Literature
Who is the narrator in "The Scholarship Jacket"?
Marta
How do you begin and end a formal letter? (what words?)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sincerely,
Name
hints or clues about what might happen
What is a noun?
Person, place or thing
Who do you write a formal letter to?
A company or an important person.
How does Brock convince the scientists to let him take Brog out of the dome?
He bites Brog on the tail and then Brog bites Brock on the nose. The scientists are afraid of rabies so they let him take Brog away.
In a descriptive essay, how many paragraphs are about different senses?
3
(first paragraph=introduction, fifth paragraph=conclusion, paragraphs 2-3-4=senses)
Cease
stop
How do you write "the tails of the snakes" correctly with apostrophes?
snakes' tails
Where did Lego start? (what country?)
Denmark
What is Zebra's real name?
Adam
How do you know something is a metaphor and not a simile?
It includes the words "like" or "as".
Valiant
brave
Which of these words is not an adjective?
quiet, ugly, quickly, angry
quickly=adverb
Name at least 5/7 conjunctions.
(hint: FANBOYS)
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is the name of Zebra's art teacher?
John Wilson
How would you fix this sentence?
Lily loves cats and she loves petting them because they have soft silky fur and she also really loves cats because they are cute and cuddly and sometimes they even sit and sleep on her lap and Lily hopes that someday she will be able to have a pet cat of her very own
Lily loves cats and she loves petting them because they have soft silky fur. She also really loves cats because they are cute and cuddly and sometimes they even sit and sleep on her lap. Lily hopes that someday she will be able to have a pet cat of her very own.
Posterity
people in the future
Which of these words is not an adverb?
yesterday, usually, tasty, happily
tasty=adjective
Give an example of how commercials/advertisements convince people to buy things.
Bandwagon appeal: taps into people’s desire to belong
Appeal to pity: taps into people’s compassion for others
Testimonial: uses celebrities or satisfied customers to persuade
Appeal to fear: preys upon people’s fear for their safety
Transfer: connects a product, a candidate or a cause with a positive image or idea
Appeal to vanity: uses flattery to win people over
What is the name of the town where Jimmy Valentine meets Annabel and falls in love?
Elmore, Arkansas
Give three examples of homophones and spell them on the board correctly.
sea/see
here/hear
night/knight
Reassure
say or do something to remove the doubts or fears of (someone)
Give 3 examples for each of the following:
verb
adjective
adverb
verb = action
adjective = describes noun
adverb = describes verb
Give 5 things that may appear in mysteries (vocabulary words we learned).
alibi, clue, crime, detective, evidence, red herring, sleuth, suspect, victim, witness