ELA Middle School Academic Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Bundle

My students hated vocabulary activities - until I started using vocab crosswords as an activity! This standards-based activity is perfect for lesson plan supplements, bell work, fast-finishers, test prep, and sub plans.

This bundle contains over 120 terms on 15 different crosswords and their answer keys, including my free resource "ELA Academic Vocabulary Crossword." These puzzles were designed with Florida B.E.S.T. ELA benchmarks in mind, but also work with many Common Core State Standards.

The clues are the definitions of the words. Please note: if a vocabulary term includes spaces or multiple words, do NOT include the space in the answer. For example, "textual evidence" would be "textualevidence" in the answer space.

These crosswords were designed with 7th grade in mind, but work well for 6th grade enrichment or 8th grade review.

Topics covered in this bundle:

Literary elements (plot, point of view, etc.)

Theme

Central idea

Perspective/Point of view

Poetry

Text Structure

Text Features

Author's purpose

Argument & reasoning

Figurative language

Paraphrasing & summarizing

Comparative reading

Context & connotation

Understanding rhetoric

Morphology

Essay-planning

Expository essays

Argumentative essays