The Challenge
Narrative Essays
Language Arts
The World
Friday the 13th
History/Civics
100

Mr. Arscott created a difficult challenge this week.  How many words were in the Essay Challenge this week?

1000 Words

100

It's the purpose of creating a Narrative Essay.

To tell a story

100

It's the type of Essay that calls for you to write a story, fictional or non-fiction.

Narrative Writing

100

Saturday, August 14th, 2021 is known as THIS DAY.  You can pick up a free copy from a specialty store.  I hope they have Spider-Man

Free Comic Book Day

100

At most, there can only be THIS MANY Friday the 13ths in a year.

Three

100

It's how many Electoral Votes one needs to win the Presidential Election in the USA.

270

200

It's when someone gives you a narrative. They're actually telling you this.

A story

200

It's the type of media that is written in Narrative Form.

Novels (Harry Potter, Tom Clancy Books, The Outsiders, etc etc.)

200

It's the type of essay that asks you to write about a subject without opinion or choosing a side.

Expository/Explanatory Writing

200

The President's 3.5 Trillion dollar bill has passed in the House of Representatives.  Where does the bill go next?

The Senate

200

This famous director of classic movies, such as PSYCHO, The Birds, and The Man Who Knew Too Much, was born on Friday the 13th, 1899.  Consequently, his first movie, in 1922 was "Number 13". He was the master of suspense.

Alfred Hitchcock

200

It's how many TOTAL electoral votes are available for Presidential Candidates.

538

300

Every story ever written needs one of THESE.  The main character needs to try and resolve it by the end of the story.

Conflict

300

True of False:  The Narrative Essay can be Fiction or Non-Fiction?

True

300

It's the type of essay that asks you to choose a side, but to advocate its opposite in an attempt to show people you understand both.

Argumentative

300

These crazy weather patterns are designed by nature to cool the air and balance the heat throughout the world.

Hurricanes

300

The infamous movie, Friday the 13th featured JASON, a masked villain that stalks campers.  BUT, in the first movie, the villain is actually THIS PERSON.

Jason's Mother

300

It's how many Senators represent each state.

Two

400

If you had trouble reached your word count, Mr. Arscott suggested going back to the objects in your story and add these to them.

Details

400

True or False:  A narrative about your own life is fiction

False

400

It's the type of statement that asks a question.

Interrogative

400

Russia is the largest country in the world, but this is the  Second largest.

Canada

400

Friday the 13th is often thought to bring THIS.  Italy thinks the opposite way.

Bad Luck

400

He served as President from 2008 - 2016.  The first African-American President in the United States of America.

President Barrack Obama

500

These are the five types of sensory details.

Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, and Smell

500

On top of a narrative about your life, you were also allowed to write what?

An Original Narrative

500

It's the correct spelling:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Superkalifrajilistikecspyalydocious

Superkalifragilistickexpiealidocious

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

500

200 Million Americans are under THIS dangerous climate advisory.  Gosh it's hot.

Heat Wave Advisory

500

It's the location where Jason Vorhees stalks his victims in the Friday the 13th movies.

Camp Crystal Lake

500

Although once the Learning Strategies teacher, this teacher now teaches Civics and U.S. History to 7th and 8th grade students at Pepin Academies, Riverview.

Mr. Denyer