Fragment or Run-on
Punctuation/Capitalization
Mystery Column
Sound Wave Vocab
Mediums Matter
100
We all went to the park the other day and went to the zoo and then got ice cream and then went home.
Run-on Sentence
100
Fix this movie title to have proper capitalization.
"toy story"
"Toy Story"
100
Mr. Aye has a dog. What is his dog's name?
Poptart
100
The highest point on a wave
Crest
100
An example of a Solid Medium
Wood, Metal, Plastic, etc.
200
The family went to the mall to get new clothes for school. It fun.
Sentence Fragment
200
Fix the sentence:
my brother, john, is ten years old.
My brother, John, is ten years old.
200
The capital of Massachusetts.
Boston
200
The distance between the same two points on a wave (i.e. crest to crest)
Wavelength
200
An example of a Liquid Medium
Water, Juice, etc.
300
The other day I was playing video games, when suddenly the power shut off in my house and I lost my progress so I ran downstairs to check the circuit breaker but nothing was wrong so i went back upstairs to check my neighbors house to see if they lost power too and it seemed like everyone did except for one house I guess they must have a generator which makes me want one so I never lose my video games again
Run- on Sentence
300
Fix the sentence(s):
My brother, John, is 10 years old and already has a cell phone
My brother, John, is 10 years old and already has a cell phone!
! or . is accepted.
300
Everette Barney invented the snap on roller skate. We also can thank him for donating a lot land to the City of Springfield. Springfield named this land F _ _ _ _ _ P_ _ _. Families from all over can enjoy time here, and students from Springfield even get to visit an awesome building and learn outdoors in a program called ECOS!
Forest Park
300
The height of a wave measured from midway between the highest and lowest points.
Higher volume= Higher A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Amplitude
300
An example of a Gas Medium
Air, Oxygen, Helium, etc.
400
Science good. Sound cool. Box guitar. Vibrations noise.
Sentence Fragment
400
Fix the heading of Mr. Aye's essay:
william aye
november 19 2018
"Truck in the window"
William Aye
November 19, 2018
"Truck in the Window"
400
This is the Massachusetts state bird.
Chickadee
400
The Steepness of a wave.
A faster vibration= higher _ _ _ _ _
A slower vibration = lower _ _ _ _ _
Pitch
400
Speed moves the SLOWEST through this medium:
Name the state of matter.
Gas
500
Which TRANSITION word should be deleted and replaced with a period to make this run on sentence into two sentences?
Starburst are Mr. Aye's favorite candy so he likes to eat them after dinner when he can.
Get rid of "so"
"...candy. He likes"
Starburst are Mr. Aye's favorite candy. He likes to eat them after dinner when he can.
500
What is wrong about this sentence?
The little girl JUMPED for joy and yelled weeeeeeee!
The little girl jumped for joy and yelled, "weeeeeeee!"
To get points: you need to add quotations and get rid of all caps in "jumped"
-All caps is used informally in texts and emails, but not in formal writing! that is what and exclamation point is for!
500
This city is known as the birthplace of basketball.
Springfield, MA
500
The speed of a wave.
Also, the number of times something occurs.
In this case, the number of waves in a set amount of time.
Frequency
500
Sound moves FASTEST through which medium?
Name the state of matter:
Solid