The Titanic
A Kenyan Teen's Discovery
All Things ELA
Blind/Phineas Gage
Random
100

The Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from England to New York in this year... 

What is 1912?

100
Richard Turere lives in this country...

What is Kenya?

100

This is the life lesson or message an author wants readers to understand...

What is theme?

100

Both stories revolve around...

What is an accident?

100

Water covers this amount of the Earth's surface...

What is 71%?

200

The Titanic sank in this ocean...

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

200

Richard was given the task to do this for his father...

What is look after his father's cows?

200

Unlike theme, this is what the story is mostly about in just a few words...

What is central idea (main idea)? 

200

This unexpected condition affects Emma after the accident.

What is sudden blindness?

200

The part of the water cycle where plants release water vapor from their leaves into the air...

What is transpiration?  

300

This is the distress signal that was sent by Titanic operators, becoming one of the first major uses of it at sea.

What is SOS?

300

What items did Richard use to create an invention to save his family's livestock?

What is an old motorcycle battery, flashlight and a solar panel?

300

This type of thinking requires readers to “read between the lines.”

What is make an inference?

300

Phineas lived for this many years after his accident...

What is 11 years?

300

This vegetable contains more protein than a steak...

What is broccoli?

400

How many nights had the Titanic been on its voyage before it struck the iceberg?

What is five nights? 

400
Richard spoke on this stage about his invention...

What is TedTalk?

400

This structure shows how one event leads to another...

What is cause and effect?

400

This coping technique helps Emma release tension and anger...

What is throwing eggs?

400

The U.S. Olympic Athlete with the most gold medals won of all time...

Who is Michael Phelps? (28 gold medals)

500

NOT including men, how many FIRST CLASS passengers died in the sinking of the Titanic?

What is 5?

500

This is the name of Richard's invention...

What is Lion Lights?

500

When there is a contrast between expectation and reality...

What is irony?

500

Phineas Gage was a foreman near a small town in this state...

What is Vermont?

500
This city is known as the "live music capital of the world"...

What is Austin, TX?

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