Vocabulary
Teacher Trivia
Readings
Poetry
Simile or Metaphor
100

Something such as a device or process that has been created or made up

What is an invention?


100

Which teacher (s) favorite book series is Harry Potter?

Who is Ms. Nguyen? 

100

Japanese animation books and movies.

What is anime?

100

Main idea of a poem


What is a theme?

100

Everybody was kung-fu fighting. Those kicks were as fast as lightning.

What is a simile?

200

Using evidence from a text to say what may happen next

What is prediction?


200

Which teacher (s) favorite food is pad thai (a noodle dish common in Thailand)?

Who is Ms. Ward? 

200

A place you can borrow a book for free and is funded by everyone's tax dollars.

What is a library?

200

Poetry made to be spoken aloud or performed


What is slam poetry? 
200

He overwhelmed the boxer with an avalanche of punches.

What is a metaphor?

300

A conversation between two characters/people

What is dialogue?


300

Which teacher(s) has 3 siblings?

Who are Ms. Ward AND Ms. Nguyen?

300

What is a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning in the text?

What is inference?

300

Name of the TV show we watched yesterday of the haiku battle

What is Avatar?

300

Being with him was like sitting through a Twilight Marathon, all sparkles and self-loathing.

What is a simile?

400

The key idea or main topic of the paragraph or a section of a text.

What is Main Idea?


400

Which teacher(s) favorite hobbies are knitting/embroidery/ crochet?

Who is Ms. Nguyen?

400

How hurricanes are named

What is alphabetical?

400

Number of syllables in each haiku line

What is 5-7-5? 

400

Valiantly defending his friends, the student was as noble as Captain America. 

What is a simile? 

500

Comparing a non-human to a human by giving it human characteristics

What is personification?
500

Which teacher (s) went to school in Costa Rica?

Who are Ms. Ward AND Ms. Nguyen?

500

The genre of a book about Coach Norwood.

What is non-fiction?


500

Poem that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

What is free verse? 

500

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

What is a metaphor?