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Spelling: Related Words
Grammar: Indefinite and Reflexive Pronouns
Reading Comprehension: Deep Sea Danger
Science: Lighting a Bulb & Energy on the Move
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100

A form of writing that is poetic.

What is a poem?

100

Me, _______, and I

What is "myself"?

100

Arrogant, pretentious character in Deep Sea Danger who thinks he is better than the crew members.

Who is The Professor?

100

A battery is an example of this.

What is an energy source or power source?
100

Which of these words is misspelled? How do you spell it correctly?

repeat

combination

critisize

academic

criticize

(or criticise if you're British)

200
The noun form of "combine".

What is "combination"?

200

It's every man for _________!

What is himself?

200

Pilot of the vessel. She is brave and adventurous.

Who is Isabel?

200

Scientist and inventor who perfected the electric lightbulb.

Who is Thomas Alva Edison?

200

A word that has multiple meanings.

What is a multiple-meaning word?

300

What a critic does.

What is criticize?

300

A type of pronoun that doesn't refer to specific words, like "someone" or "nobody". 

What is an indefinite pronoun?

300
The type of conflict in this story.

What is person vs. nature?

or

person vs. person (Marcus & the Professor)?

300

Three things you need for a lightbulb to light up in a circuit.

What are a power/energy source, a complete pathway, and the correct contact points?

300

Which of these is not a real reflexive pronoun? 

itself

yourself

yourselves

theirselves

theirselves

400

If my train leaves the station at 2pm, its _________ time is 2pm.

What is "departure"?

400

A type of pronoun that reflects the action of the verb back upon the subject, like "herself".

What is a reflexive pronoun?

400

Thinking of Freytag's Pyramid, the part of the story where Marcus guides the crew to use a robotic arm to defeat the giant squid.

What is the climax?
400
If you want a lightbulb to light up, these two contact points need to be connected to wires.

What are the base contact point and the casing contact point?

400

A poem with 14 lines of 10 syllables each and a rhyming pattern of ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG.

What is a sonnet?

500

Something academic is related to the...

What is "academy"?

500

The word ending that indicates a word is a plural reflexive pronoun.

What is -selves?

500

A potential theme of the story; related to our journal prompt for this week.

What is "teamwork"?

500

The evidence that a circuit with wires, a motor, a switch, and a D-cell is working.

What is motion? (What is motion and sound?)

500

"Several", "many", and "others" are all examples of this type of word.

What is a plural indefinite pronoun?