8th Grade Common Core: RL.8.4
Common Core Identifier: RL.8.4 / Grade: 8
Curriculum: Reading Literature: Craft and Structure
Detail: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
100 Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aligned worksheets found:
What is an allusion? Any reference to another text, person, event, or other bit of outside knowledge that adds meaning by association. With this free allusion tracking log, which includes a definition and spaces for citing and interpreting allusions in context, students will master allusions in no time!
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Use this set of questions to help students review and understand the meanings of the vocabulary words from chapters nine through eleven of the book To Kill a Mockingbird.
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The vocabulary words for chapters 15 through 17 of the book To Kill a Mockingbird are: placid, ominous, tranquil, venerable, succinct, futility, uncouth, prominent, elucidate, amiable, and ambidextrous.
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Review the vocabulary terms from this section of the book with this fun and engaging crossword puzzle activity.
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Complete this crossword puzzle to reinforce your understanding of the vocab words from this section of the book.
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Practice the vocabulary words from this section of the book with this engaging matching activity.
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Print out this crossword activity for Part 1 vocabulary words. Students will use 15 clues to determine where to place 15 different vocabulary words.
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This crossword is an engaging way for students to practice the vocabulary words from part 8 of the book Wonder.
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Fill in the missing letters to complete the vocabulary words from this part of the novel. Hints are given to help students.
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This printout includes a matching and fill-in-the-blank activity for the vocabulary words selected from this part of the novel.
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Make sure your students understand the meanings of the vocabulary words from this section of the book by having them complete this printable worksheet.
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Complete this crossword using vocabulary words from this section of Number the Stars. There are clues and an optional word bank to help students complete the puzzle.
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Can you use the clues to fill in each box with the correct letter? This activity is the perfect companion for Part 5: Justin.
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These vocabulary cards include the definition for words such as immaculate, geneticist, occassional, and more.
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Keep track of examples of hyperbole as you read with this handy log. It includes a definition of the word, along with boxes to write the example, your interpretation, and a citation.
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Match the words to the correct definitions with the vocabulary matching worksheet. Key terms are carefully selected from chapters 9 to 11 of the novel.
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Have your students answer the vocabulary questions in this packet to help them gain a meaningful understanding of key vocab terms from this part of the book.
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This worksheet features a chart with quotes from the text giving context clues about Scout and Jem's rescuer. Students will explain what each quote implies about the man and how it relates to his prior characterization.
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Use the vocabulary terms from this part of the book to complete the crossword puzzle. Clues are given for each word and an optional word bank is included.
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Make sure students understand key events and details from chapters 15 through 17 of Hatchet with this review packet. Questions include multiple choice and short answer, as well as a chart for students to fill in.
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Simply print and cut out these cards with vocabulary words and definitions for Part 3: Summer. Learn the definitions for words such as plague, vibe, oath, and illuminate.
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Spritzed, rappelled, courteous, perched, monumental, and revelation are some of the words included on our vocabulary cards for part 8 of the book Wonder by R. J. Palacio.
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Reinforce your students' understanding of this section's vocabulary words with an engaging activity using this printable crossword puzzle.
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The first three chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird introduce students to many important vocabulary words. Make sure they understand the meanings of the words with this printable packet.
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Review the vocabulary for part 8 of the book with a matching activity, complete the sentence page, and a section to write and draw definitions.
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The vocabulary words from this part of the book are: auspicious, abominable, arbitrated, transparent, aloof, foolhardy, benign, tacit, benevolence, obliged, and malignant. These practice cards include the terms and their definitions and can be used in a variety of ways.
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Help your students learn and remember the vocab words from this part of the novel with a fun crossword puzzle activity.
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This crossword puzzle is a fun way to test students' understanding of important vocab words from these chapters. Clues and an optional word bank are included.
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Students will match the vocabulary word from Part 5 with the correct definition.
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As students read, they can keep track of idioms and interpret their meanings with this log. The definition of an idiom is included at the top of the first page for reference.
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Use the vocabulary terms from our unit on this section of To Kill a Mockingbird to complete the crossword puzzle. Clues and an optional word bank are included.
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Answer the vocabulary questions on this worksheet to reinforce an understanding of important vocab words from this part of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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With this writing prompt, students are directed to find two pieces of evidence that confirm Bob Ewell was the person following Jem and Scout and explain his motivations for going after the children. They will also discuss how Scout's childlike perspective impacts the reader's perception of the events.
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This crossword puzzle activity is a great way to reinforce and practice the vocabulary words from part four of the book.
