English Mistakes
Kony 2012
Democracy
Documentaries
Mr. Matheson
100
A sentence is called this when it is unfinished
What is a Sentence Fragment
100
This is the country that Joesph Kony originally operated but has since been somewhat peaceful since he left
What is Uganda
100
Canada's Parliment building is located in this city
What is Ottawa
100
What is it called when someone talks over the images in a documentary?
What is Narration
100
These were Mr. Matheson's major subjects in University.
What is History (Social Studies) and English (Film and Theatre)
200
A paragraph begins with one of these
What is a Topic Sentence?
200
Invisible Children, the charity which has organized the Kony 2012 campaign, is based out of what American city?
What is San Diego
200
This is James Bezan's job, for the people of Selkirk and the surrounding areas
What is a Member of Parliament
200
Who is the tall man who kidnaps children, according to a certain documentary.
What is The Slender Man
200
This is the University that Mr. M attends when he is not teaching.
What is University of Manitoba
300
These are always written in Capital Letters
What is a noun?
300
Name a country that Joseph Kony is reported to be in now. (Three Choices)
What is Central African Republic, DR Congo, or South Sudan
300
This is the legal voting age in Canada
What is 18 years old
300
What does NFB stand for?
What is the National Film Board of Canada
300
This is how old Mr. Matheson is. (He graduated from High School in 2007, and has a late birthday)
What is 22
400
It is called this when two words are blended together into one, with an apostrophe ex. They're, can't, or don't
What is a Contraction
400
This is the goal of the Kony 2012 campaign
What is To make him famous
400
The people of this country have to vote no matter what. They will be fined over $200 if they do not.
What is Australia
400
The Oka Crisis took place in this year, as seen in Kanehsatake: 270 years of resistence
What is 1990
400
Mr. M has been noted as always having the same hairstyle. He mentioned he had this strange hairstyle while attending high school.
What is a Mullet
500
This term describes when two words sound the same but mean different things.
What is a Homonym
500
This is the amount of years that Joseph Kony has been kidnapping children.
What is 30 years.
500
Who is the Head of State in Canada?
What is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
500
These films use the style of a documentary in order to trick the veiwer into believing that what they are seeing is real
What is a Mockumentary
500
Next year some of you may have this certain teacher as your grade 8 homeroom teacher. He was also Mr. M's grade 8 homeroom teracher many years ago.
Who is Mr. Sampson