key words
The words written on a page.
What is text?
Josh Bell’s nickname on the court.
Who is Filthy McNasty?
Star Wars character(s) whose name(s) are in the title of the new movie opening in theaters tomorrow.
Who are the Mandalorian Grogu?
Canyon Vista’s ranking among the other middle schools in Round Rock Independent School District.
What is #1?
The top of the arc, where the story conflict is most intense.
What is the climax?
The place and time a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The nickname Josh created for JB’s girlfriend.
Who was Sweet Tea?
Two recording artists who won record of the year together at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
Who are Kendrick Lamar and SZA?
The number of students currently enrolled at CVMS.
What is 1337?
The two important pieces of information we can look for in the beginning, or the exposition of a story.
What are the setting and characters?
A book that the author wrote about his or her own life.
What is an autobiography?
The name of Josh and JB’s basketball team.
Who are the Wildcats?
The song that is currently #1 on Billboards Top 100s.
What is Choosin’ Texas by Ella Langley?
The three elementary schools that feed into Canyon Vista Middle School.
What are Caraway, Laurel Mountain and Spicewood?
The part of the story when the conflict begins to emerge.
What is the rising action?
The personality or inner qualities of a character.
What are character traits?
Josh and JB’s father had a passion for this type of music.
What is jazz?
In 2011 author Andy Weir wrote a bestselling science fiction book called The Martian. The book was recently adapted to make this movie, which earned $668.5 million at the box office.
What is project Hail Mary?
The original name of Canyin Vista Middle School.
What is Anderson Middle School?
The ending of the story, when we find out how the events fall into place.
What is the resolution?
Factual text that is meant to relay information.
What is informational text?
The author of The Crossover, Rebound, and Booked.
Who is Kwame Alexander?
Both football teams AND the half time performing artist at the 2026 Super Bowl.
Seahawks, Patriots, Bad Bunny
This movie star is responsible for the “no backpack on the last day” rule.
Who is Glenn Powell?
Following the climax, it’s events in the story that show the conflict winding down.
What is the falling action?