Grammar
What are the four different types of nouns?
person, place, thing, idea
What is the setting of "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?
Mars
What is the very first sentence you should write for an essay?
Hook
What is Ms. Porter's favorite book series?
Percy Jackson
Where did St. Patrick's Day originate from?
What are the three ways to show the superlative degree in a modifier.
-est, least, most
What war was Stubby a part of?
WW1
What two things must be included when using a direct quote as evidence?
quotation marks and citation (page #, paragraph #, author's name, or website name)
What musical instrument(s) does Ms. Porter play?
Where was the very first St. Patrick’s Day parade held?
A) Dublin, Ireland
B) Boston, USA
C) New York City, USA
D) St. Augustine, Florida (Spanish Colony)
D) St. Augustine, Florida
What are the two different types of clauses?
independent and dependent
What are the three main changes the humans on mars experienced in "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?
1. Eye Color 2. Height/Skinny 3. Speaking Martian(becoming Martian)
How do you indicate the beginning of a new paragraph?
indent
What is the name of Ms. Porter's cat?
Jinx
St. Patrick is famously associated with the color green, but what was the original color associated with him and the Order of St. Patrick?
A) Red
B) Yellow
C) Blue
D) Purple
C) Blue
What does each letter in the acronym, FANBOYS, stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Recall two important duties Stubby fulfilled for the soldiers in the Trenches.
options: sniffing out gas, waking up soldiers, comforting soldiers, finding the wounded
What is a thesis?
The central claim of the essay appearing at the end of the introduction paragraph.
How many children does Ms. Porter have?
ZERO
In 1932, the Australian military "declared war" on which flightless bird because they were destroying crops?
A) Ostrich
B) Penguin
C) Emu
D) Cassowary
Emu
What two endings create a participle verb?
-ed and -ing
When the new humans from earth arrived on Mars, they asked the Martians what happened to the human colony. Why is this ironic?
The Martians are the humans they are looking for (but neither side knows it).
Create a full outline list for an informative essay (what needs to go into each paragraph?)
Introduction: hook, background, thesis
Body Paragraphs(2-3): topic sentence(claim), example(evidence), explanation(reasoning).
Conclusion: restate thesis, summary, concluding statement
What junior high did Ms. Porter attend?
Fremont Junior High
Before it was called "Google," what was the original name of the world’s most popular search engine?
A) BackRub
B) PageRank
C) DataDash
D) NetSearch
BackRub