Zone One Lesson Plan

20 Questions Vocabulary Game

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will learn new vocabulary words, showcasing and deepening their understanding of the book in the process; the entertainment value and fun of the game should help them to commit the definitions to memory.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5

Structure:

For this activity, begin by breaking students into pairs. Each member of the pair will individually (and secretly) choose five vocabulary words from this section of the reading that they did not know the definition of. The words should also have...