Word Searches for Word Study Middle and High School

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Word searches for middle and high school
word study: Homophones, multiple-meaning words, portmanteau words, eponyms,
easily-confused words, and many others to liven up your word study lessons

This
resource includes:

• 13 full-page
  word searches featuring some of the most fun and confounding categories of
  words in the zany, beautiful English language: 2 with easily-confused
  words (i.e., appraise vs. apprise); 2 with eponyms (sandwich, Venn
  diagram); 2 with homophones (blue/blew, him/hymn); 2 with irregular
  singular and plural nouns (goose/geese); 2 with multiple-meaning words
  (band, squash – some teachers call these homographs); 1 with palindromes
  (Madam, I’m Adam); and 2 with portmanteau words (cyborg, Brexit) – 39
  pages

This
is a LOW PREP resource—just print and run off what you need. These word
searches work great as a jumping-off point for inquiry into different types of
words in English—I use them to kick off word study units where I want to draw
special attention to a particular category of word. They’re also nice for
jigsaw activities. Sometimes I divide students into groups and give each group
a different category of word. They begin with the word search and then do some
research into what an eponym or portmanteau is, and then they present their
findings to the class. These are also great for supporting English-language
learners.

After
the activities are finished, students can paste the word searches or just the
word lists into their word study notebooks for future reference or to review.
Each word search consists of three pages—the student’s copy of the word search,
the word list on a separate page, and an answer key for you. There are a lot of
possibilities here, but these have helped me give students an engaging and
lighthearted entry into the some of the quirks of English. I hope you and your
students enjoy these as well. Happy teaching!