Experiencing Nature Text Set
Getting Things We Need Text Set
New Technology Text Set
Problem Solving Text Set
Vocabulary
100

What was President Theodore Roosevelt's nickname?

Teddy

100

What did Mali grow in her garden?

Tomatoes

100

What is it called when the author includes the opposite opinion of their claim in their writing?

Counterpoint

100

What is the name of the plan delegates voted on at the convention?

The Virginia Plan

100

Read this sentence, putting emphasis on the word "not" -

Mrs. Taylor does not like when students talk while she is teaching.

Mrs. Taylor does NOT like when students talk while she is teaching.

200
What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

Primary sources provide firsthand information and are directly from that time period. Secondary sources retell information from a primary source.

200

What did the main character in One Hen do when the first bank he went to refused to give him a loan?

He went to the bank's headquarters and asked to see the bank president.

200

What is one benefit of an e-book?

What is one drawback of an e-book?

Benefit: better for the environment, convenient, interactive features

Drawback: easy to damage, expensive, battery recharge

200

What is one way the colonists reacted to the taxes imposed by the British?

Protested, wove their own cloth, threw tea into the harbor

200

What is an example of a way you can prosper at school?

Listen in class, participate, complete your classwork and your homework

300

What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?

Autobiography - story someone writes about their own life

Biography - story written about someone's life

300

How do blind people read?

Braille

300

True or False? Students with the highest grades used the most media in school.

False. It was students who used a moderate amount of media that got the highest grades. Even light media users got better grades that heavy media users.

300

What is the difference between equal and proportional representation?

Equal representation - each state gets the same number of votes

Proportional representation - the number of votes is based on state population

300

What word means "to mention as proof or support"?

Cite

400

What was Henry David Thoreau known for?

Writing a book of his experiences living by Walden Pond

400

What is the main character's name in One Hen?

Kojo

400

What is a drawback of high-speed trains?

Cost, safety
400

When did the US declare independence from Great Britain? (Month, date, year)

July 4, 1776

400

What is a profit?

The amount of money left after all the costs of running a business have been paid

500

What national park did President Theodore Roosevelt visit with John Muir?

Sequoia National Park

500

Who invented the way that blind people read?

Louis Braille

500

What does commute mean and what is the most common way people commute?

How a person gets to work.

By car, truck, or van

500

What is the name of one of the two African American women poets we read about?

Lucy Terry Prince

Phyllis Wheatley

500

Use these two words in a sentence together (make sure I can tell that you know what the word means): 

committees and proposal

A sentence that shows committees are groups of people who do certain work and proposal is a plan or suggestion