Grammar
A word that takes the place of a noun or another pronoun.
What is a pronoun?
A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas.
What is oceanographer?
This novel features a brave mouse and a curious rat.
What is The Tale of Despereaux?
The point of view in which the narrator is a character of the story and uses words such as "I," "me," and "we."
What is First Person Point of View?
A quiz taken almost every week on the first class day. Sometimes skipped due to application days.
What is the weekly quiz?
Oftentimes forms of "to be," it tells what the subject is or is like.
What is a linking verb?
The act of cutting down too many trees in one area for profit.
What is deforestation?
This novel is set in ancient Korea and is about an orphan boy.
What is A Single Shard?
The term used to describe how a character thinks, acts, feels, and develops over the course of a story.
What is characterization?
A social studies book done at the beginning of the year featuring speakers with big ideas.
What is TED Talks book?
Refers to a group but is treated singularly.
What is a collective noun?
The study of the universe and everything in it.
What is astronomy?
Written by a famous mathematician and his daughter, the main character in this novel has lived his whole life without technology until this point.
What is George's Secret Key to the Universe?
Rhymed or unrhymed stanzas that work together to express feelings.
What is poetry?
What are context clues?
An error that occurs when two independent clauses are spliced together with only a comma instead of a comma and conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
The ability of a computer to think and learn.
What is artificial intelligence?
One famous quote from this novel is, "Not a rich person. Rich people only have penny wishes."
What is From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler?
A series of events that progress a story to its end.
What is the plot?
It is yellow with wheels.
What is the J Lee shuttle bus?
This part of speech tells more information about where or when something is done or modifies the subject.
What is a preposition?
A skin condition in which darker skin suddenly has light splotches or patches.
What is Vitiligo?
It's always best to have a canary in a space station.
What is "Feathered Friend"?
The text structure that shows how two items are similar and different.
What is comparative writing?
Either 5 or 8 minutes, it's twice on Tuesdays and Thursdays and once on Mondays and Wednesdays.
What is break time?