Beginning of the year
The Poet X
Grammar
The Hate U Give
Social Studies Crossover!!
100
This was our first assignment on the first day of school
A letter to Ms. Dennis / Mr. Young
100
This is what Xiomara calls her brother
Twin
100
This part of speech modifies a noun or a pronoun
An adjective
100
These are the names of Seven's siblings
Starr, Kenya, Sekani, and Lyric
100
These are the three branches of government
The legislative branch, the judicial branch, the executive branch
200
At the beginning of the year, we wrote personal essays inspired by an essay with this title
"Why I Write"
200
This is where Xiomara and Aman spend time together during / after school
The smoke park
200
How many pronouns are in these sentences: She got stung by the bee. It was scary and we didn't know if she would have an allergic reaction, so I took her to the nurse, incase something happened.
There are seven pronouns used: She, it, we, she, I, her, something
200
These three unrelated characters (and their families) all live in Riverton Hills
Uncle Carlos, Maya, and Chris
200
This is the name of the scholar whose work we have studied several times throughout our human rights unit. He famously said "The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back to slavery again" and he submitted a petition to the United Nations about the treatment of Black Americans
W.E.B. Du Bois
300
Which of the poetry collections people read for summer reading was written the longest time ago? (it's okay if you know the author and not the name of the collection) DOUBLE POINTS if you can also name the second oldest collection.
Oldest-- Poems by Emily Dickinson, Volume One
Second Oldest-- The Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes
300
This is the name of a poem in the text that has a very distinct form where all the words are spread out and are one-word-per-line?
"Ants"
300
Label all the parts of speech in this sentence:
The three fluffy dogs barked joyfully at the frustrated mailman outside our house.
The (adj), three (adj), fluffy (adj), dogs, (n), barked (v), joyfully (adv), at (prep), the (adj), frustrated (adj), mailman (n), outside (prep), our (adj), house (n).
300
Who organized the fake protest at Williamson?
DOUBLE POINTS if you know their name and their connection to another character
Remy (Hailey's brother)
300
Name three current Supreme Court Justices. DOUBLE POINTS if you can name them all
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kegan, Sonia Sotomayor, John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh
400
These are all of the possible novels eighth graders might have read for summer reading
The 57 Bus, The Sun is Also a Star, Refugee, The Old Man and the Sea, The Book Thief, Watch Us Rise
400
This is the name of Xiomara's English teacher
Ms. Galiano
400
What is the sentence from this diagram
Chris and Maya walk through the gate, and my stomach gets all jittery.
400
Name any one of the points from the Black Panther Ten Point Program
1. We Want Freedom. We Want Power To Determine
The Destiny Of Our Black Community.
2. We Want Full Employment For Our People.
3. We Want An End To The Robbery By The Capitalists Of Our Black Community.
4. We Want Decent Housing Fit For The Shelter Of Human Beings.
5. We Want Education For Our People That Exposes The True Nature Of This Decadent American Society. We Want Education That Teaches Us Our True History And Our Role In The Present-Day Society.
6. We Want All Black Men To Be Exempt From Military Service.
7. We Want An Immediate End To Police Brutality And Murder Of Black People.
8. We Want Freedom For All Black Men Held In Federal, State, County And City Prisons And Jails
9. We Want All Black People When Brought To Trial To Be Tried In Court By A Jury Of Their Peer Group Or People From Their Black Communities, As Defined By The Constitution Of The United States.
10. We Want Land, Bread, Housing, Education, Clothing, Justice And Peace.
400
Name three of the four authors whose work we used as supplemental materials during our World War II unit.
(HINT: We looked at two memoirs and two graphic novels)
Anne Frank, Art Spiegelman, Elie Wiesel, George Takei
500
At the beginning of the year, we wrote personal essays inspired by an essay by this author
Terry Tempest Williams
500
This is the name of Xavier's boyfriend who moves away / breaks up with him
Cody
500
What is the sentence for this diagram?
Cameron holds his grandma's hand as he leads her into the living room like she is the queen of the world in a housecoat.
500
This is the name of the woman who interviews Starr on TV
Diane Carey
500
Name three of the five Moth story elements DOUBLE POINTS if you can name them all
World as it was
And then one day
Raising the stakes
Moment of change
World as it is now