- The Crossword Puzzle is 1 of 8 word puzzles and activities.
- Get a printout of the Crossword. The Crossword answers are also printable.
- Use the word definitions to fill-in the best word choice on the puzzle. All words contain a word roots. Scan and email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
- Common Core alignment to a Crossword puzzle is to three key phrases: "Precise Meaning", "Spell Correctly" and "Grade Level". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Spell Correctly: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: L.2.2d+e, L.3.2e+f, L.4.2d, L.5.2d, L.6.2b, L.7.2b, L.8.2c, L.9-10.2c, L.11-12.2b Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
ACROSS:
# 2 – People having a common origin, tradition and language; an ethnic group
# 3 – Drawing out or lengthening, esp. in time; prolonging action
# 7 – Descended from the same language; related by birth; of the same parentage or descent
# 11 – Having little or no importance; lacking in significance; trivial
# 12 – Act of making a likeness by drawing, carving, etc.; representing dramatically, as on the stage
DOWN:
# 1 – The act of drawing away or diverting; a person or thing that prevents concentration
# 4 – Being above or beyond what is explainable by natural law; attributed to ghosts and goblins
# 5 – Next after the first in order, rank or time; of lesser importance; not primary or original
# 6 – Showing a lack of experience, judgment or information; having unaffected simplicity of nature
# 8 – To subject to harassing or cruel treatment; to oppress
# 9 – Thoughts not part of concrete realities, specific objectives, or actual instances
# 10 – An event that follows or comes afterward; a work (novel or movie) that continues a story
