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8th Grade Vocabulary List

Where Can I Find an 8th Grade Vocabulary List?

Since students with a rich vocabulary will be more prepared for college entrance exams and high school reading comprehension, 8th graders are often tested on vocabulary in language arts class. Many 8th grade language arts teachers give students weekly vocabulary quizzes and expect students to use a varied vocabulary in their writing.

If you want to create your own vocabulary list, you can look through the literature that your students are reading and find difficult words. By studying vocabulary straight from literature, students increase their reading comprehension and practice figuring out words from context. Many teacher's guides have vocabulary lists. The 8th grade teacher's guides from Random House have vocabulary suggestions near the bottom of the page. To find more words, you can scan each chapter for potentially difficult words.

You can also find 8th grade vocabulary lists on the Internet.

Vocabulary.com has many free vocabulary lists, including one specifically for 8th grade.
Vocab Tests has quizzes on 15 8th grade vocabulary word lists. For each word list, students can take a quiz on definitions, synonyms, antonyms and parts of speech.
Teach-Nology has five 8th grade word lists and accompanying learning activities. The vocabulary activities include word scrambles, word searches and cryptograms.
Study Stack has mid-term 8th grade word list. Students can quiz themselves on these words with the site's tools.

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