Class Stories
What country does Sarah visit in the story, "Beyond the Horizon"?
India
Sally sang a silly summer song.
Alliteration
She ran to the store. What part of speech is store?
Noun
Find the mistake:
My friends and i love field day!
"i" should be "I"
Cold rain fell all day, making it a dismal afternoon. Does dismal mean: gloomy, shining, or fun?
Gloomy
What is the name of the main character in Night of the Spadefoot Toads?
Ben
The tree shook its branches angrily.
Personification
She ran to the store. What part of speech is ran?
Verb
Find the mistake:
Are you ready for middle school.
. should be ?
The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the burning sun. Does sweltered mean: sunbathed, burned, or slept?
Burned
What is the title of the story we read about a reality tv show where families get put on an island?
Washed Up!
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
She ran to the store. What part of speech is she?
Pronoun
Find the mistake:
we are going outside in the afternoon.
we should be capitalized: We
My friends and I part ways after school. What is the definition of part: piece, role, separate?
Separate
What is one philosopher Jess and Layla met on their trip?
Aristotle, Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Galileo, Copernicus
The baby was an octopus, grabbing everything in sight.
Metaphor
She ran to the store. What part of speech is to?
Preposition
Find the mistake:
Yes I am going to miss fifth grade.
Comma after yes: Yes, I am going to ...
Each student was allotted two tickets to the dance. Does allotted mean: taken, fed, allowed?
Allowed
Who was one person we read about in the story: Real-Life Superheroes?
Richard Martin, Thomas Bernardo, Raoul Wallenberg, Rosa Parks
Leslie said she was in the dark about what was going on. What does the idiom, "in the dark" mean?
Uninformed, do not know
She ran to the store because she was out of cereal. What part of speech is because?
Conjunction
Find 2 mistakes:
Mrs Risley is our assistant principal and Dr. Sloan is our principal.
Mrs - Mrs.
comma after "principal" and before "and"
Brady tried to quell the rumors about his illness, but they continued. Does quell mean: change, stop, or spread?
Stop