After reading about some great April Fools' Day pranks that teachers have played on students in the past, we thought we'd help you out with a ready-to-use prank as this month's free lesson plan.

This lesson is a vocabulary lesson full of fake words identified as the most frequently missed words in a survey by US News and World Report and a word search which features only the answer "April Fools." See how long it takes your students to figure out that words like:

• Stradivaric - having an irrationally high monetary value
• Ichrothopic - pertaining to biology influenced by public roads and thoroughfares
• Axomachilliax - a person who is remarkably unperturbed by distressing or exciting news

aren't real.

April Fools Vocabulary Free Lesson Plan

Exclusively at the English Teacher's Free Library

Celebrate April Fool’s Day with this fake vocabulary lesson, perfect for a warm-up activity before the day’s real lessons begin. Included is a list of extremely challenging, completely made-up vocabulary words to pique your students’ interest.