Drown
Vocabulary
Current Events During
Summer Academy
Do You Know
Your Teacher?
Potpourri
100
Name of our narrator

Yunior

100

Define jovial

Happy or cheerful

100

This team won the NBA Finals on July 20, 2021.

Milwaukee Bucks

100

Where is Ms. Baker from? - city & state 

Jacksonville, Florida

100

The square root of 81 is ___. 

9

200

This person gives Papi money to go to the United States and make his family proud.

Abuelo (Mami's Dad)

200

Name 2 characters in Drown that you might describe as bellicose. 

Rafa & Papi

200

This global event is set to begin today (July 23) and end on August 8 after being delayed for a year. 

The Olympics (Tokyo 2020)

200
Where did Ms. Baker go to college?

Centre College

200

Tom Brady is the Quarterback for this football team.

Tampa Bay Bucs

300

How did Ysrael lose his face?

His face was eaten by (or ripped off by) a pig when he was a baby.

300

Use voracious in a sentence

Answers will vary - up to Ms. Baker's discretion 

300

This billionaire, along with the Blue Origin Crew, bought their way in and successfully traveled to space and back on Tuesday (July 20). 

Jeff Bezos

300

What is Ms. Baker's favorite team?

Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL)

300

Where was the first basketball game held? - city & state

Springfield, Massachusetts

400

What did Papi dream of the first night he slept in the United States? - be specific 

Gold coins stacked as high as sugar cane.

400

How many of our vocabulary words are verbs?

6 - taunt, trundle, cajole, loaf, abstain, recant

400

This movie, featuring NBA star Lebron James, premiered July 16, 2021. - need the entire movie name for full points

Space Jam: The Legacy
400

This will be Ms. Baker's ____ year at Match.

3rd year

400

What year was Match High School founded?

2000

500

List three details that describe the photo that Yunior has to help him 'remember' his father. 

1. Kept in a plastic bag under the bed

2. No watermarks

3. Scalloped edges

4. Brownish color

5. Papi dressed in uniform

6. Mami's handwriting on the back (date, name, street, etc.)

500

Write an original sentence that uses 2 vocabulary words. This sentence may not include the definition of the words themselves, it must make sense AND it must demonstrate that you understand each words' meaning. 

Answers will vary - up to Ms. Baker's discretion.

500

Wildfires from this westcoast state have created smoky and hazy weather conditions in cities on the east coast, including Boston. 

Oregon

500

Ms. Baker's second job is... 

Lacrosse Coach at Clark University 

500

What is the population of Boston, MA? - guess within in 10,000 to get it correct

692,600 (as of 2019)