Vocabulary
Word Study
Sentences
Writing Process
Interesting Facts?
100

What is the definition of SUBTOTAL?

The total before adding in the final few

100

What is a suffix?

A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. 
100

What is the subject of the following sentence: "Books are an important part of Sonia Sotomayor’s life."

Sonia Sotomayor

100

What is the last step in the writing process?

Publishing or sharing


100

True or false: Honey goes bad. 

False, it never expires!

200

Define: Diagonal

Not a straight line, goes from one corner to another.

200

How are a base and root different

A base CAN stand alone, a root CANNOT
200

What does a sentence need in order to be complete?

-A subject

-A predicate

-Proper grammar and punctuation


200

How many steps are in the writing process

5, but you should revise your writing twice so 6 if you include that. 

200

What is the largest organ in the human body?

The skin!

300

What word means NOT good at sports, NOT active?

Unathletic 

300

What is an example of a Not Family prefix?

In, un, non

300

What is a predicate?

The part of a sentence that contains the verb and provides information about the subject, telling what the subject is doing or what it is like

300

How many times should you revise a writing piece?

A minimum of 2 times

300

What color were the original carrots?

Purple! Up until 400 years ago, carrots were purple before slowly turning orange due to farming!

400

What word means visually striking, notably visual?

Spectacle

400

What does polysyllabic mean?

A word has many syllables.

400
Split up the run-on sentence to be two complete sentences: "It was a hot day so Mr. Zeeb wanted ice cream to cool down he bought mint chocolate chip ice cream"

"It was a hot day so Mr. Zeeb wanted ice cream to cool down. He bought mint chocolate chip ice cream"

400

What should a good story have?

Beginning, middle and end, characters, details, sequence of events, climax, sensory imagery, etc

400

How old was the oldest Goldfish when it died?

43 years old, in the U.K., a goldfish named Tish, the beloved pet of Hilda and Gordon Hand, died in 1999, making her the longest living goldfish, according to Guinness World Records. The Hand family got Tish in 1956, after their son Peter won the fish at a fair.

500

What does the word Sesquipedalian mean? 

A word to describe long words

500

What does the root mob mean?

Move (example: mobile, automobile)

500

Fix the sentence: My friends and I went to the park we climbed the stairs and went down the slides then we went on the swings

-Add punctuation and split the run on sentence: My friends and I went to the park. We climbed the stairs, went down the slides and we went on the swings!

500

What is the abbreviation for the writing process? 

R.A.C.E.S

Restate the question, answer the question, cite evidence, explain reasoning, summarize.

500

How long does the average pineapple take to grow to a full size?

About 2 years