ELA Terms
Southeast
DC Live
Sentences
Mrs. Thompson
100
This ELA term describes a person, place or thing

What is a noun

100

This person is the 8th Grade Social Studies teacher

Who is Mr. Franklin

100

This metro station is near "The Big Chair"

What is Anacostia Metro Station

100

This type of sentence has a subject and a verb.

What is simple sentence.

100

This is Mrs. Thompson's youngest daughter's name

What is Constance

200
This ELA term describes the action taking place

What is a verb

200

This person is the Resident Principal of Southeast Academy

Who is Mr. Lawson

200
This DC Landmark sells the best chili dogs in the city

What is "Ben's Chili Bowl"

200

This type of sentence is connected by a conjunction such as the word "and".

What is compound

200

This is the number of puppies Mrs. Thompson has

What  is 2

300
This ELA term takes the place of a noun - as in "he", "she" or "I"

What is a pronoun

300

This person is the coach of the Boy's Basketball Team

Mr. Smith

300

This DC monument is the tallest structure in the city

What is the Washington Monument

300

This type of sentence has clauses that could stand alone without proper punctuation.

What is complex
300

This is the number of biological children Mrs. Thompson has.

What is (3)

400
This ELA term means "to discover something through detailed examination".

What is analyze

400

This person is the Leader of The Mod Squad

Who is Mr. Franklin

400

This DC landmark was a hospital for mentally ill patients

What it Saint Elizabeth's Hospital

400

This punctuation mark shows the reader that there is excitement.

What is an exclamation point
400

This is Mrs. Thompson's favorite sport

What is football

500
This ELA term means "information that supports your claim and reasoning".

What is evidence

500

This person supervises all of the teachers in the modular

Who is Mr. Cameron

500

This DC Landmark has several valuable items that stem in black history and culuture housed there

What is "The Museum of African American History"

500

This part of the sentence shows what the subject's action is.

What is the predicate
500

Name one country outside of the United States that Mrs. Thompson has visited.

What is Mexico

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