Inferencing
Vocabulary
Gage MS
English
Ms. Casillas
100

Some bats are small. The bumblebee bat in Thailand weighs less than a penny. Other bats are large. The gigantic flying fox is the largest bat in the world. It lives in Southeast Asia. Its wings can spread as wide as six feet (two meters).

There is a wide range of ________

a. Sizes        b.  songs          c. colors            d. ideas   



Sizes
100

What does bias mean? 

an unfair opinion about someone or something 

100

What is our schools FULL name?

Henry T. Gage Middle School

100

What is a claim?

Your answer (and two reasons why)

100
What does Ms. Casillas teach?

English and ELD (Advanced ELD/L&L) 

200

That first morning, Miss Susan told her to go and sweep the parlor and dust it. Harriet was awed by the room. There was a thick carpet on the floor, soft and springy under her feet, like walking on layers of pine needles, and there were so many different kinds of chairs and tables, and the wood around the fireplace was carved into a pattern. She'd never seen anything like it.

Harriet was _____ .

Amazed      Worried    Understanding     Thoughtful 



Amazed 

200

What does stereotype mean?

a harmful belief that everyone is the same/does the same thing 

200

What is the principals name?

Mr. Manzo 

200

What is the "DO" in the do/what chart?

A Verb / what you need to do in the assignment, typically one word. 
200
What pets does Ms. Casillas have? 

a. cats b. dogs c. cats and dogs

a. cats

300

Carlos  couldn't allow that to dissuade him. He had to get out of there. This was just going to slow him down, if not actually imprison him. Grimly, he took a deep breath and started to run toward the door at the end of the room.

He wanted to _____ .

escape.    forget.     giggle.    learn

escape

300

What is privilege?

When someone has more rights than other people, therefore having an unfair advantage. 

300
What are our schools academy's? 

HHSA (the best) 

VAPATA 

LTECH 

Magnet 

300
What does elaborate mean?

To explain something in more detail / in your own words

300

How old is Ms. Casillas?

25

400

Sometime between eleven thousand and nine thousand years ago—the record is murky—man began to cultivate wheat and barley in the Mideast. The domestication of sheep also occurred during this time. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to overstate the importance of this development in man's history.

The transition was _____.

unnoticed        momentous

smooth        calculated

momentous 

400

What is dehumanization? 

To treat someone less than human / not like a human.

400
Name three 6th Grade teachers 

(varies, but potential answers: Ms. Zea, Mr. Crosser, Ms. Singh, Ms. Jurado, Ms. Ramirez, Ms. Acevedo) 

400
How do you cite textual evidence? 

"_____" (Last name, page #). 

400

What is Ms. Casillas' favorite color?

Teal

500

The smallest form of an element is known as the atom. The word atom is derived from the Greek word meaning indivisible. The atom is so small that it is difficult to visualize. If we attempted to fill a matchbox with atoms at a rate of ten million per second, it would take over a billion years to fill the box! The atom is the smallest form any material can assume without changing its characteristics.

The atom is _____ .

a. Minuscule   b. synthetic    c. toxic   d. resilient

Miniscule

500

What is oppression?

Holding unfair power over someone or something 

500

Name ALL of our Assistant Principals 

Ms. Quintero, Mr. Manzano, Ms. Kawamoto 

500
List the order of sentences a body paragraph is written in.


Clue: 

Sentence 1: Topic sentence 

Sentence 2:...........

S1: Topic sentence 

S2: Evidence 

S3: Say 

S4: Mean 

S5: Matter 

S6: Conclusion

500

When was Ms. Casillas born?

March