Rare Treasures
Barbed Wire Baseball
Vocabulary
Word Study
Reading Skills
100

What was Mary Anning famous for?

She was famous for fossil collecting.

100

What sport was Zeni's known for?

baseball

100

I _______ in a building in Linkou.

dwell

100

The word that means to use something in the wrong way is ....

misuse

100

A biography is in _______ order.

chronological (time)

200

Where is Mary Anning from?

Lime Regis

200

Where was Zeni and the other people of Japanese descent sent to?

an internment camp

200

People of Japanese descent were sent to an _________ camp.

internment

200

The word that means 'related to electricity' is....

electric

200

An biography is written in the _____ person. 

third

300

What is the main idea of the story?

Mary Annings was a remarkable person.

300

What did Zeni convince the camp commander to give him?

a bulldozer

300

Mary Anning was known for collecting ________

fossils

300

What is the VCe Syllable pattern in 'underestimate'?

mate

300

Next, After that, First, Finally... are all examples of....

Transition / Time signal words

400

Who invented the word 'dinosaur'?

Richard Owens

400

What was the third thing Zeni and his friends have to do to prepare the baseball field?

grow the grass and mark the lines

400

We should ________ Ikea furniture by ourselves.

assemble

400

The word that means 'related to being festive' is...

festivity

400

The author's purpose of a biography is to...

inform the reader about the person's remarkable life.

500

Why were scientists so excited about Mary's work?

They were excited because she made discoveries that help them understand some of the mysteries of the world.

500

How did Zeni get the money to buy baseball equipment for the camp?

He asked the other prisoners to contribute. 

500

I heard the baseball bat was _________ after the batter had hit the ball really hard.

splintering

500

The man is play___ with his model airplane.

playing

500

A summary is a...

shortened version of a piece of text.

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