Cleaborn Events
Literary Voices
Trivial Pursuits
Words & Stuff
I bet you can't guess #2
100

In the sentence: 

Mr. Cleaborn is always trying to do something at the library for students. 


The phrase "at the library" is which sentence element? 

Prepositional Phrase 

100

Who is the author of the poem "Mother To Son" ? 

Langston Hughes 

100

Which introduction paragraph style is Mr. Cleaborn's favorite? 


Extra 100 points if you can explain why? 

Personal Anecdote 


****it is always interesting if done correctly because people enjoy reading about people.***

100

What is the meaning of etymology? 

the study of how words are formed

100

About how many students were in Cleaborn's class 


Give a minimum number of 

at least..... (fill in the blank) 

155

200

Trivia: 


During "Fall Friends" which video game did Mr. Cleaborn display on the wall using his Nintendo Switch? 

Mario Kart 

200

Which story is about a boy who waits a day to die? (but it never happens) 

Ernest Hemingway's A Day's Wait 

200

How many 5th grade vocabulary sets are there?

11 total 

200

***Daily Double***


Words can be made of which elements? 


a) roots & affixes

b) Phonics & affixes 

c) roots, phonetics, prefixes

a) roots & affixes 

200


****Daily Double***

which day of the week Mr. Cleaborn has the most sessions (the largest number of sessions) 


Which day do I work the most? 

Tuesday 

300

Mr. Cleaborn's all time favorite holiday season is Christmas. During this time of year, he tends to be very festive and even dresses so. 


The word "festive" is which classification? 

a) main sentence element

b) modifier

c) neither 

B) Modifier 

300

*****Daily Double*****


Which story is about a girl who believes in collecting ages? (and wishes she was 102) 

Eleven By Sandra Cisneros 

300

Which conclusion paragraph style is Mr. Cleaborn's favorite? 


***extra 100 points if you can say why.***

Predictions & Convictions


****It allows the writer to vision cast. Vision casting about the future is powerful way to close an essay.***

300


***Vast, Imminent, Obstruct***

What is the order of the parts of speech (of the words above) ? 

a) Noun, Adjective, Verb

b) Adjective, Adjective, Adjective

c) Adjective, Adjective, Verb

d) Verb, Noun, Verb 


***8 seconds***

c) Adjective, Adjective, Verb 

300

What Mr. Cleaborn's major in college was...  

Mass Media Communication 

400

****Daily Double****

Trivia 


Name three ice cream flavors were served during "Ice Cream In the Cold 2025" 



Vanilla (vanilla bean) 

Cookies N Cream

Rainbow Sherbet 

400

Which literary author explores deep, dark emotion and expands into the insane? 


***how then am I mad???****

Edgar Allen Poe 

400


Which ability does Mr. Cleaborn say is one of the greatest gifts any instructor can teach students to do? 

a) ability to speak

b) ability to think

c) ability to write

d) ability to focus 

b) ability to think 

400

****Daily Double****


***Contempt, Anomaly, Acquiesce, Convoluted***

What is the order of the parts of speech (of the words above) ? 

a) Noun, Adjective, Verb, Verb 

b) Verb, Noun, Verb, Verb 

c) Adjective, Adjective, Verb

d) Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective


***10 seconds***

d) Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective 
400

Which two school subjects Mr. Cleaborn might teach if he did not do language arts? 

(You have to get both) 



Music (band/choir/orchestra) 

Social Studies 

500

****Daily Double****

Trivia

Which annual event does Mr. Cleaborn aim to host every summer? (usually without fail-- sometimes 2) 

The Diagrammathon 

500

Which author shows scenes of hispanic American adolescents to share different life themes? 



Gary Soto 

500

****Daily Double****


What is Mr. Cleaborn's bedrock (marquee) principle of written expression? 

Literal Word Choice 

500
"With everything happening around me, I was on edge,  full of anticipation and imminent. I was consumed with the infamous grip of the moment, the day I would finally see the star."


Which word is used incorrectly? 

Imminent

500

Which kind of school club Mr. Cleaborn started (or tried to start) (@ Moody) a long time ago-- 

Spoken Word Poetry