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The vocabulary terms for this section of the novel Hatchet are: exasperated, sarcasm, shaft, intact, refine, sanity, chipper, ruefully, and stymied.
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Read each sentence. Fill in the blanks using eight vocabulary words from Part 3: Via.
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Use imagery from chapter 17 to draw conclusions about Bob and Mayella Ewell, their values, and their ways of life. This printout makes it easy organize descriptions of the imagery and larger conclusions.
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Print and cut out these colorful vocabulary cards. Words for Part 2: Via include noble, alignment, vividly, mischievous, meticulously, spitefully, and exasperated.
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Use this engaging crossword for students to practice vocabulary words from Part 7. Students will use a variety of clues to fill in the vertical and horizontal boxes.
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This set of multiple choice questions helps students review and understand the vocabulary words from this section of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Reinforce a deeper understanding of the vocabulary terms from this section of the book with these multiple choice questions.
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Students can test their knowledge of the vocabulary words from these chapters of the book Hatchet with these multiple choice questions.
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Students will use the eight clues to fill in the blank vertical and horizontal boxes. Use this crossword after reading Part 4: Jack.
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The definition of a simile is included at the top of the worksheet. Below, students will keep track of times they find similes in texts they're reading. They will cite the examples and provide their own interpretations.
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Review the vocabulary words from this section of To Kill a Mockingbird with these word and definition flashcards. The words are: perpetual, crude, tarnished, ascertaining, vigil, unfathomable, aberrations, feeble, accosted, and triumphant.
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Practice vocabulary words from this section of To Kill a Mockingbird with these printable flashcards. Words are: appalling, habiliments, indignantly, haughty, ecclesiastical, melancholy, subdued, timidly, tactful, elusive, and penitentiary.
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This section's vocabulary activity is a complete-the-word worksheet, with hints for each vocabulary term given along with a few letters from each word.
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Each question on this worksheet gives a clue and several letters for one of this part's vocabulary words. Students will have to use this information to determine the correct word and spell it correctly.
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Many of the vocabulary questions for this section of the book refer to direct quotes from the text. Students will use context clues and their knowledge of the words to answer the questions.
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Challenge students to complete this crossword puzzle using the vocabulary words from this section of the book. An optional word bank is included on the second page of the file.
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Review key events and details from chapters 15 through 17 of the novel with this printable packet. Students will respond to quotes, complete a chart, answer multiple choice questions, and more.
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Print out this engaging activity to practice vocabulary words from Part 2: Via. Can you fill in the missing letters and spell the full word?
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Vocabulary words for Part 7 include: remote, entitled, prude, unsympathetic, stunned, bittersweet, mayhem, and euphoric. Print and cut these vocabulary cards for Part 7: Miranda.
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With this extended response worksheet, students will write about how Scout compares to a typical Maycomb resident, specifically regarding what privileges she might have.
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Print out these vocabulary words to practice key terms from chapter 18 through the epilogue of Hatchet. Words include: capacity, propel, fuselage, substantial, oblivious, sheath, transmitter, quantity, variety, and furor.
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The vocabulary terms for this section of the book include ridge, rivulet, panic, gorge, driftwood, fierce, and more. Use each of them to complete this crossword puzzle. An optional word bank is included on a separate page, if you wish to provide it to students.
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Use these cards as flash cards, for a memory game, or any other way you can imagine to review key terms from this part of the novel. The words are: strenuous, lavations, mollified, contorted, immaterial, articulate, reluctantly, misdemeanor, candid, impudent, corroborative, and temerity.
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Use each clue to fill in the missing letters. Then write the full word on the line. This activity uses vocabulary words from Part 4 Jack.
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This printable log includes the definition of a metaphor at the top of the page, along with space for students to track and cite examples of metaphors they come across in their reading. There is also space for them to interpret the meaning of each metaphor.
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Unscramble the vocabulary words from chapters 7 and 8 of the novel. Clues about the meaning of the words are given along with the scrambled letters.
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Practice the vocabulary words from this section of the book with a fun word scramble. Clues for each word help students complete the worksheet.
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The vocabulary words for this section of the book are scanned, exchanged, gourd, scrub, satisfaction, survey, bleary, accent, fiercest, solemn, charred, and fortunate. Cut out these vocabulary cards and use them in a variety of ways to practice the terms and definitions.
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Answer the questions about the vocabulary terms selected from these two chapters of the book To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Complete this crossword puzzle using the vocabulary words from this section of the novel. Clues and an optional word bank are included.
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If your students need some more help understanding idioms, these idiom task cards can be a fun way to give them some practice.
