Spelling
The /s/ sound in final position after an unaccented short vowel.
What is "s"?
Identify the subject in the following sentence:
Young dogs are the most cuddly.
What is "young dogs"?
This is what you call the claim of your essay
What is a thesis statement?
Two of the three NASA mathematicians known as "The Computers"
Who is: Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan?
The name of the disease Mama said Great-Aunt Birte died of
What is typhus?
The /s/ sound in final position after everything else is spelled "se." The "everything else" are these two things.
What is consonant or vowel pair?
Identify the compound preposition in the following sentence:
According to researchers, there are multiple pollutants in the river.
What is "according to"?
List two ways to collect evidence
What are micro stories, quotes, lists, or examples from real life/text/movie?
The name of Ms. Erwin's dog who she plays lacrosse with
What is Dixie?
This was given to Rachel to keep her warm
What is Kirsti's red sweater with the heart shaped buttons?
Spell the word given by the teacher.
What is oasis?
Identify the noun(s) in the following sentence:
Julia's happiness was dependent upon the update from her doctor.
What is "happiness," "update," and "doctor"?
The thesis statement used as an example for the literary essay about Piper
What is
When growing up, the risks are worth the rewards
This gave women the right to vote
The 19th Amendment
This was inside each of the small packages that Mama gave to the people fleeing to freedom
What is cheese, bread, and apples?
Identify the incorrectly spelled word.
bogus
blouse
enforce
suspence
What is suspense?
Identify the predicate(s) in the following sentence:
Though the rain poured all afternoon, the team continued to practice on the muddy field.
What are "poured all afternoon" and "continued to practice on the muddy field"?
These glue the evidence together. Examples may include
furthermore, undoubtedly, apart from this, clearly
What are transitions?
The value three places to the right of the decimal point
What is thousandths?
The time Mama was expected back at the house
What is 3:30am?
Identify the correctly spelled word.
omnebus
condinse
lapse
allumnus
What is lapse?
Identify the adjectives (and words that function as adjectives) in the following sentence:
The lovely flowers provided a friendly sight for the weary travelers as they slowly wheeled their heavy suitcases down the long road.
What are "lovely," "friendly," "weary," "their," "heavy," and "long"?
The third creature Dark Cloud made in the film, Partly Cloudy
What is a porcupine?
Ms. Erwin's husband coaches lacrosse to this grade level and this team
What is the 8th grade team for Westlake?
The year Number the Stars takes place
What is 1943?