The Pearl
Vocab Review
Strong Writing
ELA strategies
Teacher Fun Facts
100

What type of book is The Pearl? (hint: genre)

What is fiction?

100

What is the definition of "Avarice"

What is extreme greed?

100

How many paragraphs are in an essay?

What is 4 paragraphs?

100

What is the strategy we use whenever we read a text? 

What is annotation? 

100

True or False: Ms. Alcock is from California

What is false?

200

Who is the author of The Pearl?

Who is John Steinbeck?

200

True or false: To "perplex" means to confuse?

What is true?

200

What are the first things you do before writing an essay?

What is breakdown the prompt and set up a planning page?

200

What are opening annotations? 

What is genre, POV, setting, and topic? 

200

Where did Ms. A go to college?

What is Boston College? 

300

Where do Kino and Juana live?

What is La Paz?

300

What is an example of something that is malignant? (hint: health related)

What is cancer? 

300

This acronym describes how we structure paragraphs

What is ANEZZ?

300

What are the 4C's?

What is conflict, characterization, change, and craft? 

300

What sport did Ms. Alcock do?

What is track, tennis, gymnastics, or cross country?

400

What is Kino's brother's name? 

Who is Juan Thomas? 

400

What is the definition of benign? 

What is harmless? 

400

In total, how many zoom out sentences should be in 2 body paragraphs?

What is 8 sentences?

400

What are 3 nonfiction subgenres? 

What is journalism, expository, biography, etc.? 

400

What is Ms. Alcock's favorite baseball team?

Who are the Chicago Cubs?

500

What year was The Peal published? 

What is 1947? 

500

What would a stalwart person do if they had a disagreement with a teammate? 

What is stay on the team?

500

What are the components of a good planning page? 

What is prompt, thesis, body paragraph arguments, and evidence? 

500

What does Mr. CUF stand for? 

What is multiple meanings, repetition, charged language, unexpected and surprising words, figurative language? 

500

What is Ms. Alcock's favorite food?

What is ramen or sushi?

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