QO Trivia
Name ONE of the two 9th grade assistant principals
Who is Mr. Yarborough or Ms. Lee?
Novel titles
What is italics?
Name the run on sentence in this passage:
Quarter 3 is over. With less than 50 days in Quarter 4, it will be summer before we know it. The common task for next quarter is an argument and analysis you will have choice in what form your writing take.
What is the last sentence: "The common task for next quarter is an argument and analysis you will have choice in what form your writing take,"?
Who is Rowdy?
Name the word that should NOT be in this theme:
When you are kind to others, you bring joy to yourself.
What is "you"/"yourself"?
TWO middle schools that feed into QO
What are Ridgeview MS and Lakelands Park MS?
Italics or quotation marks?
Poems
What is quotation marks?
Where should a period be placed in this run-on sentence?
This is not such an nice playground, still, the kids love it.
What is between the words "playground" and "still"?
CORRECT: This is not such an nice playground. Still, the kids love it.
Author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Who is Sherman Alexie?
True or false? Themes should command readers on how to best live their lives.
What is false?
The number of principals at QO
What is 6? (Thomas, Lee, Yarborough, Neuman-Sunshine, Najera, Brown)
Name THREE words that are not capitalized in the middle of a title
To connect two sentences using a comma, you also need to use a...
What is a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)?
Name of Junior's old school on the reservation AND new school 22 miles away
What is Wellpinit and Reardan?
Name one criteria for a well-written theme
What is...
1.) Universal Message (does not say "you")
2.) General idea (not too specific to the text)
3.) An idea in the form of a complete sentence
4.) Not a description of what happens in the text
Number of students enrolled at QO in 2019-20' (Let's have each group guess and see who is closest!)
What is 2,148 students?
Correct formatting for this novel title (including italics vs. quotation marks and which words should be capitalized):
to kill a mockingbird
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Name TWO ways you can connect independent clauses using any of these punctuation marks:
, . / ? ! . - ~
What is comma + conjunction, period, or semi-colon?
Name the chapter this quote is from:
"I draw because words are too unpredictable."
What is "The Black-Eye of the Month Club"?
Revise this theme:
"One should always listen more often than speak in order to form strong relationships"
What is...
People form stronger relationships through listening than speaking?
(Answers vary)
The numbers of school days left this year once MP4 starts. (Let's get a guess from each team and see who is closest!)
What is 41 (from the start of MP4)?
Correct formatting for this song title (including italics vs. quotation marks and which words should be capitalized):
you should see me in a crown
What is "You Should See Me in a Crown?"
(Take that Billie Eilish! No flouting capitalization in this class!)
The type of run-on sentence this is:
I like apples, I eat them all the time.
What is a comma splice?
State a theme for the theme topic "revenge".
Answers vary! Correct answer may not be a cliche or contain second-person pronouns.