Challenge language arts learners with a crossword puzzle that focuses on vocabulary words from Walter Dean Myers' Monster. After kids read the clues at the bottom of the page, they complete the puzzle with their newly defined words.

Concepts

Vocabulary, novels

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a packet of language arts activities during your Monster unit
• Have kids complete the crossword before they begin the book, write down the definitions in a language arts journal, and note the passages in which they find the words once they have begun to read

Classroom Considerations

• Does not provide an answer key or word bank

Pros

• Simple and straightforward
• A fun way to address upcoming vocabulary problems when reading the novel

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.5.4.a L.6.4.a L.7.4.a L.8.4.a