Homophones
Name the correct word to put in this sentence: I am going ___ Mount Lemmon over the break.
What is "to"?
Action verbs can include ________ and ________ actions.
What are "physical" and "mental" actions?
This term means two words are combined together with an apostrophe.
What is a contraction?
This realistic short story by Gary Soto compared an item of clothing to an "ugly brother."
What is "The Jacket" by Gary Soto?
These kinds of websites are risky sources because information may or may not be credible.
What are sites that allow anyone to publish information?
This word is a contraction that means "it is."
What is "it's"?
These verbs combine with a main verb to make a verb phrase.
What are helping verbs?
These are the two best ways to get hold of Mr. Fontaine & Ms. McCracken if you need help or have a question.
What are email and Remind?
*(would also accept coming into BPH as an option)
This government organization wrote a very credible list of tips for preventing the spread of COVID-19.
What is the CDC?
Arguments are supported by _______, which can include facts, statistics, research, and examples from real life.
What is evidence?
This is the correct version of "its" or "it's" for this sentence: Did you know ____ Einstein's birthday today?
What is "it's"?
Identify the verbs in this sentence: I am so happy because my tia bought me a new puppy.
What are "am" and "bought"?
This writing term describes the first sentence of a paragraph in which you state the main idea of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
This poem by Claude McKay asked readers to fight back rather than dying in a cowardly way.
What is "If We Must Die"?
Name three examples of sources.
What are...(books, movies, TV shows, web sites, newspapers, magazines, articles, videos, YouTube, anything that gives information)?
This homophone of "their/there/they're" goes in the blank: Parents have been giving ______ children more screen time during quarantine.
What is "their"?
Identify the verb phrase in this sentence: A massive fire had burned down thousands of acres of desert forest in the Catalinas this summer.
What is "had burned"?
This literary term means "an author's central message or big ideas about life and society that they are trying to convey in their work."
What is a theme?
This poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar described how tough it is to hide your feelings with a fake smile while you feel pain inside.
What is "We Wear the Mask"?
This is a synonym for credible.
What is "believable" or any similar word?
This is the definition of a homophone.
What is "words that sound the same but have different meanings"?
Identify the two verb phrases in this sentence: I cannot change you so I must replace you.
What are "cannot change" and "must replace"?
This is the best thing about online school.
What is "being able to have your pets with you"?
At the end of "H-ey, Come on Ou-t!" by Shinichi Hoshi, a pebble comes out of the hole, as well as the first thing someone shouted into the hole. The author wanted you to infer this would happen.
What is "everything they threw into the hole would come back out"?
This is an idea the author is trying to convince you of in argumentative writing.
What is a claim?