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These short answer and multiple choice questions will help students develop a deeper comprehension of the text from chapters nine through eleven of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Check out this vocabulary activity for Part 1: August! This activity uses words from the book such as petrified, hysterically, and anomalies. Kids will match words to the correct definition, fill in the blank with the correct word, and draw a picture to illustrate the meaning of the word.
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This engaging activity requires students to fill in the missing letters to create a vocabulary words for PArt 7: Miranda.
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The vocabulary words from this section of To Kill a Mockingbird are: assuaged, seldom, piety, taciturn, eccentric, vapid, malevolent, pulpit, peculiarities, illicitly, contemptuous, contentious, and judiciously.
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Fill in the missing letters to make each of the vocabulary words from this section of the novel. Hints are given to help students figure out the words.
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Use this part of the book's vocab words to fill in the spaces on this crossword puzzle. Clues are given for each of the words, and an optional word bank is included.
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Review key events and details from chapters 18 through 20 of To Kill a Mockingbird with this worksheet.
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PRint and cut these vocabulary cards for Part 4: Jack. Words include: shepherd, flattering, glaring, sympathetic, monument, expulsion, inkling, and empathy.
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Encourage students to think critically about several quotes from Atticus's closing statements and summarize their meaning.
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Use the clues to fill in the horizontal and vertical boxes. This crossword uses vocabulary words from Part 3 of Wonder.
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Use the hints and vocabulary words from this section of the book to complete the crossword.
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Use the given clues and your knowledge of this section's vocabulary words to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Use the vocabulary words from this section of the book and the clues given for each word to complete this crossword puzzle.
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These task cards can be used in several ways to give students some extra practice in understanding hyperbole. They can be cut out and placed around the classroom as a scavenger hunt, used with learning centers, or any other way you can think of!
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These vocabulary cards are the perfect companion for Part 6: August. Use them to teach and review vocabulary.
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Learn or reinforce the understanding of the vocabulary words for this section of the book by completing a fun crossword puzzle activity.
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Review key vocab terms from this part of the book, such as ecclesiastical, melancholy, and tactful, with this engaging crossword puzzle activity.
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Complete the crossword using clues and an optional word bank with words from the fifteenth through seventeenth chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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These vocabulary cards are perfect for reviewing vocabulary words from Part 1: August. Words include: hindsight, relieved, impatient, aversion, notion, contagious, and more.
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Use this engaging activity for students to practice vocabulary from Part 6: August. Vocabulary words include unsuspecting, adjustments, accusing, impatiently, rickety, and more.
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Use the vocabulary words from chapters 1 through 3 of the book to complete the crossword puzzle. Helpful clues and an optional word bank are included.
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With this writing prompt, students will identify a theme from the novel and explain how it is shown throughout the story using direct quotes and details from the text.
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Use the vocabulary words from the first two chapters of the book to complete this fun crossword puzzle activity. Words include shallow, extension, tundra, turbulence, and more.
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Help your students remember the vocabulary words from this section of the book by having them complete this fun crossword puzzle activity.
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Use the vocabulary words from this part of the book A Long Walk to Water to complete the crossword. Clues include definitions and example sentences with the word missing.
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Make sure your students understand key vocabulary terms from this section of the book Hatchet by having them complete this printable worksheet.
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This crossword is an engaging activity students can use to practice vocabulary words for Part 2 of Wonder.
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This engaging crossword activity features the ten vocabulary words from this section of the book. Students will use hints or definitions to complete the puzzle.
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Review the events, themes, and other key details from chapters 7 and 8 of the novel. Delve deeper into your understanding of these things with this printable packet of reading comprehension questions.
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Use vocabulary words from this section of the novel to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences.
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Complete this crossword puzzle by using the clues and optional word bank to choose the correct vocabulary words for each location in the puzzle.
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After reading each sentence, students will fill in the blank with a vocabulary word from Part 6: August.
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The vocabulary words from this section of the book are staggered, puzzled, monotonous, abundance, exception, dismounted, abruptly, desperate, relentless, lag, and utterly. The vocabulary cards can be used in various ways to practice the words and their definitions.
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Use this printout to review the vocab words from this part of the novel and ensure students can understand the context. The words are: analogous, provocation, fanatical, tentatively, obstreperous, gallantly, evasion, peril, erratically, palliation, and cantakerous.
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Fill in the missing letters to create vocabulary words from this section of the novel. A hint for each term helps students come up with the answer, while the the format of rewriting the words helps reinforce spelling skills.
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