8th Grade ELA
Author of Long Way Down
Who is Jason Reynolds?
Words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is an inference?
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
As RAMS we are.....
What is Respectful, Accountable, Motivated, and Safe?
Define an objective summary
What is a 5 - 7 sentence summary with no opinions or opinion words that only tells the most important details?
The students were __________ by Mrs. Dean's confusing directions. They had no idea what to do.
Perplexed Audacity Juxtaposed
What is perplexed?
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
What are context clues?
This describes or adds additional information to a noun
What is adjective?
Where students can find information on what they're doing for the day
What is the board?
Name all the points of view
What is First Person, Second Person, and Third Person?
Type of essay that is trying to convince the reader about a certain side of an issue.
What is persuasive?
Definitions for MOOD and TONE
What is:
Mood is how the reader feels
Tone is the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.
This part of speech modifies a noun and gives info about time, place, or location.
What is a preposition?
The four kinds of fine arts classes at Ramsey
What are Band, Choir, Art, and Orchestra?
Two types of conflict in a story
What is internal and external?
Mr. Stocking had the ________ to assign homework the night before the ATLAS test when he subbed for Mrs. Dean's class.
Perplex Audacity Juxtapose
What is audacity?
Last official day of 8th grade
What is May 31st?
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
3 things that Ms. Hatwig says a LOT.
What is:
1. "Ready, Freddies?"
2. "Questions, comments, concerns?"
3. "Make good choices, be good people!"
Name 4 novels or short stories we have read this school year.
The Crossover, Thank You Ma'am, Anne Frank play, Long Way Down (any four), The Tell-Tale Heart, Monsters are Due on Maple Street, The Landlady
"I am berry proud of you for passing 8th grade" is an example of a _____.
What is a pun?
Three things we write in a introductory paragraph
What is Hook, Background Information, and Thesis Statement?
Identify at least FOUR parts of speech in this sentence:
Ms. Hatwig is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is flawless.
Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is flawless.
nouns- Ms. Hatwig, today, makeup
pronoun - her
verbs - is (twice), dressed
adverb - fabulously
adj - flawless
conjunction- and
What is a year and a half?