Vocab.
Which is not spelled correctly?
A. anonymous
B. substantial
C. melancholy
D. simultanious
D. simultaneous
What is the complete predicate?
"Both students and teachers covered our ears."
covered our ears
Fragment or CS?
The graduation party with the giant balloons and fancy sparklers.
Fragment
What is the setting (time and place) of Anne Frank's story?
World War 2 in Holland
Who were the bombers in the story?
Angela Wexler and Turtle Wexler
Which is the correct spelling?
A. counterfeit
B. counterfit
C. counterfet
D. counterfite
A. counterfeit
What word is the DO?
I grabbed my homework before the spilled milk arrived.
What punctuation mark ends an interrogative sentence?
question mark?
True / False: God will judge all evil and will heal all brokenness.
True
Answers will vary.
The most ___ mountain towered 500 feet above its neighbors.
A. potential
B. prominent
C. pending
D. proficient
B. prominent
What kind of sentence gives a command?
A. declarative
B. interrogative
C. imperative
D. exclamatory
What are two ways to fix a run-on sentence? (hint: weight-lifters)
1. Semicolon
2. Comma + FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction)
3. Split into different sentences
Why did Anne and her family go into hiding? Two details needed.
1. The Nazis were trying to put all Jewish people in concentration camps.
2. Margot (Anne's sister) was summoned to be sent away on a train.
Name the four stages of the writing process.
Planning
Drafting
Revising
Publishing
The hunter failed to ___ his animal prey with a trap.
A. decrease
B. capsize
C. maul
D. snare
D. snare
What word is the subject?
Take out the trash, please.
(You)
Complete sentence or Run-on?
We will all breathe a sigh of relief when we begin summer vacation.
Complete sentence
We will all breathe a sigh of relief when we begin summer vacation.
What are two sad parts of the end of Anne's story?
1. She was put on the last train to leave the country of Holland.
2. She died after her father had already been liberated from his own imprisonment and just weeks before her own camp was liberated.
3. The people who had been responsible for her betrayal were not punished enough.
Name all 4 of Sam Westing's identities.
Sam Westing, Julian Eastman, Sandy McSouthers, and Barney Northrup
Answers will vary but should include a message or writing being understandable/readable.
What word is the subject?
Two of my cousins are artists.
two
Is this simple, compound, or complex?
"When the buzzer sounded, the Celtics emerged as champions."
Complex (DC + IC)
How is the Giver a dystopia? Give three details.
Answers will vary.
If you were to pick your favorite character in the Westing Game, who would it be? Why?
Answers will vary but must be impressive and detailed and the whole class agrees that the person answering deserves all 500 points.