This author wrote the popular (and scary) children's book The Witches.
Who is Roald Dahl?
100
This convention is missing from the following sentence:
Springer is a wonderful school
What is a period OR exclamation mark?
100
This student wowed us all with her singing abilities at Walden West.
Who is Cate?
100
Ms. Presant taught English in this Asian country.
What is SOUTH Korea?
100
This fun math "holiday" takes place on March 14.
What is Pi Day?
200
This is one of the many themes or messages from the novel Maniac Magee.
What is ... answers vary! (Family is not always who you are related too. Race doesn't predict the kind of person we are. Patience will lead to great things. .. etc.)
200
When writing the title of a novel, you should either italicize it or do this.
What is UNDERLINE it?
200
This student consistently greets EVERYONE fairly with a friendly "Good Morning."
Who is Nathaniel?
200
This is Ms. Presant's younger brother's name. (Full or nickname ok.)
What is William, Bill, or Billy? (*Billiam counts too.)
200
This is the color ORIGINALLY associated with St. Patrick's Day.
What is BLUE?
300
He was the protagonist of Jack London's The Call of the Wild.
Who is Buck?
300
This is a term used to refer to the very last sentence in the very last paragraph of an essay or paper.
What is the RINGER?
300
This student generously shares her habit of baking with our classes at times.
Who is Sophia?
300
Ms. Presant played this water sport in high school and college.
What is water polo?
300
Complete the Tan Oak song lyrics:
The acorn's hat
is _________ and fat
What is BRISTLY?
400
This is the official literary term for the turning point or most exciting point of a story.
What is the climax?
400
This is the term for the very first sentence in an introduction to an essay or paper - it is used to grab the reader's attention.
What is the HOOK sentence?
400
This student will be spending some time in Vermont with her family this summer.
Who is Erin?
400
True or False: Ms. Presant's parents still live in the Bay Area.
TRUE! And she visits them a lot! :-)
400
Nelson Mandela was the first Black president of this country.
What is South Africa?
500
In class, Ms. Presant rapped a stanza from "The Bells", a poem by this famous author.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
500
Ethos, pathos, and this term are the three main kinds of appeals used in persuasive writing.
What is LOGOS?
500
This student will be returning to her native country after this school year. We are glad she was a part of our class!
Who is Sigrid?
500
This is Ms. Presant's middle name...
(*Hint: It's the same name as one of our students' full first names!)
What is Catherine?
500
She is the Greek goddess of wisdom and war. (*PS She is Ms. Presant's favorite goddess - one of her symbols is the owl!)
Who is Athena? (*Minerva is her Roman/Latin name - does not count!)