VOCAB
The rain sounded like ______ on the roof
staccato
What does the title do?
Sets up story
Question 1. What are options A, C, and D?
details
What instruments did the elephants learn to play?
gongs and drums
The moth was ________ above us during our picnic
fluttering
is the text fiction or non-fiction?
non-fiction
Question 1.B What is the key word in the question?
BEST
What team did Lebron James first play for?
Cleveland Cavaliers
When I am rock - climbing, I like for my rope to be _______.
Taut
Where is Thailand?
Asia
Question 2.
What is a Pachyderm?
Elephant
Name 5 of the original 13 colonies
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island
What part of speech are all three words? _____ , _____, _____.
adjective. verb. adjective.
What is the main idea of the passage?
any.
Question 3. What is an antonym?
the opposite
Who won the superbowl last year? (2019)
The New England Patriots
Write a sentence using all 3 vocab words.
Any
What is alliteration?
Alliteration is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
Question 4. What makes an opinion different than a fact?
Not concrete, uses arguable or debatable language.
Who was the first player in NBA history to be elected league MVP by a unanimous vote?
Michael Jordan