Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary Puzzle - Make a crossword puzzle
Based on the book by Scott O'Dell

Develop a crossword puzzle for your classmates using at least 30 of these vocabulary words from the story.

1. Open a new document that lets you enter text like: a word processing document, a SimpleText document,
a free Google Doc. or a TextEdit document.

2. Make a list of words and clues. (Here is an easy print list of the words.)

Wiktionary or other online dictionaries and thesauri can help you develop clues.

Separate each word and its clue with a slash "/" character. Press the Enter key once after each clue, except for the last clue. Clues can be up to 255 characters long. SAVE this document to your class folder.

Model: cindy/web site maker earth/3rd planet america/country

Proof the project. (It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets worck. )

3. Highlight .. Copy the words and clues. Go to the web page linked above.
Paste them into the online form.

4. Click Create Puzzle.

5. Follow the directions - "Click puzzle to see your puzzle." Print it on paper or Print to pdf.

Or Save a copy of the puzzle to your class folder.

Here are just some of the interesting words in Island of the Blue Dolphins: