Academic Vocabulary Volume 9 (Digital & Print)

This Academic Vocabulary Volume #9: CCSS High-Frequency Words contains the DIGITAL and PRINT versions of the resource.

Help your students learn important content with this Academic Vocabulary Teaching Unit! This High-Frequency Academic Vocabulary Unit is designed to help your secondary ELA students succeed in class and on standardized tests.

This academic vocabulary includes 5 weeks of digital and traditional-print instruction and includes 25 academic vocabulary words relating to informational texts and argument writing. Each week, students are introduced to five words at a time. Students receive a weekly academic vocabulary recording sheet where they focus on the five words in a new way each week. This resource works great as a vocabulary bell ringer or vocabulary exit ticket.

This Academic Vocabulary Resource Includes Print and Digital Formats:

• A 52-slide, PowerPoint and Google Slides presentation that explains the vocabulary routine and contains the words and definitions
• A secured PDF document with quizzes, activities, and weekly vocabulary recording pages
• Google Documents with digital student activities
• Google Forms for weekly and cumulative self-graded assessments

Weekly Academic Vocabulary Routine

• Monday: Students take a pretest (via the PPT), record the words and definitions, and assess their own knowledge.
• Tuesday: Students draw a visual representation for each of the five vocabulary words,
• Wednesday: Students make vocabulary associations and create a word web for the words.
• Thursday: Students write a reflection summary about what they learned about the words.
• Friday: Students take a weekly quiz that matches up the vocabulary word with the definition.

Culminating Academic Vocabulary Activities

• After completing the 5-week vocabulary routine, students take a 25-question final test where they match all of the words to their correct definitions. There are several vocabulary activities to help students prepare for the final test.
• 25-word Crossword Puzzle (print, only)
• 25-word Vocabulary table-match (print, only)
• Academic Vocabulary BINGO review game (digital and print)