Komachin
What are the three types of writing? (Think of the SBA Writing task)
Informational, argumentative, narrative
Who is the author of Unbroken?
Laura Hillenbrand
What three categories are you graded on in Language Arts?
Assessment, Assignment, and Independent Reading
Who is the author of Bronx Masquerade?
Nikki Grimes
What time does the final bell ring on early release days?
2:35
Name the 6 Komachin ELA teachers
Sivankeo, Hunter, Baydo-Reed, Reece, Greenwell, Hettinger
The names of the children in "The Veldt" is an allusion to what fantasy story?
Peter Pan
Name the elements of a plot diagram. [5]
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Name the figurative language that gives inanimate objects human qualities
Personification
What is the definition of resilient?
Able to recover quickly
Who said that you should let the audience play God in suspense stories?
Alfred Hitchcock
Name four literary genres found in the library
nonfiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, scary, comedy, mythology, historical fiction, adventure, sports, verse novels
When citing information directly from a published text, what goes inside the parenthesis?
author's last name and page number
What was the name of the plane that Louie was in that crashed in the Pacific Ocean?
The Green Hornet
Who was the antagonist in Unbroken while Louie was held captive at a POW camp? [real name]
Mutsuhiro Watanabe
The fanboys consist of seven words, what are they?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
The symbolism of the fox in the short story "Manuel and the Magic Fox" draws from which two cultures?
Japanese and Native American
What did they name the baby in The Graveyard Book?
Nobody [Nobody Owens]
"A friendship bobbing up between us" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What was the name of the teacher in Bronx Masquerade?
Mr. Ward
Name the 10 8th grade advisors
Sivankeo, Standlea, Riffe, Birge, Grittman, Skydancer, Hunter, Serrao, Davis, Brooks
How many stars and stripes are on the American flag and what do they represent?
50 stars for each state and 13 stripes for each colony
When was Pearl Harbor bombed?
December 7, 1941
Name the 7 dwarves
Dopey, Doc, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy
What was the name of the character in Bronx Masquerade who didn't believe he had a future and who commented on each person's poem?
Tyrone Bittings