Books/Authors
The book series by Jenny Hann that became a tv series on Amazon Prime in 2022.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
How old is Ms. Nelson?
28
In the book Hidden Figures, four courageous and intelligent African-American women worked on math calculations for this organization?
NASA
What are three basic parts of speech we learned about during morphology?
Noun, verb, adjective, adverb
What does the root “graph” mean?
write
The name of the author who wrote books such as Refugee, Prisoner B-3087, and Ground Zero.
Alan Gratz
What breed of dogs does Ms. Nelson have?
Chocolate Labs
In the Global Literature read aloud, a woman named Razia Jan started a school for girls in this country.
Afghanistan
Define concrete nouns
Nouns that you can hold/touch
What does the root “doc” mean?
teach
What is the title of the prequel in the Hunger Games series? (must be exact)
The Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes
What year did Ms. Nelson get married?
2019
The name of the main character we read about in our Global Literature read-aloud.
Razia
What are the three types of verbs we studied?
Action, linking, helping
Use the word superstition as an adjective in a sentence.
*answers will vary*
What famous author wrote Ghost and All American Boys?
Jason Reynolds
What UW school did Ms. Nelson attend before going to UW-Madison?
UW-Eau Claire
In the story “The Scarlet Ibis,” the narrator gives his younger brother this nickname, because he thinks he cannot live up to his given name, William Armstrong?
Doodle
Define an adverb
Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs
What is the root with the definition “action or process”
ment
Name all four books in the Inheritance Games series.
The Interitance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne
How many states has Ms. Nelson traveled to?
11
Name the protagonist from The Breadwinner who disguised herself as a boy in order to provide for her family?
Parvana
Identify the type of phrase used in this sentence:
Ms. Nelson, a teacher at Kromrey Middle School, is having a baby girl in May.
appositive phrase
Come up with 3 words that use more than one root we studied from third and fourth quarter.
*answers will vary*