Riddle Me This...
I sat in my seat excitedly watching the man swing from pole to pole. Far under him 2 elephants carried ladies with feathers in their hair. I ate my popcorn as I watched 8 clowns pile out of a tiny car. Where am I?
What is the circus?
If you come across an unfamiliar word, you can use this strategy before you use the dictionary.
What is context clues?
This is the nickname for Hamilton Elementary School.
What is Baby Hamilton?
What is the state capital?
What is Austin?
In this point of view (POV), authors use the pronouns I, we, my, we and us.
What 1st person point of view?
When I get to work I pass out papers and set up a game. When everyone arrives, we read a story and take turns talking about it. Some days at lunch, I try eat, make phone calls and plan - all at the same time.What's my job?
What is teacher?
In this fiction signpost, you notice a character doing something that is opposite what you would expect.
What is contrast and contradiction?
Name one of the school's three counselors.
Who are Ms. Cassidy, Ms. Nomura and Ms. Zeutschel?
Correa and Brantley play for this Texas team
Who are the Astros?
The acronym I-PEED stands for an author's purpose to do these things.
What are to inform, persuade, entertain, explain and describe?
Before the show I practice my lines. I like to look into the mirror and pretend. I fix my hair and makeup and get into my costume. Before the curtain rises, I am nervous but eager to begin performing. What's my job?
What is an actor?
This is where you list the sources from your research paper.
What is a works cited page?
This is the time Hamilton Middle School starts
What is 8:00?
This popular event usually happens every year during Spring Break at NRG Stadium. You can see concerts, ride a ferris wheel and watch barrel racing.
What is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo?
Friendship, love and good triumphs over evil are popular ____ in literature.
What are themes?
Yesterday my class spent the day at the playground and had a picnic. When the final bell rang, I ran out of the building and headed home. Earlier in the day I nearly cried, but now I feel nothing but joy as I clutch my yearbook. What is today?
What is the last day of school?
Controlling Idea is the topic + the _________.
What is the author's stance?
This is what FIT stands for.
What is Focused Instructional Time?
This popular Houston mall features an ice skating rink, Saks Fifth Avenue, celebrity sightings and tons of tourists.
What is the Galleria?
What do you call it when you read between the lines or take what you know and add it to what the text says?
What is make an inference?
I put on my white shirt and hat, then began mincing. The heat from the boiling broth no longer bothers me, but I'm careful not to splash when I ease the contents of my cutting board into the pot. What is my job?
What is chef?
Marian could not understand how Jason could prefer apples to oranges. While they were both fruit, the similarities ended there for Marian. When she thought of apples, she thought of their many uses such as pie, jelly and hot apple cider. Yes, oranges could be made into juice, but that was about it.
This paragraph is an example of which text structure.
What is compare and contrast?
This is what the "O" stands for in O. Hamilton Middle School?
Who is Opal Hamilton?
This famous Houston attraction is responsible for the name of the city's baseball and basketball teams.
What is a NASA?
Stories are sometimes divided into chapters. Plays are sometimes divided into what.
What are scenes and acts.