Independent/Dependent Clauses
Question Levels
Anchor Texts
Music
2000s
100

This identifies a dependent clause.

Dependent Marker Word

100

This is the label for a level 3 question. 

Application.

100

This law was in place when Trevor Noah was born in South Africa. 

Apartheid. 

100

This famous song by Michael Jackson is usually played around Halloween time. 

Thriller.

100

This is Miley Stewart's alter ego. 

Hannah Montana. 

200

This expresses a complete thought. 

Independent Clause

200

This is an example of what level question: If you were in the character's situation, what would you do?

Level 3. 

200

This is the basketball team Jayson Tatum plays for. 

Boston Celtics.
200

This "Karma" artist started their career on Dance Moms. 

Jojo Siwa.

200

This popular shoe brand has wheels in its heel. 

Heelys. 

300

This cannot be a complete sentence. 

Dependent Clause

300

This is an example of which level of question: Why do you think the character is acting this way?

Level 4. 

300

This is the country that Ishmael Beah is from. 

Sierra Leone. 

300

This is the artist who performed at the 2024 Super Bowl. 

Usher.

300

On the MTV show Jersey Shore, the acronym GTL stands for this. 

Gym, Tan, Laundry

400

This is what a clause contains.

A subject and something said about the subject. 

400

Name one of the three question levels focused on during this trimester. 

3-Application, 4-Analysis, 6-Evaluation 

400

This is the title of Ishmael Beah's memoir. 

Long Way Gone. 

400

This is the year that Prince died. 

2016.

400

This reality competition show was the first to gift it's winner $1 million dollars. 

Survivor. 

500

This is the dependent marker word in the following sentence: I love bread since it makes me feel warm and fuzzy. 

Since.

500

This is what we label a level 5 question. 

Synthesis. 

500
This is the show Trevor Noah hosted after Jon Stewart retired.

The Daily Show.

500

This is the number of Grammy Awards that artist Kendrick Lamar has. 

17.

500

Besides The Backstreet Boys and N*sync, this was the 3rd most popular boy band in the 2000s. 

98 Degrees.