The three things you are REQUIRED to bring to class each day.
What are your English binder, Chromebook, and a writing utensil.
100
How often you should expect to be cold called.
What is once a day
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
A person, place, or thing.
What are nouns?
100
This is where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
Your Chromebook is open half way and you are not looking at the screen when Ms. Roney says this.
What is 50%
200
This is our policy about answering questions; even if you don't know the answer, you are expected to take your best shot. If you get it wrong, that's ok! When a classmate helps you out, you are expected to repeat the correct answer.
What is No Opt-Out?
200
This is giving an inanimate object human-like qualities. i.e. "The tree danced in the moonlight."
What is personification?
200
Action words
What are verbs?
200
How the story ends or wraps up.
What is the resolution?
300
You will be assigned homework on these days.
What is Tuesdays and Thursdays.
300
Sit up, Track your speaker, Ask and Answer Questions like a scholar, Respect those around you.
What is be a S.T.A.R.?
300
These words imitate the sound they make. i.e. "POW" "buzz" "zoom"
What is onomatopoeia?
300
These words describe verbs. i.e. "quickly" "slowly" "awkwardly" "thoughtfully"
What are adverbs?
300
These are the plot points that build to the climax.
What is rising action?
400
This is worth 30% of your grade and you will only have one of them each quarter.
What is Benchmark exam
400
This part of my uniform tells people who I am and must be worn every day, no exceptions.
What is your name tag?
400
A gross exaggeration to emphasize something. i.e. "I'm so thirsty I could drink an entire lake."
What is hyperbole?
400
Words that describe nouns
What are adjectives?
400
This is the major problem in any story.
What is the conflict?
500
You came to school on Thursday and you were assigned Worksheet #1 for homework. Friday you weren't feeling well and stayed home from school. By Sunday you are feeling better and come back to school Monday morning. When is Worksheet #1 due?
What is Monday morning.
500
This is the slogan of our school, "______ ________, ______ _____"
What is "one band, one sound"?
500
This is when words that start with the same sound are placed grouped together.
What is alliteration?
500
What is missing from this sentence:
She smiled and said, "Welcome to English Class!
What is the end quotation mark?
500
The turning point or pivotal point of a story; what the story builds to.