Vocabulary

Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.

Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!

So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?

How can we go from Biology to Immobile?

Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?

Bored with typical spelling studies? Let’s dig into the origins of common English words from other languages!

Dust can mean “remove dust” but also “add more dust!”