8th Grade ELA
Author of The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is inference
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
What is Ms. Goldstein's favorite candy?
Gummy Bears
Who in the author of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
The students were __________ by Ms. Goldstein's confusing directions. They had no idea what to do.
Perplexed Audacitied Juxtaposed
What is to perplexed?
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
What is context clues
This modifies a noun
What is adjective?
Who is the principal of Halsey?
Who is Mr. Suraci
What is plot
sequence of events that make up a story
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
How is mood different from tone
Mood is how the reader feels, and tone is the feelings that the author create or their attitude towards a subject.
This part of speech modifies a noun and gives info about where or when
What is a preposition?
What are the steps to answering a multiple choice question?
1. Read and annotate the question
2. Read the passage and annotate
3. Get rid of 2 answers you know are wrong
4. Select the best answer.
What are the 5 parts of a plot diagram
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Ms. Goldstein had the ________ to assign homework the night before ELA State Exam.
Perplex Audacity Juxtapose
What is audacity?
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
Who was the Mockingbird in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Tom Robinson
what are some challenges of growing up ?
The photographer ________ the gymnast and basketball player to show the incredible differences required for each sport.
Compared Contrasted Described
Contrasted
How do we answer a question? (acronym)
What does it stand for?
RADADS or RAFFT
Restate, Answer, For Example, For Example, Tie Up
Restate, Analysis, Detail, Analysis, Detail, Sum it Up
Identify a noun, verb and adjective in this sentence
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, in a bright orange dress, and she did her makeup beautifully."
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is beautiful."
nouns- Ms.Crook, dress, makeup
verbs - dressed, did
adj - beautiful, bright, orange
What is an example of a pronoun?
He, she, it, they, myself