PSSA Trivia
Geography
ELA Skills
Grab Bag
25/26 ELA
200
The PSSAs are used by the Pennsylvania Department of Education--what city is the DoE located in?
Harrisburg
200
What country's flag is this?
Philippines
200
What would be the author's purpose of a recipe for how to make tacos?
to INFORM
200
What part of a cell is known as the "powerhouse"?
mitochondria
200
In Maus, what is Artie's father's name?
Vladek
400
What grades take the SCIENCE PSSAs?
5th and 8th
400
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
400
What is the most important part of a TDA response?
Analysis!
400
What president is on a $20 bill?
Andrew Jackson
400
What is a thesis statement?
the main claim or argument of an essay; it answers the question or task from the prompt
600
What percentage of your PSSA score does the TDA count for?
25%
600
What is the capital of Honduras?
Tegucigalpa
600
What are the 5 main TEXT STRUCTURES?
Sequence/Chronological, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Description
600
What animal is a burrito named after?
donkey
600
What high school did Ms. Tasneem go to?
Bodine
800
What are the 3 components of the ELA PSSAs?
reading questions, conventions (grammar, punctuation, usage, etc.), and TDA
800
Name one city in Africa.
holy cow there are a lot
800
What would be the author's purpose of a letter to the principal arguing that homework should be banned?
to PERSUADE
800
What was the first flavor of Jolly Rancher? (hint: it is no longer an available flavor)
cinnamon
800
What are the names of the 5 Garza sisters from Summer of the Mariposas?
Odelia, Juanita, Velia, Delia and Pita
1000
What do the letters PSSA stand for?
Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
1000
Which U.S. state has the greatest population?
Bonus: how many people?
California
39.4 million
1000
Name one idiom
there are basically a lot
1000
On average, how many dimples are there on a golf ball?
336
1000
What was the name of Vladek and Anja's first son?
Richieu