Grammar
Word Study
How do animals and humans impact each other?
Is technology helpful or harmful?
What makes a person extraordinary?
100

An essay is expected to be this amount of paragraphs in middle school and beyond. 

What is 5 paragraphs?

100

Word that begins with a prefix that means "not able"

What is "unable"?

100

Vocabulary word from Unit 2: Animals and People that means "to have an effect on someone or something"

what is impact? 

100
One sentence in your introduction paragraph that tells your reader the point you are trying to make. 
What is a thesis statement?
100

A quality that makes people extraordinary.

What is bravery, courage, strength, ... ?

200

Proper nouns and the first letter of a sentence must be a... 

What is a capital letter?

200

This word means to persuade. 

What is "convince"?

200

In the Critter Crossing article, civic engineers built this to help animals cross busy roads safely. 

What are ecopassages? 

200

The goal of a debate 

What is: "to argue and prove one side over another"? 

200

The artist who painted The Last Supper, a very popular painting from the 1400s using tempura. The art depicts Jesus and his disciples gathered around a long dining table. 

Who is Leonardo da Vinci? 

300

Fill in the blank. Subject-Verb Agreement (from Lexia)

"The teacher and her students _________ excited." 

What is "were"? 

300

A word that begins with a prefix that means "not sufficient" 

What is "insufficient"? 

300

In the clip "Save Ralph," Ralph is a bunny who helped  to test this. 

What are cosmetics? 

300

Evidence to support the idea that A.I. (artificial intelligence) is bad for the education of young people. 

What is "Students who used ChatGPT to write their essays performed the worst and showed the weakest brain activity." -MIT study ? 

300

This extraordinary person quietly created a blog to expose the harm of refusing access to education for girls in her home country. She is also the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. 

Who is Malala Yousafzai?

400

The part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, or adverb) for the italicized word. 

The delivery driver delivered the packages quickly. 

What is an adjective? 

An adjective is a word that describes the noun in the sentence. 

400

In the notes for Elements of a Story, this is what the end of a story is called, after the conflict is resolved. 

What is a resolution? 

400

This man helped to end Apartheid in South Africa and became the first democratically-chosen president of the country. He also earned his law degree while in prison for protesting. 

Who is Nelson Mandela?