Movies
Sports
Author's Purpose
Emotions
Misc.
100
A movie about a girl who finds out her sister has been hiding something from her for her entire life. She must go on a journey into the wilderness to find her sister and convince her that she needs to return to rule their kingdom. She learns who to trust along the way.
What is Frozen?
100
A sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective of the game is to shoot a ball through a hoop 10 feet off the ground to score the most points. It is one of the most popular and widely watched sports in the world.
What is basketball?
100
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What is to persuade?
100
Once Sally started laughing, she just couldn't stop. Her sides hurt and tears ran down her cheeks. Her face hurt from laughing so hard. It wasn't even that funny, but when her friend Ashley started laughing, she couldn't stop until Ashley stopped, too.
What is joy/happiness?
100
Mindy ran from the room, screaming at the top of her lungs. Her brother laughed, pulling the rubber zombie mask from his face.
What is fear?
200
A movie about a young boy who discovers that he has magical abilities and must attend a special school in order to learn how to use them. He learns of an evil man who murdered his parents, but for some mysterious reason, he survived!
What is Harry Potter?
200
A precision sport in which competing players use clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course using as few strokes as possible.
What is golf?
200
The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the family of baleen whales. At 98 feet in length and 210 tons or more in weight, it is the largest existing animal and the heaviest animal that has ever existed.
What is to inform?
200
William punched his locker. He hated him! Michael thought he was so clever with his mean comebacks with anything someone said to him. For once, William wished he could think of something to say when Michael started making comments about things he knew nothing about!
What is anger/frustration?
200
Sarah smiled at all of her friends. They gathered around her, singing loudly. When they finished, everyone waited expectantly for her to make a wish.
What is a birthday party?
300
Fearful that her father will be drafted to fight in a war, a young girl dresses as a boy and takes his place. She trains and successfully hides herself until she is injured and her true identity is revealed. In the end, her resourcefulness helps her to save her country from an invasion.
What is Mulan?
300
A sport played between two teams with eleven players and a ball. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal to score points.
What is soccer?
300
Hannah held her breath as she listened to the footsteps downstairs. There was no way it was her brother because the footsteps didn't sound right. Her parents were in bed. Which meant that someone else was in their house!
What is to entertain?
300
Timmy stared at the small gold fish, floating in the bowl. Tears welled in his eyes. His parents told him if he could take care of a fish, they might let him get a dog, but he couldn't even do THAT right. How would they ever let him get a dog, now?
What is sadness?
300
Gina looked in the mirror at the red pustule on her nose. She poked at it carefully, afraid that it might burst. It was large and painful. This is not how it was supposed to go! Gina thought to herself. Then she began crying. Her mother yelled up the stairs, "Gina! Jason is here!"
What is she got a pimple?
400
Transported to a dream land, a young girl and her dog accidentally kill the first person she sees before teaming up with three odd strangers to find something that each one of them is missing and to kill again.
What is The Wizard of Oz?
400
A sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. Points are scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The name of the sport depends on what country you live in.
What is football (American)?
400
The blue whale's body can be various shades of bluish-gray dorsally. As with with other baleen whales, its diet consists of small crustaceans known as krill. They were almost hunted to extinction by whalers for their blubber.
What is to inform?
400
Jill watched Jack trudge through the field, picking berries. Her bucket was already full, but that was because she didn't waste time, like Jack did. Jack kept eating the berries and having to go back and put in more. Jill smiled. He always bragged about how great he was, but not this time!
What is smug/egotistical?
400
George frantically dug through his folders and binder, looking for his history notes. He found half of them and read over them quickly. Class was about to start and his grade wasn't that great. He couldn't afford to fail and get kicked off the team!
What is studying for a test at the last minute?
500
A man's wife is murdered by a serial killer and his son is left physically disabled. In a shocking turn of events, the son is kidnapped. The father must travel thousands of miles with a mentally disabled woman in order to save his son.
What is Finding Nemo?
500
A sport that can be played individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each.The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a good return. The opponent who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite opponent will.
What is tennis?
500
Sam couldn't wait until summer. He already had it all planned out. He and his friends would hang out, play video games, go to Six Flags and swim at the lake. Sitting in class was so boring!
What is to entertain?
500
Noah smiled at his reflection. He couldn't believe how great he looked. His hair was perfect. His teeth were perfect. Even his skin was perfect. How could any girl resist him? He knew that as soon as he walked into the dance, all the girls would leave their dates behind for him!
What is pride/arrogance?
500
Ursula hid in the bathroom. She didn't want to talk to anyone because no one understood what she was going through. It wasn't her fault that her mom named her 'Ursula.' It's not like she had a choice before she was born! Why did they have to keep making fun of her for it?
What is being bullied?