1. Connect Four Vocabulary Game
Items required:
Each team needs one game board, with the vocabulary words filled in.
A set of post-it notes.
Four players total.
Vocabulary list and phones should be away for this game.
Directions:
I will post a question on the board.
Each team will then select a word to answer the question for. Example: if I ask for a definition, select a word and give a definition. Both teams have a change of answering each question.
If you are not sure if someone is right, ask me.
If the team is able to answer the question correctly, they can then put a post-it note where they want in order to connect four. The game goes until a team connects four.
Round Two: Rewrite the board on the back, but now include the words from the Mice and Men unit.

2. Select one word that is a noun and define it.

3. Select one adjective and define it.

4. Select one word with a prefix or suffix and define it.

5. Provide two synonyms for one word.

6. Provide two antonyms for one word.

7. Use the word in a sentence that talks about Holden.

8. Select one word and provide two words in the word family (synonyms, other words with the same root, prefix, or suffix, antonyms, etc.)

9. Provide an example for one adjective on the list that applies to a character in the text and explain why.

10. Select an adjective and provide an example of what that adjective might describe.

11. Select a word and change that word to another part of speech.