection with the production of artists, writers, and musicians.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Polymath (n)

While I doubt it’s a word that comes up much in any teacher’s classroom, I nonetheless wrote this context clues worksheet on the noun polymath. Because polymath is basically synonymous with Renaissance man, it seems like a word high school students ought to know to understand this important intellectual and cultural dimension of the Renaissance.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.