War of the Worlds Vocabulary Games and Activities (Book 2 Chapters 1-5)

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement the science fiction novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (book 2, chapters 1 through 5). A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, Google Drive options are 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

Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed:

• ashen

• circumspection

• consolation

• despondent

• dexterous

• diminution

• domicile

• fortnight

• gesticulation

• implore

• ineffectual

• instantaneous

• keen

• lethargic

• monotony

• multitude

• persistence

• remonstrance

• squeamish

• transitory

Resources are available for a variety of dystopian and sci-fi novels:

• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Google and printable

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Google and printable

• Feed by M.T. Anderson - Google and printable

• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - Google and printable

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Google and printable