Executive Functioning
The skill of fitting all of your responsibilities and some relaxation time into a 24 hour day is called
Time management
__________ going to be a wonderful spring break!
(Its or it's)
It's
The three branches of government are the _________________, ______________, and ____________.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
When writing an essay, this provides background information before a piece of evidence.
Context
Orcas live in family groups called _____________
pods
The strategy of doing something pleasant (such as listening to music) while you work or study is known as
a spoonful of sugar
Will Mark be going to ______________ house after the party?
(They're, their or there)
their
Congress is composed of these two components
The House of Representatives
The Senate
Things like similes, metaphors, and hyperboles are called __________________.
Literary Devices
Orcas in the wild can live to this age
60 - 80 years
The strategy of breaking up a big project into small, "bite-sized" pieces is known as
eating the elephant
Sometimes it's hard to ____________ the realities of life.
(accept or except)
accept
A president can stop the legislative branch from passing a law by doing this.
vetoing it
The first sentences/sentences of an essay should be your
hook
Each orca group has its own distinct form of language called a ________________, that other groups cannot understand.
dialect
What does it mean to "eat the frog"?
Do the hardest task of homework first.
______________ books are these on top of the desk?
(Who's or whose)
Whose
The term length for justices sitting on the Supreme Court is this.
Life time or until they want to retire
Your main claim, otherwise know as a thesis, goes here in an essay.
Last sentence of the introduction.
Trillium, the infamous orca, was captured at age 2 off the coast of this country.
Iceland
The Pomodoro Technique calls for __________
25 minutes of studying/work followed by
a 5 minute break.
Once you have walked ____________ the school, turn right.
(passed or past)
past
The First Amendment protects these 5 freedoms
Religion
Assembly
Speech
Petition
Press
This punctuation mark takes the place of a period between two closely related sentences.
a semicolon. ;
This part of the orca brain, related to emotion, is particularly large.
Insular cortex