"Tragic Death on Train"
"The Secrets of Self-Esteem"
"The Power of Peer Pressure"
Target Words
Grammar/ Vocabulary
100
This word means to act out against.
What is rebel?
100
This article suggests three secrets of self-esteem including, lending a hand, finding a mentor, and ____.
What is getting involved?
100
Pressure you may get from people your own age.
What is peer pressure?
100
How a person appears to other people.
What is image?
100
These words sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. Ex( mane, main/ plane, plain)
What are homophones?
200
A speaker at Eric's funeral offered this ____ to teens. Teens need to fight against negative peer pressure.
What is a solution?
200
Experts say that 39 percent of girls in fifth to eighth grade do this to feel good about themselves, although it can damage their health.
What is diet?
200
A synonym for "bad" is ____.
What is negative?
200
These words are made up of two smaller words. (Ex: sunshine, hotdog, falsehood)
What are compound words?
300
The main problem in this article.
What is peer pressure?
300
This means liking and respecting yourself.
What is self-esteem?
300
This extreme form of peer pressure can occur when teens want to fit in with a group.
What is hazing?
300
Someone who knows a lot about something.
What is an authority?
300
The past tense form of the verb "tell".
What is told?
400
These two people attempted to convince Eric to stop subway surfing.
Who are Eric's aunt and girlfriend?
400
Some boys think a solution to poor body image is to take ___ to "bulk up". Actually, this practice only damages their body.
What are drugs?
400
Peer pressure is worst in grades 6-8 when kids rely less on their families and more on their ____.
Who are friends
400
To make someone believe or do something.
What is convince?
400
The past tense form of the verb "make".
What is made?