5 Minutes left in class?Need a quick activity to utilize all of your

class time?

It’s a Match!—Write 5 vocabulary words on the board.—Randomly hand out the definition written on a piece of construction paper with tapeor magnets on the back to students. —Have students place that definition under the wordon the board. —Write 5 more words on the board & repeat.

Have this ready and you can reuse it multiple times throughout the semester to review key vocabulary words.

You might even add an extra word each week!

Quick Draw

Have a 6-10 index cards ready with key vocabulary words already written on them…

— Split the classinto two. Select one student from each group to come to the board.

— Give each student an index card containing differentvocabulary words. They may look at it for 10 seconds

and then they have to put it down.— Each student must draw a representation of their

vocabulary word.— The team to guess their word, wins a point!!

— New drawers with each new word.

Synonym Catch

Throw a Koosh ball to your students;whoever catches it must provide a

synonym of any vocabulary word you point to/say aloud.

A Wordy Conversation

— Have students pair up.— Provide a vocabulary word for each pair.— Student A begins by using the word in a sentence. — Student B responds using a synonym of the word.— Student A responds using an antonym.

Example:Student A- You are very articulate when you speak.Student B- I try to be very clear with my comments.Student A- Unlike you, I can be too vague sometimes.