Grammar
A person, place, or thing
Noun
The color of "The Jacket"
Green
The first sentence of an essay.
Lead/Hook
Wild Card
Please choose a teammate to complete the following task.
DANCE OFF!!!!
Your chosen teammate will showcase their best dance move.
Best dance move wins
What are prime numbers?
numbers that are only divisible by themselves
WILD CARD
Please choose a teammate to complete the following task
DR. SEUSS CHALLENGE!!!
Your chosen teammate must read the following passage. The teammate who makes the fewest mistakes wins. Tiebreaker: The person who says it the fastest.
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.
The author of the Jacket
Gary Soto
The last paragraph of an essay
Conclusion
What is Cameron Middle School's mascot?
Cougar
What is Mr. Cardella's favorite football team?
The Pittsburgh Steelers
The amount of money Della had left over
.87
WILD CARD TEAM TASK!!
SONG WRITING CHALLENGE
Each team will have 4 minutes to write a song about one of the stories you have read this year. After 4 minutes, teams will perform their song. Best song wins.
What street is Cameron Middle School on?
Elm Street
The moon phase before a full moon
Waxing Gibbous
This punctuation surrounds dialogue
Quotation Marks
The author of "The Gift of the Magi"
O.Henry
This must follow a piece of evidence
Reasoning
What are the names of the 8th grade ELA teachers?
Mr. Dee and Mrs. Lahteine
The name of the supercontinent that existed before continental drift.
Pangea
In 1905, Horace Hart updated the Oxford University Press style guide to require his employees to use a comma before the last item in a series. What is this comma called?
Oxford Comma
Complete the following line:
Well, son, I’ll tell you, ___________________
Life for me aint been no crystal stair
The two main types of essays
Informative and Argumentative
The original Cameron Middle School opened in 1974, but was closed in 1982.
When was Cameron Middle School reopened?
2002
Wild Card
Please choose a teammate to complete the following task.
TRASHKETBALL SHOWDOWN
Your chosen teammates will take turns shooting a trashketball into a trashket. The first team to score wins. Both teams will have equal amounts of attempts.