1-sheet Vocabulary Printables

Amistad
Alexs Pate
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Give students a vocabulary head start before reading.
20 words on one double-sided sheet.
No grading required.

How it works

Students preview 20 words from the reading, each in a sentence that supports understanding.

An optional post-reading quiz uses the same 20 words in excerpts from the text. Use it after reading, or skip it entirely.

Why it works

The pre-reading activity supports comprehension and primes students to notice the words in context. The optional post-reading quiz reinforces the same words while using excerpts from Amistad.

Highlighted words:
abolition, cite, cite (2), contempt, contempt (2), deposition, dialect, discrepancy, divine, divine (2), establish, establish (2), interpret, mutiny, prejudice, prudent, refute, resolve, resolve (2), testimony
Why these 20 words?

Selected automatically for:

  • grade-level challenge
  • academic usefulness
  • frequency in the text
  • confidence in contextual meaning
Resources
Other vocabulary resources for
Amistad
Aligned to CCSS ELA Language Standards
(context clues and determining word meaning).