Famous Failures
This basketball legend was famously cut from his high school varsity team.
Michael Jordan
In English class, this term means giving credit to a source.
Citing
🦁👑
Lion King
The Big Apple
New York City
What is Jaxon's favorite color?
Blue
This inventor’s first 1,000 attempts at a light bulb didn’t work, but he kept going anyway.
Thomas Edison
In writing, this term means hinting at something without stating it directly.
Implying
🧙♂️💍🌋
The Lord of the Rings
The Mile High City
Denver
What is Jaxon's favorite TV Show?
The Rookie
After several failed businesses and being fired from a newspaper, this future U.S. president kept trying.
Abraham Lincoln
This process turns liquid water into vapor.
Evaporating
🚢❄️💔
Titanic
The Motor City
Detroit
What is Jaxon's favorite movie?
Men in Black
This composer was criticized for his “unplayable” music before becoming a central figure of the Romantic era.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
This math process finds the area under a curve.
Integrating
🦍🏙️✈️
King Kong
The Eternal City
Rome
What is Jaxon's favorite part of Sunday?
Watching Football
This famous novelist’s first book, Carrie, was rejected so many times that he threw it in the trash.
Stephen King
This literary technique hints at events that will occur later in a story.
Foreshadowing
🕰️🚗🔥
Back to the Future
The Pearl of the Danube.
Budapest
What is one of Jaxon's nicknames?
Jax, JR, Jrob