Pierce ELA 2021

BOY

100

He is the author of Boy.

Roald Dahl

200

She was the owner of the candy store.

Mrs. Pratchett

300

Dahl said, "I felt like a hero. I was a hero. It was marvellous to be so popular."  What did he do that made him feel this way?

Put a mouse in the candy jar.

400

The boys thought they _________ Mrs. Pratchett and called Dahl a _________.

killed

murderer

500

What is "a small pinewood trunk which is very strongly made, and no boy has ever gone as a boarder to an English Prep School without one."

a tuck-box

Figurative Language

100

When the cat jumped off the counter there was a loud CRASH as he knocked over the vase.

onomatopoeia

200

The slithering snake snuck sideways silently.

alliteration

300

The child's bedroom was a disaster area!

metaphor

400

She didn't want to be late for class so she ran a million miles an hour to English class.

hyperbole

500

The wind whispered in her ears as she rode the horse across the field.

personification

Chocolate

100

These are the main ingredients in chocolate.

cocoa beans

200

Companies that buy cocoa beans from these farmers sign a document promising to pay the farmers an appropriate amount of money.Chocolate made from these farmers’ beans is labeled ____________.

Fair Trade

300

This type of chocolate is the healthiest overall, because it has the highest concentration of pure cacao, and the lowest amount of added sugars and fats.

dark chocolate

400

Chocolate played several roles during World War II. In one case, Nazis attempted to kill England’s prime minister, Winston Churchill, with a 

chocolate bomb

500

Mrs. Cranmer's favorite type of chocolate is ______________.

Ms. Duggan's favorite type of chocolate is ________________.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Junior Mints

Myths, Folktales and Fairytales

100

This is the name Odysseus first gave to Polyphemus.

Nobody

200

Zeus thought that humans should not have this, but Prometheus thought they should.

fire

300

Loo-Wit, the Fire Keeper is an origin myth that explains how this volcano came to be.

Mt. St. Helen's

400

The Seventh Sister explains how this came to be in the sky.

The Milky Way.

500

This person was killed by his own grandson as the prophecy had predicted he would be.

King Acrisius

Back to School

100

There are this many days in the new cycle.

Seven (7)

200

When you are on team (Duggan, Borde, Cranmer, Dann) you will eat during the ______ lunch.

Third (3rd)

300

The first period of the day will begin at this time and the last period will end at this time. 

7:57

2:26

400

This will be every day during the last 14 minutes of the day.

Connection Time

500

I will not have to complete this daily and will no longer have these starting Monday 4/12.

(two part answer)

Asynchronous work

Remote classes