Roots
Literary Terms
Nouns / Verbs
Writing
Punctuation: add the mark
100

Geo

earth

100

definition of symbolism

when a item has both a literal and figurative meaning

100

What is the subject of the following sentence? 

Conor and Edu are playing in Pac the Bac.

Conor/Edu

100

statement or claim?

The Chicago Cubs are the superior baseball team in Chicago.

claim

100

There is a rivalry between the Yoyos and Heroes, the male eighth grade advisories.

eighth-grade

200

-gram

letter/writing

200

definition of tone

author's attitude

200

What is the direct object in the sentence?

Finn and Grigs love to play basketball in their spare time.

basketball

200

Statement or Claim: 

Cats are nearsighted, but their peripheral vision and night vision are much better than that of humans.

staement

200

"Does the pencil pillow scare you" Mrs. Horvath asked the class?

you?"

300

omni

all

300

definition of theme

the moral or central message

300

What is the object of the preposition?

Anthea dressed the pencil pillow in baby clothes and placed it above the cabinets.

cabinets

300

Write a claim about the theme of your dystopian novel.

varies

300

add a semi colon

Anthea dressed the pencil pillow in baby clothes, and she made a scary face for it.

Anthea dressed the pencil pillow in baby clothes; she made a scary face for it.

400

mal

bad

400

give an example of an internal and external conflict

Katniss vs. the careers

Peeta and his struggles not changing for the Capitol

400

give me the past, past participle, and present participle of the base verb: run

ran, run, running

400

what should be included in a counterclaim?

transition, opposition, verb, and reason

400

Proofread

The eighth grade trip to Washington D.C. is in just under two weeks.

The eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C. is in just under two weeks.

500

use a word using the root jud in a sentence

The judicial review is complete.

500

give an example of a theme statement 

The theme of The Hunger Games is

500

Label the nouns in the sentence:

We ran to the store and picked up some pencils. 

We - subject

store - object of the prep

pencils - direct object

500

write a counterclaim for the claim:

Schools should have uniforms.

However, schools should not have uniforms because they stifle student's creativity and individuality. 

500

Proofread: 

In under twenty six days the eighth graders will graduate from Stanley Clark, and they will move on to their high school careers.

In under twenty-six days the eighth-graders will graduate from Stanley Clark; they will move on to their high school careers.