Random Trivia
What song did Mr. Greener perform at the end of The Great Gatsby?
Hey there Delilah
What is the primary symbolic object in The Great Gatsby?
the green light
What is the full name of the narrator in the story?
Nick Carraway
What is the difference between a simple and compound sentence?
Simple sentence has one complete thought/independent clause, compound sentence has two complete thoughts/independent clauses
Name all 5 of the Literature Circle Roles
Questioner, Passage Master, Summarizer, Researcher, Connector
Which two ZHS teachers are retiring at the end of this school year?
Doran and Hamlin
Who is riding in which cars when the fatal accident happens?
Daisy and Gatsby are riding in Gatsby's car. Nick, Jordan, and Tom are riding in Tom's car.
Why does Tom break Myrtle's nose at their party in Chapter 2?
Because she keeps yelling "Daisy, Daisy" to annoy him
Name the 8 parts of speech
Noun, Verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, article,
Name 6 of the books you had the option to read
Things Carried, Hearts Unbroken, Warcross, Locusts Slept, Part-Time Indian, Northern Light, Riot, Cinder, Warriors Don't Cry, Water for Elephants, Fever
Name all 9 schools in the Mississippi 8 conference
Zimmerman, Princeton, Cambridge, Chisago Lakes, Becker, Big Lake, Monticello, North Branch, St. Francis
What event was Meyer Wolfsheim involved in that lets us know he is part of the mob?
He fixed the 1919 World Series
What is the name of Desdemona's father, who Iago tries to trick into being angry at her and Othello?
Barbantio
comma and conjunction, semicolon, period and capital letter
How many days of reading time, including full and partial days, did you get to read your book?
12
What are the names of Mr. Greener's two sons?
Wesley and Howard
What city do Jordan and Daisy originally come from?
Louisville
What was on the special handkerchief that Othello gave to Desdemona?
strawberries
What is the difference between a subordinate conjunction and a coordinating conjunction?
A coordinating conjunction links two like things, such as nouns or clauses. A subordinate conjunction goes at the start of a dependent clause.
Name all 5 of the final project options
Graphic Novel, Video Trailer, Ending rewrite, speech, links to issues
How many students are the grades 9-12 at Zimmerman High School? Get it within 20
700
What is the name of the random guy from Gatsby's parties who shows up to his funeral?
The owl-eyed man
Name the 4 dead people at the end of the play
Othello, Desdemona, Roderigo, Emilia
What are two of the four most common prefixes?
dis, in/im, re, un
How much total reading time did you get in class, assuming full days are 50 minutes and partial days are 25 minutes?
375 minutes or 6 Hours and 15 minutes