Ready-to-Use Vocabulary Printables

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Give students a vocabulary head start before reading.

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    Optional post-reading quiz — has preview words in excerpts
    1 page per section (of popular texts) · grading optional
    Sample vocabulary worksheet

    About the activities

    Before reading
    Aids comprehension and builds vocabulary. Aligned to CCSS ELA Language Standards — context clues and determining word meaning.
    After reading
    The optional post-reading quiz (of popular texts) exercises analytical reading beyond literal comprehension. It asks readers not only to understand what an excerpt says, but to infer what it implies, to ground claims in textual evidence, and to reason about how and why the author built the passage. Aligned to CCSS ELA Reading Standards — inference, textual evidence, and authorial craft.