Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Vocabulary Games Bundle for High School

Frontload assigned readings with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of Orson Scott Card's dystopian science fiction novel Ender's Game. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the book during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 7 vocabulary application activities, 7 crossword puzzles, 7 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (A Google Drive bundle option is also available.) 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

A total of 84 challenging words are addressed: acquiescence, ambiguous, apprehension, archaic, ascetic, banter, beckon, blunder, clamber, commiserate, compensate, competent, contempt, corroborate, cynical, decelerate, deftly, denunciation, derisive, discreet, dwell, effect, emulate, erode, errand, extenuating, extricate, feeble, feint, forestall, formidable, glint, glower, graceful, humble, improvise, incredulous, inscrutable, intently, itinerant, keen, loathsome, magnanimous, malleable, martyr, merciful, mirth, mutter, obscurity, opaque, ostentatiously, paltry, peripheral, persecution, personnel, plead, polyglot, quarrel, raucous, rebuke, rescind, sadism, shudder, smirk, spatter, stride, submerge, surly, swaggering, taunt, tedious, temperament, timid, translucent, transparent, tumult, unanimous, vague, vivisect, wander, wary, whimper, wince, and wriggle.

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