Titles We've Read
A short story that features a young boy who finds a dog outside of the dome.
What is "The Last Dog"?
This word takes the place of a noun or another pronoun.
What is a pronoun?
This point of view has a narrator which uses "I," "We," and "Us."
What is First Person Point of View?
Author of "A Christmas Carol," Great Expectations, and A Tale of Two Cities.
Who is Charles Dickens?
Spell the past tense form of the verb: eat
What is a-t-e?
A short story that features a young and bright student who doesn't have enough money to participate in a school function.
What is "The Scholarship Jacket"?
This word modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs.
What is an adverb?
Groups of stanzas that are either rhymed or unrhymed and deal with emotions or feelings.
What is a poem?
The author of Milkweed. Hint: J.S.
Who is Jerry Spinelli?
Spell the plural form of the word: deer
What is d-e-e-r?
A novel that takes places during WWII about a nameless boy who finds a family amid the turmoil of war.
What is Milkweed?
This phrase tells where or when an action occurs or describes a subject in more detail.
A writing style in which the writer tries to convince the readers of his/her opinion on a topic.
What is persuasive writing?
Author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, and The Heroes of Olympus.
Who is Rick Riodan?
Spell the plural possessive form of the word: woman
What is w-o-m-e-n-'-s?
A science fiction story about a family's life on Mars.
A group of words with a subject and a predicate that cannot stand on their own.
What is a dependent clause?
A type of writing that addresses an audience and is read aloud.
What is a speech?
Famous playwright most known for Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The rule when a word ends in a consonant and is made past tense.
What is double the final consonant and add -ed?
Set in a bungalow in India, this short story is all about a mongoose's attempts to protect a family.
What is "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"?
A punctuation mark that can join two independent clauses together without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
The use of quotation marks to show when two characters are speaking to one another.
What is dialogue?
Prize winning female author most known for Because of Winn-Dixie, and The Tale of Despereaux.
Who is Kate DiCamillo?
The phonetic symbol for a short e sound that looks like this: /ə/
What is the schwa?