Words & Definition
Spell or define: A person who creates dances and movement sequences.
Answer: Choreographer / Choreography
Who is the narrator of the story?
Answer: Kenny Watson
What is the subject of a sentence?
Answer: The person, place, or thing that the sentence is about.
What is purpose of evidence?
To support your claim directly using the text
What does the root 'graph' mean?
Answer: To write or draw.
What does 'cartography' mean?
Answer: The practice of drawing maps.
What city do the Watsons travel to?
Answer: Birmingham, Alabama
What is the predicate?
Answer: The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does.
What is a transition?
Answer: A word or phrase that connects ideas and makes writing flow smoothly.
What does the suffix '-ist' mean?
Answer: A person who is an expert
Spell the word that means 'to hold someone or something in deep respect.'
Answer: Venerate
What is Byron known for at the beginning of the story?
Answer: Being a troublemaker or bully.
Name the part of speech: A word that describes a noun.
Answer: Adjective
What is the concluding sentence?
Answer: The sentence that wraps up or summarizes a paragraph.
What does the prefix 'co-' mean?
Answer: Together or with.
What is a 'realist'?
Answer: A person who accepts things as they are and deals with them practically.
What major historical event is referenced in the novel?
Answer: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Name the part of speech: A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Answer: Adverb
What is the difference between a topic sentence or thesis?
A topic sentence is the main focus/ main idea/ main claims of your short response and a thesis is the main focus/ main idea/ main claims of your essay.
What does 'phobia' mean?
Answer: An irrational fear of something.
What is an 'illusionist'?
Answer: A magician or someone skilled in creating illusions.
What lesson does the Watson family learn by the end?
Answer: The importance of family, love, and resilience.
Identify the verb in this sentence: 'The dog barked loudly at the stranger.'
Answer: Barked
What part of the writing process do you organize your thoughts? What part of the writing process do you check for grammatical mistakes and add additional information if necessary?
The planning phase; The edit phase
What does the root 'port' mean?
Answer: To carry.