Grammar
What is a noun (subject/object) and verb (predicate)?
Noun: Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
Verb: Action or State of Being
What is the prefix "re-" mean?
What is a summary?
Retelling of what you read of the most important facts/events
"Matilda"
What makes Matilda special?
She is incredibly smart and has the ability to move objects with her mind.
What is the mascot for the middle school?
What is the difference between an adjective and adverb?
Adverb: Describes/Modifies a Verb
What is the Latin Root of the word 'ejection'?
'ject'
What is necessary for an argumentative/opinion essay?
Claim, Reasons, Support, Counterclaim
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Who discovers Narnia second?
Edmund
What theme do the McNair PODs follow?
Western (5th people, 6th horse names)
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
"We walked into the store."
"into the store"
What does the root 'port' mean?
Example word: transportation
What is the difference between "theme" and "central/main idea"?
theme: moral or lesson (fiction)
central/main idea: central point/topic of the passage (nonfiction)
"Alice in Wonderland"
What is the reason for all the "madness" in Wonderland? (Think of the ending)
It's a dream.
What is the school color?
Blue
Fix the Sentence.
"If I were a boy small, I would be able to fit through the hole rabbit."
"If I were a small boy, I would be able to fit through the rabbit hole."
Break the Word into it's Word Parts (prefix, suffix, root).
Word: "protractor"
Prefix: pro-
Root: tract
Suffix: -or
What are the three points of view (POV)?
First Person: told from inside story (pronouns: I, me)
Second Person: tells the story to another character (pronouns: you)
Third Person: told from outside the story (pronoun: he, she, they)
"James and the Giant Peach"
Why does James live with his aunts?
His parents were eaten by a rhinoceros.
What celebration is held once a month for good behavior and academic completion?
R.U.N. Party
What is the difference between a complex and a compound sentence?
Compound: coordinating conjunction, two independent clauses, and a comma
Complex: subordinating conjunction, one independent clause & one dependent clause
light + write/record = a recording of light to make a picture
"photograph"
Use the words and phrases around an unknown/unusual word to understand the definition
What story in Module 2 is about a girl who is trapped in the closet on Venus during the ONE day a year there is sunshine?
"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
How long has McNair been open?
Since 2000; so, 24 years.