Myth & Narrative
These are the elements of plot listed in order
What are exposition, rising action (1/2/3), climax, falling action, and resolution?
These are the two parts of the Stone Age
What are the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras?
The Olympics originated in this ancient civilization
What is Greece?
By the time you graduate from VIDA, you will have taken this number of semester-long design labs.
What is 6?
This vocabulary word means very skilled at something
What is adept?
This is Ms. Johnson's favorite football team
Who are the San Francisco 49ers?
These are the four types of conflict
Back when the first humans were hunter-gatherers, they lived this type of lifestyle where they moved a lot
What is nomadic?
This group of people banned the Olympics after conquering Greece in 393 AD
Who are the Romans?
These are the two days the VIDA cafeteria serves pizza
What are Monday and Thursday?
This is the title of the novel that features Salva and Nya, two characters from South Sudan
What is A Long Walk to Water?
This is Ms. Johnson's favorite music artist
Who is Taylor Swift?
This is the part of a story where we begin to see the outcome or problem be resolved
What is climax?
This Greek city-state was focused on defense and aimed to train all of its citizens to be warriors
Who is Sparta?
These were the only two rules of the ancient event called the pankration
What are no biting and no eye gouging?
These are the names of all four 6th Grade STEM teachers at VIDA.
Who are Ms. Snyder, Ms. Maglio, Mr. Ludwig, and Ms. White?
This is the name of the main character in Harbor Me.
Who is Haley?
This is how many years Ms. Johnson has been working at VIDA
What is 3?
This Greek god really loves wine and loses his satyr in King Midas and the Golden Touch
Who is Dionysus?
This type of government is when a few wealthy people have all of the decision-making power
What is oligarchy?
This is the most decorated Olympic gymnast of all time (decorated = most awards)
Who is Simone Biles?
Our school used to have this name before Dr. Chagala took over and changed it to VIDA.
What is Washington Middle School?
This vocabulary word means to prove something with evidence
What is justify?
This is Ms. Johnson's favorite fast food restaurant
What is Chick-Fil-A?
These are six of the names of any of the 12 Greek gods and goddesses we've studied
Who are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hephaestus, Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Hermes, and Dionysus?
This word meaning "the study of the physical features of the earth" greatly affects how ancient people lived
What is geography?
This is the year that the Olympics were revived in the modern day
What is 1896?
The names of any three eighth grade math/science/ELA/social studies teachers at VIDA
Who are Mrs. Buckley, Mr. Kellish, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Alyssa, Mrs. Takano, Mr. Van Der Linden, Ms. Thompson, Mrs. Crews, or Ms. Del Aguia?
If you don't know the exact meaning of a word, you can use _________ __________ to make an inference about what the word means
What are context clues?
This is Ms. Johnson's fiance's FIRST name
What is Matt/Matthew?
This function of mythology focuses on how to behave or treat others
What is sociological?
This was the name of the southern region of Mesopotamia where people moved for greater access to farmland and water
What is Sumer?
This is the most decorated Olympian of all sports, of all time? (decorated = most awards)
Who is Michael Phelps?
This is the last day of school this year
What is June 5?
The act of conquering another territory in order to gain access to goods or power is called this (hint: Ms. Johnson told you that it's a very common theme throughout history)
What is colonization?
This is what size shoe Ms. Johnson wears
What is 8?