Teachers at OMS
ELA Terms
Hidden Figures
Non-Negotiables
Random History
100

He is the Principal at OMS.

Who is Mr. Grant?

100

The part of speech that describes an action.

What is a Verb?

100

What NASA was called before it was called NASA

What is NACA?

100

. ! ? , ... : ;

What is Punctuation?

100

The war that was fought between the North and the South.

What is the US Civil War?

200

The subjects that Mr. Montano teaches.

What are Math and PE?

200

The type of writing that aims to convince the reader to agree with the author's opinion.

What is Persuasive Writing?
200

The event in the 1960s that marked the first successful human spaceflight by an American.

What is Project Mercury?

200

To, Two, Too; There, Their, They're; Your, You're

What are Homophones?

200

He "discovered" America in 1492.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

300

This is Ms. Imrem's first year in this role.

What is the Dean of Students?

300

This device involves repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

What is Alliteration?

300

In 1962, this astronaut’s flight was helped by Katherine Johnson’s calculations of his orbital trajectory, allowing him to safely complete his mission.

Who is John Glenn?

300

Proper nouns, "I", First word of a sentence, Names, etc.

What are words that get capitalized?

300

He was the first US President to live in The White House.

Who is John Adams?

400

Her classroom is next to Mr. Jenkins' room, even though she doesn't use it very often.

Who is Mrs. Earhart?

400

The narrator's position in relation to the story, such as first person, second person, or third person.

What is Point of View?

400

In the early days of NASA, the women mathematicians worked in this building, which was originally known as the "Flight Research Division"

What is The Langley Research Center?

400

How every single paragraph starts.

What is an indent?

400

The U.S. state that was once an independent country before joining the United States in 1845.

What is Texas?

500

They are the only mother and daughter pair that work at OMS.

Who are Ms. Kayla and Ms. Tamara?

500

This occurs when an inanimate object or abstract idea is given human traits or qualities.

What is Personification?

500

One of the central themes of Hidden Figures is overcoming obstacles based on race and gender. This term refers to the unfair treatment or prejudice based on someone's race or gender.

What is Discrimination?

500

These TWO things are added to the end of a word to show possession.

What are an apostrophe and an S?

500

The first governing document of The United States of America.

What are The Articles of Confederation?