9th grade ELA

Republic High School Staff and Teachers

100

This high school teacher worked for the Forest Service before going to Eastern Washington University where to earn his teaching degree.

Corbin

200

These two staff members went to school at Northport High School.

Zakar and Mrs. Finley

300

This teacher was in the US military and lived in Germany while he completed his teaching degree.

Ducker

400

These two teachers graduated from Wilbur High School.

Caudell and Mr. Mccrae

500

This staff member was a 2x tennis champion in high school.

Dena 

Professional Sports Teams and Stars (from WA)

100

This NFL team won the 2026 Superbowl.

Seattle Seahawks

200

This Seattle Mariner switch-hitting batter set a homerun record for catchers, bopping 60 home runs last season.

Cal Raleigh

300

This Seattle Seahawk receiver led the team in receiving yards in Super Bowl LX, making his hometown of Yakima proud.

Cooper Kupp

400

This professional hockey team calls Climate Pledge Arena home.

Seattle Kraken

500

This university won their first-ever NCAA National Championship in Men's Soccer in Dec. 2025.

UW

Parts of Speech

100

Cat: The cat jumped over the moon.

Noun

200

Jumped: The cat jumped over the moon.

Verb

300

Black: The black car drove farther down the road and stopped.

Adjective.

400

Over: The cat jumped over the moon.

Preposition

500

Well: He did well on the test, but I think he could have done better if he studied.

Adverb.

Famous Doctors

100

This children's book writer was not actually a doctor, despite the pen-name.

Dr. Suess

200

This rap music icon is known both for his rapping and his producing of stars like Eminem,  Snoop Dogg, and Kendrick Lamar.

Dr. Dre

300

On his daytime talk show, this "doctor" once interviewed an Army veteran named Giovanni who stunned his fiancé when, just two days after proposing, he announced he was now a superhero named "Goose Wayne Batman".

Dr. Phil

400

This American doctor holds a phd in astrophysics hosted Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey...and is also popular for talking about the galaxy on Tik Tok.

Neil Degrasse Tyson

500

This NBA player scored over 30,000 points when he played before retiring in 1987, winning 3 championships and being voted to 16 all star games.

Julius Erving - Dr. J

Literary Devices

100

Example: Love is a flower.

Metaphor.

200

Example: The cats eyes shined like pennies in the night.

Simile

300

Example: Is your fridge running? Better catch it!

Personification.

400

Example: They names their son Shakespeare and hoped he would be a great writer.

Allusion.

500

Example: The mouse was as big as a Subaru.

Hyperbole