Cleaborn Events
In the sentence:
Mr. Cleaborn is always trying to do something at the library for students.
The phrase "at the library" is which sentence element?
Prepositional Phrase
Who is the author of the poem "Mother To Son" ?
Langston Hughes
Which introduction paragraph style is Mr. Cleaborn's favorite?
Extra 100 points if you can explain why?
Personal Anecdote
****it is always interesting if done correctly because people enjoy reading about people.***
What is the meaning of etymology?
the study of how words are formed
About how many students were in Cleaborn's class
Give a minimum number of
at least..... (fill in the blank)
155
Trivia:
During "Fall Friends" which video game did Mr. Cleaborn display on the wall using his Nintendo Switch?
Mario Kart
Which story is about a boy who waits a day to die? (but it never happens)
Ernest Hemingway's A Day's Wait
How many 5th grade vocabulary sets are there?
11 total
***Daily Double***
Words can be made of which elements?
a) roots & affixes
b) Phonics & affixes
c) roots, phonetics, prefixes
a) roots & affixes
****Daily Double***
which day of the week Mr. Cleaborn has the most sessions (the largest number of sessions)
Which day do I work the most?
Tuesday
Mr. Cleaborn's all time favorite holiday season is Christmas. During this time of year, he tends to be very festive and even dresses so.
The word "festive" is which classification?
a) main sentence element
b) modifier
c) neither
B) Modifier
*****Daily Double*****
Which story is about a girl who believes in collecting ages? (and wishes she was 102)
Eleven By Sandra Cisneros
Which conclusion paragraph style is Mr. Cleaborn's favorite?
***extra 100 points if you can say why.***
Predictions & Convictions
****It allows the writer to vision cast. Vision casting about the future is powerful way to close an essay.***
***Vast, Imminent, Obstruct***
What is the order of the parts of speech (of the words above) ?
a) Noun, Adjective, Verb
b) Adjective, Adjective, Adjective
c) Adjective, Adjective, Verb
d) Verb, Noun, Verb
***8 seconds***
c) Adjective, Adjective, Verb
What Mr. Cleaborn's major in college was...
Mass Media Communication
****Daily Double****
TriviaName three ice cream flavors were served during "Ice Cream In the Cold 2025"
Vanilla (vanilla bean)
Cookies N Cream
Rainbow Sherbet
Which literary author explores deep, dark emotion and expands into the insane?
***how then am I mad???****
Edgar Allen Poe
Which ability does Mr. Cleaborn say is one of the greatest gifts any instructor can teach students to do?
a) ability to speak
b) ability to think
c) ability to write
d) ability to focus
b) ability to think
****Daily Double****
***Contempt, Anomaly, Acquiesce, Convoluted***
What is the order of the parts of speech (of the words above) ?
a) Noun, Adjective, Verb, Verb
b) Verb, Noun, Verb, Verb
c) Adjective, Adjective, Verb
d) Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
***10 seconds***
Which two school subjects Mr. Cleaborn might teach if he did not do language arts?
(You have to get both)Music (band/choir/orchestra)
Social Studies
****Daily Double****
Trivia
Which annual event does Mr. Cleaborn aim to host every summer? (usually without fail-- sometimes 2)
The Diagrammathon
Which author shows scenes of hispanic American adolescents to share different life themes?
Gary Soto
****Daily Double****
What is Mr. Cleaborn's bedrock (marquee) principle of written expression?
Literal Word Choice
Which word is used incorrectly?
Imminent
Which kind of school club Mr. Cleaborn started (or tried to start) (@ Moody) a long time ago--
Spoken Word Poetry