1-sheet Vocabulary Printables
Romeo and Juliet — adapted
(Adapted by Tom Gorman)
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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 Romeo and Juliet — adapted.
Highlighted words:
banish, chaste, condemn, coy, cunning, Cupid, dismal, dowry, exile, feud, fickle, mane, mock, monk, prosper, provoke, rein, scorn, torment, wretched
Why these 20 words?
Selected automatically for:
- grade-level challenge
- academic usefulness
- frequency in the text
- confidence in contextual meaning
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Romeo and Juliet — adapted
Romeo and Juliet — adapted
Aligned to CCSS ELA Language Standards
(context clues and determining word meaning).
(context clues and determining word meaning).