Word Study Activity

Miss MiddletonEnglish/Language Arts Class©Created by middletonlinda@coventryschools.net

Where in the World does this word come from?

Etymology

highlight this word, right click, scroll down to synonym option, click on “Thesaurus” to understand this word.

Learning on Your Own

• www.freerice.com• Click on this link • Learning on your own is a powerful skill.• Write down this website & continue learning

at home.• Look for the link to “change subjects” .• Keep track of how much rice you have

donated.

Study Skills

Flash CardsFlash CardsUsing Flash Cards to Study• Write your vocabulary word

on one side of your flash card.

• Write the definition on the other side.

• Also include cues that will help you learn like a picture cue, synonym, antonym, oruse the word in a sentence.

Using virtual Flash Cards• www.quizlet.com• Create virtual flash cards on

this website.• Type the word on your flash

card & click on the definition.• Use the arrows to flip the

cards to study.• Use the online study games to

study.• Copy this website to study at

home.

Visualize the WordEffective Studying includes:

• Visualizing (see it)• Auditory learning (hear it)• Kinesthetic (touch it)• Teaching Others

Visual Word Study:

• http://www.visuwords.com/

• Study vocabulary using this website.

• Copy this site to study at home.

• Try the word “bellow”

Word Clouds

http://www.wordle.net/

Studying won’t frighten you anymore. You now have the tools to be more confident & more successful!The more you learn, the more you earn, the prouder and more confident you will become. YOU can do it!