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Year 7/8 Vocabulary Puzzle

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Year 7/8 Vocabulary Puzzle

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🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To

Recognise and spell common vocabulary words correctly

📋 Success Criteria:

✓ Complete the puzzle with correct spelling
✓ Use context clues to find words
✓ Demonstrate understanding of word meanings

📚 Word Bank

Use these 12 words to complete the crossword puzzle below:

ADVENTURE • BEAUTIFUL • COURAGE • DISCOVER • ENVIRONMENT • FRIENDSHIP • GRATEFUL • HARMONY • INDEPENDENT • JOURNEY • KNOWLEDGE • LANGUAGE

🧩 Instructions

1. Read each clue carefully
2. Find the matching word from the word bank
3. Write the word in the correct spaces
4. Check your spelling against the word bank

🔍 Crossword Clues

Across ➡️

1. An exciting or unusual experience (9 letters)
3. The natural world around us (11 letters)
5. A close relationship between people (10 letters)
7. Feeling thankful (8 letters)
9. A trip from one place to another (7 letters)
11. A system of communication (8 letters)

Down ⬇️

2. Very pleasing to look at (9 letters)
4. Bravery in facing difficulty (7 letters)
6. To find something for the first time (8 letters)
8. When things work well together (7 letters)
10. Able to do things without help (11 letters)
12. Information and understanding (9 letters)

🎨 Extension Activity

Create Your Own Word Puzzle! Choose 6 words from your current reading book and write clues for them below:

Word 1: _________________ Clue:

Word 2: _________________ Clue:

Word 3: _________________ Clue:

💡 Differentiation Support

Need help?

Ask for audio pronunciation of words

Work with a partner

Use a dictionary for definitions

Start with shorter words first

Dyslexia-friendly tip: Use a ruler to help track lines, or ask to complete this digitally with larger font.

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