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70 ESSENTIAL Words Every High School Student Should Know!

This video is designed to create a VOCABULARY-RICH classroom. I play the video as students enter the classroom and during breaks. It serves as a video WORD WALL. Each word in the video comes with a corresponding WORD OF THE DAY video lesson and worksheet. You can find those here: Donate to Tolentino Teaching here:

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Context Clues Vocabulary Challenge!

Here is another CONTEXT CLUES challenge. My goal is for students to form the habit of predicting word meanings from the context they are used. More Context Clues activities here: Donate to Tolentino Teaching here:

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